Fehrist (Speculative Fiction Authors From South Asia)
“Fehrist” , an Urdu word meaning The List, is an effort to list and track, publications of South Asian Speculative Fiction writers. This list will always be evolving and is meant to grow through contributions. If you see a publication missing, please submit it through this form!
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025 | The Ritual | Body Horror, Dark Fantasy, Issue Summer 2025 |
| 2 | 2025 | The Cafe For The Living | Fantasy, Issue Spring 2025 |
| 3 | 2025 | The Human Banyan | Body Horror, Dark Fantasy, Issue Spring 2025 |
| 4 | 2022 | Babirusa | Short Story |
| 5 | 2022 | Of all the New Yorks in all the Worlds | Novela |
| 6 | 2021 | Submergence | Short Story |
| 7 | 2020 | The Smokecense of Pluvistan | Short Story |
| 8 | 2020 | Lone Puppeteer of a Sleeping City | Short Story |
| 9 | 2019 | Insaan Hain, Farishte Nahin | Short Story |
| 10 | 2015 | Harbour | Short Story |
| 11 | 2015 | The Devourers | Novels |
A
- Abhijeet Sathe
- Abhinav Bhat
- Aditya Sundararajan
- Alex Kreis
- Amal Singh
- Amina Baig
- Amita Basu
- Ammara Younas
- Aparna Kapur
- Archita Mittra
- Arfa Mirza
- Arula Ratnakar
- Ash Arya
- Atreyee Gupta
- Ayesha Channa
- Ayida Shonibar
- Ayush Mukherjee
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2022 | Street Rat | Fantasy, Issue Summer 2022 |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2022 | My Darling | Fantasy, Issue Summer 2022, Supernatural |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2024 | From the Wefts of a Singing Stone | Historical Fantasy, Issue Spring 2024 |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2024 | Shah Jahan Contemplates The Book of Decrees | Alternate History, Issue Spring 2024 |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2015 | Harbour | Short Story |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026 | The Aftermath | Apocalyptic, Humor, Issue Spring 2026 |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026 | The Casting | Fantasy Fable, Issue Spring 2026 |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025 | What Color Was I When I Was Undone? | Alternate History, Issue Summer 2025, Retelling |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026 | Bird and Bread | Issue Winter 2026, Pre-apocalyptic |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025 | The Other Wives | Gothic, Issue Spring 2025, Retelling, Science Fiction |
| 2 | 2022 | The Green Man’s Wife | Dark Fantasy, Issue Summer 2022 |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2024 | The Maneater of Mysore | Alternate History, Issue Spring 2024 |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2022 | Babirusa | Short Story |
| 2 | 2021 | Submergence | Short Story |
| 3 | 2020 | Lone Puppeteer of a Sleeping City | Short Story |
| 4 | 2019 | Insaan Hain, Farishte Nahin | Short Story |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2024 | Godbound | Alternate History, Issue Spring 2024 |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2024 | Ghost Tending | Issue Fall 2024, Slipstream, Supernatural |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025 | Vajra Chandrasekera wins the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! | News and Updates |
| 2 | 2025 | Dimensional Diaries: A Quarterly Fall Roundup of South Asian Speculative Fiction | Issue Fall 2025, Review |
| 3 | 2025 | Spotlight Diaries – Himal Fiction Fest Part 2 | News and Updates |
| 4 | 2025 | Spotlight Diaries – Himal Fiction Fest Part 1 | News and Updates |
| 5 | 2025 | Dimensional Diaries: A Quarterly Roundup of South Asian Speculative Fiction | Issue Summer 2025, Review |
| 6 | 2025 | Dimensional Diaries: A Quarterly Roundup of South Asian Speculative Fiction | Issue Spring 2025, Review |
| 7 | 2024 | Dimensional Diaries: A Quarterly Roundup of South Asian Speculative Fiction | Issue Winter 2025, Review |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026 | In Their Nature | Fable, Fantasy, Issue Summer 2026, Retelling |
| 2 | 2022 | Old Prints and Fresh Snow | Fantasy, Issue Fall 2022 |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2024 | The Temporal Distinctions of Living | Issue Winter 2024, Science Fiction |
D
- Dev Dev
- Diana Romany
- Dipika Mummery
- Divya Chand
- Divyasri Krishnan
- Dr. Devinder Pal Singh
- Dr. Suvajeet Duttagupta
- Drishya -
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2023 | TechDoodles | Uncategorized |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2023 | And the Andromeda Will Eat the Milky Way | Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Issue Sprint 2023 |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2022 | Tulsi | Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Issue Spring 2022 |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2024 | Disappeared | Dark Fantasy, Issue Fall 2024 |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2022 | All the Bells Say: Too Late | Issue Spring 2022, Science Fiction, Slipstream |
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|---|
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025 | Horror Gone Wrong | Eldritch Horror, Issue Summer 2025, Speculative Fiction |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026 | Gods, Demons, Monsters, Witches: A Decade of South Asian Speculative Cinema | Essay Summer 2026, Issue Summer 2026 |
E
- Effa Shah
- Emil Hasnain
- Evanka Weerasinghe
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2022 | The Seven Degree Celsius Mango | Issue Fall 2022, Pre-apocalyptic, Science Fiction |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2023 | Mother’s Nature | Dystopian, Issue Winter 2023, Soft Sci Fi |
F
- Fatima Taqvi
- Fatimah Nadeem
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2022 | The Third Feather | Fantasy, Issue Winter 2022 |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|
G
- Gargi Mehra
- Giti Chandra
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2022 | The Eye Of The Warrior | Issue Fall 2022, Mythology |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2024 | The Matchstick Girl: An Updated Fairytale | Alternate History, Issue Spring 2024 |
H
- Hamza Sarfraz
- Hazem Asif
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2022 | Being a Putla | Cyberpunk, Issue Summer 2022 |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|
I
- Indra Das
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025 | You Will Survive This Night | Body Horror, Issue Fall 2025, Supernatural |
| 2 | 2024 | Here Comes Your Man | Horror, Issue Winter 2025 |
| 3 | 2022 | Kali_Na | Issue Winter 2022, Slipstream |
| 4 | 2022 | Of all the New Yorks in all the Worlds | Novela |
| 5 | 2015 | The Devourers | Novels |
K
- Kehkashan Khalid
- Khizer Abbas
- Krushna Dande
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2022 | Ignition | Issue Winter 2022, Slipstream |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026 | Tinker’s Leap or The Prince Who Fell From The Sky | Issue Winter 2026, Magic Realism |
L
- Lucy Zhang
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2023 | Burning The Ocean | Fantasy, Flash Fiction, Issue Sprint 2023 |
M
- M. Aurangzeb Ahmad
- Madhav Mehrotra
- Maliha Rao
- Mariam Taufeeq
- Marium Asif
- Mehak Khan
- Moh Afdhaal
- Momina Sohail
- Murtaza Mohsin
- Mushba Said
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2024 | Where the two oceans meet: The Sultanate of Ganesha | Alternate History, Issue Spring 2024 |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026 | Book Review: Mad Sisters of Esi | Book Reviews |
| 2 | 2026 | Book Review: Interstellar Megachef | Book Reviews |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025 | The Curious Case of Samosas | Issue Summer 2025, Speculative Fiction, Supernatural |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2022 | The Sadness Eater | Fantasy, Issue Spring 2022 |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2022 | Rain In The Potholes | Dark Fantasy, Issue Fall 2022, Science Fiction |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2022 | Jinns | جنس | Fantasy, Issue Winter 2022, Magic Realism, Weird |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2024 | The Study of Meteoritics and Mortality | Issue Winter 2024, Slipstream |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025 | The Sulaiman | Climate fiction, Issue Fall 2025, Science Fiction |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2022 | Thus Gone | Issue Summer 2022, Noir, Science Fiction |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026 | Braving the Horror: A Conversation With Usman T. Malik | Essay Spring 2026, Issue Spring 2026 |
| 2 | 2026 | Justice For Djinns: A Conversation with Saad Z. Hossain | Essay Winter 2026, Issue Winter 2026 |
| 3 | 2022 | Conversations on Craft with Vajra Chandrasekera | Essay Summer 2022 |
N
- Nazuk Iftikhar Rao
- Neethu Krishnan
- Nihal Ijaz Khan
- Nishka Dasgupta
- Nivara Lune
- Nudrat Kamal
- Nur Kahn
- Nur Nasreen Ibrahim
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2023 | Word Rations | Issue Winter 2023, Soft Sci Fi |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2023 | The Questionnaire | Dark Fantasy, Issue Winter 2023 |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2020 | The Smokecense of Pluvistan | Short Story |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025 | Deep In A Lightless Forest | Issue Fall 2025, Speculative Fiction, Supernatural |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026 | Bond Set Before It Is Seen | Issue Summer 2026, Magic Realism |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2022 | Dreaming Futures: The Risks and Rewards of South Asian Futurisms | Essay Fall 2022 |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2022 | In the Village Where the Mazaar Now Stands | Fantasy, Issue Winter 2022, Magic Realism |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2023 | Picture of a Dying World | Fantasy, Issue Winter 2023, Supernatural |
P
- P.S. Anali
- Prasant Atluri
- Prashanth Srivatsa
- Pravy Jha
- Puloma Ghosh
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2023 | Conspiracy of The Hair-Shaped Cardamom Bun | Fantasy, Issue Sprint 2023, Secondary World Fantasy |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2024 | Tea and Jasmine | Issue Fall 2024, Soft Sci Fi |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2022 | A Barber in Pigtails | Dark Fantasy, Issue Winter 2022 |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026 | The Girl Who Borrowed Tomorrows | Issue Spring 2026, Speculative Fiction |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025 | The Fig Tree | Dark Fantasy, Issue Winter 2025 |
R
- Raazia Naqvi
- Rajeev Prasad
- Rajiv Mote
- Ramsha Farooq Raja
- Rida Altaf
- Rohama Malik
- Rukman Ragas
- Ruwangi Amarasinghe
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026 | Indian Association for Science Fiction Studies: An Introduction. | News and Updates |
| 2 | 2025 | Clarion West: From A South-Asian Lens | News and Updates |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2024 | The Wild Son | Issue Winter 2024, Supernatural, Weird |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2024 | The Kraken Waketh | Climate fiction, Dystopian, Issue Winter 2025 |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025 | Late Night Conversations | Issue Fall 2025, Mythology, Supernatural |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2024 | Miracle Tech | Issue Fall 2024, Soft Sci Fi |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2023 | Illustrated Visions: Speculative Imagery from South Asia | Essay Winter 2023 |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026 | Moonwife | Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Issue Summer 2026 |
| 2 | 2024 | What Tales Demand | Dark Fantasy, Issue Winter 2024 |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|
S
- Saad Hossain
- Sakina Hassan
- Salonee Verma
- Sami Shah
- Sayrat Salekin , alias Kencho
- Shanzeh Afzal
- Shobhita Narayan
- Shreya Ila Anasuya
- Shreya Pullela
- Sofea Khan
- Suchitra Sukumar
- Swati Singh
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2022 | Bring Your Own Spoon | Issue Spring 2022, Magic Realism, Slipstream |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026 | Competing With the Machine: On Detecting AI in Creative Work | News and Updates |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2023 | Divination In Dark Places | Issue Winter 2023, Soft Sci Fi |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2024 | A Study in Satyagraha | Alternate History, Issue Spring 2024 |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026 | Work meeting, Tuesday night, humid rains, traffic in front of the Sheraton | Issue Summer 2026, Slipstream |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2024 | Imagining Energy Futures through South Asian Science Fiction | Issue Fall 2024 |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2024 | The Curse of Kala Sagar | Dark Fantasy, Issue Winter 2025 |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2022 | Gul | Fantasy, Issue Fall 2022 |
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| 1 | 2022 | The Ship of Longing | Issue Spring 2022, Magic Realism |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2023 | Romi’s Rebellion | Climate fiction, Issue Sprint 2023, Science Fiction |
T
- Team Tasavvur
- Tehseen Baweja
- Tunvey Mou
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026 | Dimensional Diaries: A Quarterly Spring Roundup of South Asian Speculative Fiction | Issue Spring 2026, Review |
| 2 | 2026 | Dimensional Diaries: A Quarterly Winter Roundup of South Asian Speculative Fiction | Issue Winter 2026, Review |
| 3 | 2025 | Khatmandu Horror Film Fest – Happening Soon | News and Updates |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025 | Why do we use it? | huraira post demo |
| 2 | 2025 | What is Lorem Ipsum? | huraira post demo |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026 | Wheel of Fortune, Wheel of Life, Wheel of Gold | Alternate History, Issue Winter 2026, Retelling |
| 2 | 2024 | Mother, Do Not Grieve | Dark Fantasy, Issue Winter 2025 |
U
- Umair Khan
- Usman Malik
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2022 | Compound | Fantasy, Issue Winter 2022, Slipstream, Weird |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2022 | For the Devil Does Not Open a Closed Door | Essay Winter 2022 |
V
- Vajra Chandrasekara
- Varsha Dinesh
- Vinayak Varma
- Vrinda Baliga
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2022 | The Dreaded Name | Issue Summer 2022, Science Fiction, Weird |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025 | Sparrow and Parasol | Issue Summer 2025, Speculative Fiction, Supernatural |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026 | The Fairy Shop Op | Cyberpunk, Issue Winter 2026 |
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026 | The Shape of Time | Issue Spring 2026, Science Fiction, Time Travel |
Z
- Zaynah Abbas
| # | Publication Year | Publication Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025 | Polaris Rising | Issue Summer 2025, Magic Realism, Speculative Fiction |