In this issue, read stories about a familiar-seeming fable that leads us into the choppy waters of the unknown, a poison-drenched spouse of a god, a narrative that shifts and slips entirely out of our reach, and grief—woven into cloth.

Join us this issue for stories of characters squaring up against things they cannot hope to control, snails turning into messiahs, and webcomics triggering apocalypses.

They say it is easier to make people cry than to make them laugh. This issue guarantees to do both. Join us on these cozy, grand, and whimsical adventures that may appear lighthearted, but they carry emotional weight and unexpected depth.

In Tasavvur’s latest issue: from terraces in the city to forests and mountains, our protagonists encounter the more-than-human in ways that transform them. A man looks for his lost sister and grapples with supernatural power. Two generations of sisters navigate the mundane world and the world of jinns. A grieving young woman encounters a mountain shrouded in myth and mystery. A woman at a house party intervenes in a situation that escalates in terrifying ways –– until what happens takes her breath away.

Tasavvur’s latest issue is a collection of stories about eldritch horror, mythical retllings, shooting stars, and girls who are not entirely girls….

Recently, I have been thinking a lot about the worlds—real, historical and speculative—that we inhabit, perhaps, occasionally, simultaneously. Naturally, that chain of thought has also led me to ponder the Read More

Dear Reader, I often wonder what stories can do for us, in a world beset with genocides and pandemics, on the verge of irreversible ecological collapse. If the cozy escapism Read More

Dear Traveller, I hope this missive finds you well. Here’s s question: what kind of role does the speculative play in society today? In a world where we are constantly Read More

This issue of Tasavvur is a labor of love from our guest-editor M. Aurangzeb Ahmad I inherited my love of reading from my father, who was in the book business Read More