Mixtape: A collection of short stories
The palace intrigues of yore. The nostalgia of the 80s and 90s. The heady beginnings of the new millennium. The challenges and opportunities of today. And finally, a future where humankind and technology may arrive at a crossroads between utopia and dystopia.
From an engineering college campus poised to ride the approaching wave of the information revolution to an ancient tale playing out on a galactic scale, these stories will take you on a rollercoaster journey through past, present, and imagined future.
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Amazon/Goodreads reviews:
“Mix Tape is a beautiful, diverse collection of short stories, each quite different from the other. You can find mystery in “Heavenly Abode”, pathos in “Broken”, intrigue in “Kings and Sons” and sci-fi in ‘Forgotten” and “Roots”, and societal issues in “Girls and Boys” and “The Beached Whale”, all poetically written in vivid stories.“
“A beautiful collection of warm stories. Lucid language and great depth character arcs.“
“Mixtape, is a rare mixture of fantastic stories. As the name suggests, the collection has stories covering diverse subjects and genres including science fiction. Every story in this collection is outstanding.“
Arrivals and Departures: A collection of short stories
Some travel to escape the realities of their everyday existence, others to find themselves. Some journeys cover great physical distances, others are undertaken within the confines of one’s mind. The theme of ‘journey’ runs through the stories in this collection, with the setting being as much a part of each story as the characters that occupy it.
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Amazon/Goodreads Reviews:
“A beautiful bunch of stories. Vrinda Baliga is a gifted writer. The stories made me chuckle aloud in many places. I felt what the protagonists were feeling. Sunrise over the Kanchenjunga was my favourite. Arribada was strangely haunting. Counting elephants tugged at my heart. Eclipse gave me gooseflesh. I could go on. The short stories are our lives shown back to us with nuance and meaning and with aspects, we might have missed if it had happened to us. Looking forward to reading her other stories.”
“I read all stories at a stretch and must say that they remain etched in my mind . Lovely read.”
“The stories are about journeys and the way it affects the lives of the travelers… The stories are well-researched, whether it is elephant trivia in the first story, Elephants Remember, or the world of gaming in Collision of parallels. The fine mesh of research is the invisible backbone that lifts the stories from being casual references to art form”
Chintu Loses a Continent by Tulika Books
It’s Monday morning. Time for school. And his model of the earth…? Chintu Chitnis suddenly remembers he hasn’t made it! There’s a last-minute scramble to finish the project, with his little sister Pihu pitching in not very helpfully. And then, an entire continent goes missing! Where did it go?
Set in a Konkani household, this light and humorous story with playful pictures is a quick first introduction to the continents of the world.
Read my stories featured with the best of contemporary short fiction in these anthologies:
“The Crossing” in A Case of Indian Marvels (Aleph Book Company)
“Daughters Come Home” in The Big Issue Fiction Edition (The Big Issue, Australia)
“The Cosmic Dance” in The Best Asian Short Stories 2018 (Kitaab International, Singapore)
“The Collision of Parallels” in The Best Asian Speculative Fiction 2018 (Kitaab International, Singapore)
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