fiction

No Visible Wound

Helter Skelter is a proud partner of the Desperate Literature Prize for Short Fiction. This story by Mariana Roa Oliva was one of the final shortlisted entries for the prize in 2022.

A Certain Degree of Ownership

Helter Skelter is a proud partner of the Desperate Literature Prize for Short Fiction. This story by Jan Carson was one of the final shortlisted entries for the prize in 2021.

The Women Who Forgot to Invent Facebook and Other Stories by Nisha Susan

The Triangle

An excerpt from The Women Who Forgot to Invent Facebook and Other Stories by Nisha Susan.

A Pursuit

The light turned green and Annie discovered that keeping up with a man in possession of such powerful buttocks was not an easy task.

The Brown Anthology: Language

Words, Connections, Fences

The Brown Anthology: Language, the first release from artist-owned ૧૦:૧૦ Press, explores solidarities that are built on recognising that our roots and futures are tangled up in each other across disjunctions and continuities.

Identity: Volume 7 of the Helter Skelter Anthology of New Writing

Volume 7 / Identity: List of Selected Authors

Vol. 7 of the Helter Skelter Anthology of New Writing will have 22 new and original pieces of writing by 21 talented Indian authors that explore the theme of Identity in its many forms and facets.

Sumana Roy

Missing

Sumana Roy’s debut novel Missing is a study of the modern marriage, played out against the awareness of the question: what happens when a wife goes missing? Read an excerpt from the book here.

Inked

Inked: Penguin’s New Imprint for Young Adults in India

Targeted at readers in the age group of 13 to 21, Inked will publish books belonging to a variety of genres, including fantasy, sci-fi, romance, and horror.

Colour Me Blue

A book that tells a story of loss may make you appreciate life a little more. Does grief not appear more universal than happiness?

Scheherazade’s 1001 Arabian Nightmares

Once upon a time, in a book rife with lies, Princess Scheherazade spent one thousand and one nights in bed with Prince Shahriyar… speaking.

Why are Young Readers Drawn to Dystopian Fiction?

An excerpt from a lovely essay in The New Yorker by Laura Miller — “But…