blaft

blaft, 11 months ago to random

Twitter used to be our main marketing tool--the primary way we sold books online and got the word out.

These days, not so much.

Please help support us and our authors with a signal boost! We are an independent publisher based in Chennai with books on folklore from different parts of India, graphic novels, ghost encyclopedias, weird horror, pulp fiction in translation, and some wonderfully strange little zines.

https://www.blaft.com/collections/new-arrivals

Front Cover, Moonward by Appupen
Front Cover, Conversations Regarding the Fatalistic Outlook of the Common Man by Kuzhali Manickavel
Front Cover, Tamil Pulp Fiction Vol. 1

blaft, 29 days ago to random

“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”

Happy Malcolm X Day

blaft, 1 month ago to random

Call for Submissions! Poster by the inimitable Priyanka Paul who will be contributing the cover! More here: https://blaft.com/blogs/news/call-for-submissions

blaft, 4 months ago to random

So Kickstarter just selected our Gujarati Pulp Fiction campaign as a "Project We Love"... which will apparently make it more visible on their platform. Yay!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blaftgujaratipulp/an-anthology-of-gujarati-pulp-fiction

Chip in now to reserve an ebook, paperback, tote bag, poster, or book bundle!

#Kickstarter #ProjectsWeLove #Crowdfunding #PulpFiction #Translation #Gujarati #ગુજરાતી

blaft, 2 months ago to random

Good morning! Do we have any followers who read Marathi? We're looking to learn more about MARATHI WOMEN WRITERS, in particular those who work in adventure, romance, horror, crime, and other genres that rarely get translated or win awards.

We've got a couple of translators exploring the possibility of doing a Marathi pulp fiction anthology. They have some cool stories lined up. But ALL the authors are men! Seems very hard to find women writing genre fic in this language. Any tips welcome!

blaft, 8 months ago to random

Trying to follow this story about Canada's Trudeau accusing the Indian government of assassinating a Sikh leader on its soil, and I'm really feeling the demise of old Twitter. Over on "X" half of the quote-tweets are mysteriously unavailable, it really looks like Musk is helping or allowing the government to suppress discussion. On Bluesky I can only find white people talking about it--the Indian voices are super few and far between. And here on Mastodon, search turns up nothing?

blaft, 1 month ago to random

Kumari Loves a Monster: A bilingual English/Tamil picture book about South Indian women enjoying fun times with their monster boyfriends

Available as an ebook or in print, from our site, Smashwords, etc.

https://www.blaft.com/collections/ebooks/products/kumari-loves-a-monster-ebook

https://draft2digital.com/book/1421921#ebook

Kumari bathing in a waterfall with her monster
Kumar paddleboating with her monster
Kumari Loves a Monster

blaft, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to random

Pongal-O-Pongal!

Everything in our online store is 15% OFF from today until Tuesday the 16th!

Print books! Ebooks! Tote Bags! Crime! Horror! Folklore! Comics! High weirdness!

https://www.blaft.com/

blaft, 3 months ago to random

3 days to go!

We're fully funded, but every preorder pledge helps us get this out faster!... and then maybe 🤞 we can expand to translating an Assamese pulp antho & a Marathi horror antho & more Hausa soyayya novels & Bahasa Melayu medieval pirate-superhero action thrillers and and and

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blaftgujaratipulp/1025028512/

blaft, 10 months ago to random

Tamil pulp fiction in English translation. 3 anthologies + 1 standalone novel. Crime/detective/horror/romance/adventure/supernatural thriller/reincarnation-revenge/nitrogen-hungry aliens

Available in print & ebook, we ship worldwide

https://www.blaft.com/products/the-blaft-anthology-of-tamil-pulp-fiction-vol-1

The Blaft Anthology of Tamil Pulp Fiction Vol. 2: Vampire Lady (Mohini Pey)
The Blaft Anthology of Tamil Pulp Fiction Vol. 3: Cyborg Lady
The Aayakudi Murders by Indra Soundar Rajan, translated by Nirmal Rajagopalan

blaft, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to random

This is an old twitter thread from 3 years ago which we had fun with. We are reposting it here because old twitter threads are endangered by link rot, and because we seem to have a newish audience here.

It's a comparative mythology thread that focuses on a legendary race of ancient Indian people who....

(drum roll)

had no buttholes.

blaft, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to random

Many of our all-time favourite Gujarati pulp covers were illustrated for supernatural thriller novels by H. N. "Atom" Golibar.

These are by N. Manwar. There are interior illustrations, too, by the late G Sandhwani.

We're happy to be in touch with Sandhwani's son Anwar, who's helping us source his father's original illustrations for Kaal Kundali.

Back our Kickstarter to help our anthology of Gujarati Pulp Fiction into the world!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blaftgujaratipulp/an-anthology-of-gujarati-pulp-fiction

#pulpart #pulpillustration

blaft, 7 months ago to random

In their latest episode, titled "Bhootylicious" (🤣) the Crimes from the East podcast discusses brutally honest epitaphs, "It Lives Inside", as well as our book Ghosts, Monsters, and Demons of India

https://crimesfromtheeast.podbean.com/e/bhootylicious-part-1/

Listen in... and then pick up a copy!
https://www.blaft.com/products/ghosts-monsters-and-demons-of-india

blaft, 27 days ago to random

Earlier this month we took a trip to Ahmedabad, where we met with veteran pulp authors H.N. Golibar, Bansidhar Shukla, and Ekta Doshi, all of whom will be featured in our Gujarati Pulp Fiction anthology, scheduled for December.

Pre-order here: https://www.blaft.com/products/the-blaft-anthology-of-gujarati-pulp-fiction

The meeting with H.N. "Atom" Golibar and family was especially amazing!
🧵

blaft, 5 months ago to random

A Curated List of 20 Palestinian Short Stories, in Translation, Online

https://arablit.org/2024/01/09/a-curated-list-of-20-palestinian-short-stories-in-translation-online

blaft, 11 months ago to india

Ghosts, Monsters, and Demons of India has just gone for its third printing in #India and a US/UK edition is due out soon from Watkins.

It's an illustrated encyclopaedia of 300+ folkloric fiends from every corner of the country and all eras of history, from Vedic necromancers to the Devchars of Portuguese Goa to Saamri from the Ramsay Brothers films.

Pre-order your copy now!

https://watkinspublishing.com/books/ghosts-monsters-and-demons-of-india/

#ghostlore #ttrpg #Indiepublishing #bookstodon

Bugarik (Garo water-wight) by Samita Chatterjee
US/UK Edition (Watkins Publishing)
Front cover - India edition

blaft, 10 months ago to random

We have ebooks! https://www.blaft.com/collections/ebooks

Things We Found During the Autopsy by Kuzhali Manickavel
The Aayakudi Murders by Indra Soundar Rajan
Ghosts, Monsters, and Demons of India

blaft, 24 days ago to random

Now in our webstore -- A collection of books by other great Indian independent publishers and comics artists. Find titles from @bakarmax_ , @WorldOfHalahala, and @studioekonte. We'll be adding more indie comics and zines soon!

https://www.blaft.com/collections/other-indie-stuff-1

blaft, 9 months ago to random

As the government proposes changing the official name of the country, I am voting for "Berry Island"

blaft, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to random

A grand tour of the necrodiversity of the country, GHOSTS, MONSTERS, AND DEMONS OF INDIA exhibits over 300 folkloric fiends from every state, every union territory, and every major ethno-linguistic group: from the head-detaching Ahmaw of Maraland (a semi-autonomous region on the Burmese border) to the foul-smelling dagger-toothed reef demon Faru Fureta of the Lakshadweep island chain

India edition:
https://www.blaft.com/products/ghosts-monsters-and-demons-of-india-ebook

International edition:
https://watkinspublishing.com/books/ghosts-monsters-and-demons-of-india/

blaft, 4 months ago to random

We're close, friends! Come help get us to the finish line!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blaftgujaratipulp/an-anthology-of-gujarati-pulp-fiction

#bookstodon #translatedliterature #fictionintranslation #indianlanguages #gujarati #pulpfiction #pulpcovers

blaft, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to random

Some people have asked if they can contribute to our Gujarati Pulp Fiction Kickstarter in ₹.

Yes! You should be able to use an Indian debit or credit card (you may need to enable international payments). If that doesn't work, or if you want to use UPI, DM us!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blaftgujaratipulp/an-anthology-of-gujarati-pulp-fiction

blaft, 2 months ago to random

Call for subs!

https://www.blaft.com/blogs/news/call-for-submissions

#ஜெய்பீம்

Submissions open through May 15, 2024

blaft, 4 months ago to random

Our Gujarati Pulp Fiction Kickstarter is live! Come check it out, chip in, book your copy, tell your friends!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blaftgujaratipulp/an-anthology-of-gujarati-pulp-fiction