Mermaid modeling and article in FAERIE MAGAZINE!
The summer issue 2017 of Faerie Magazine, with my mermaid modeling photo (accompanying Alice Hoffman‘s short story) and article on four Hindu and Buddhist mythical beings, is out! I’m so, so excited;...
View Article“Autumn Jewels” is available at PODCASTLE!
If you’ve been longing for a taste of fall, I’m happy to say that the text of my story “Autumn Jewels,” which first appeared as a limited-edition handmade scroll in the Sihaya and Company 2016 autumn...
View ArticleCover reveal for A THOUSAND BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS!
Hello, hello, and happy autumn! I’m so delighted to be able to share the cover of the forthcoming anthology A Thousand Beginnings and Endings (a YA anthology of retellings of Asian folklore and...
View ArticleCover reveal for TOIL & TROUBLE!
And now, to reveal the beautiful cover for the second anthology I have a story in next year! Isn’t it gorgeous? I’m so, so excited. My story is called “The Moonapple Menagerie” and stars a coven and a...
View ArticleTHE UNDERWATER BALLROOM SOCIETY anthology
Some fun news for the new year! Awesome writers Stephanie Burgis and Tiffany Trent are coediting a fantasy and science fiction anthology based on this underwater ballroom, and they invited me to write...
View ArticleRhysling Award nomination!
Some cool news: “Starskin, Sealskin,” the poem I cowrote with Sara Cleto that found a home in Uncanny Magazine, has been nominated for a Rhysling Award! Whoo-hoooooo! Happy spring! Starskin, Sealskin
View ArticleStarred reviews
So it’s really wonderful to be invited to be part of amazing anthologies with wonderful editors who help you make your story the best it can be and wonderful fellow contributors whose work just shines....
View ArticleMy Readercon 2018 Schedule
Hi, friends! It’s been a busy couple of months–and I think I forgot to share here that A Thousand Beginnings and Endings is out; hooray! Here are a couple pictures by my agent of the launch event at...
View ArticleI SOLD MY BOOOOKKKKKK! 😱😱😱
“Stephanie Stein at HarperTeen has acquired Star Daughter and an untitled YA novel by Shveta Thakrar. The contemporary YA fantasy inspired by Hindu mythology follows a half-mortal/half-star girl who...
View ArticleNew story up at the Hanging Garden Tumblr: “The Path of Pins, the Path of...
I’m happy to share my latest story with you, a dark fairy tale of sorts called “The Path of Pins, the Path of Needles.” It’s a departure from my usual style (I never write in either first person or...
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