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Identity: Vol. 7 of the Helter Skelter Anthology of New Writing

VOLUME 7 of the Helter Skelter Anthology of New Writing features original short fiction and poetry from India, selected by Mridula Koshy and Sumana Roy.

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…

Throwback Tuberculosis

For much longer than COVID-19, India has had another airborne disease to contend with. It still affects large sections of the population, but it has seemingly been long-neglected.

What Would It Mean If Women Were Allowed to Dream?

Salma’s Women, Dreaming is a feminist text; a generational tale of women bound to each other by blood, marriage, and proximity.