What if you were a giant mosquito in a climate hell future, and the mosquito was trans, and the trans mosquito destroyed the stock market and also a school bully, and the school bully possessed a VR headset that allowed him to be the guy that runs the stock market, and the guy that runs the stock market is responsible for your mosquito-fication, so you have to confront him as you bring about a new mosquito-themed age of the earth?
Welcome to Michel Nieva’s 2025 novel, “Dengue Boy,” translated by Rahul Bery.
Joining us to dive into this strange and rich text is author of “The Saint of Bright Doors” and “Rakesfall,” Vajra Chandrasekara. Together we will unpack just what it means to confront your inner trans revolutionary mosquito as the world burns.
Listen now wherever you get your pods!
A few pages from Are We Dreaming? by the esteemed @_vajra and rockyobk -- featured in Dream Theatre: Parasomnia from @z2comics
It's a trippy, feverish, thought-provoking ride as befitting its creators' wheelhouses and wildly different from my usual lettering gigs. Rocky's painterly stained-glass style is so unique, and I loved the comix nods and rubber hose references.
#dreamtheatre #comics #comicslettering #z2comics #surreal
The Polish edition of THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS from Czarna Owca is out now, photographed here by @andreamorstabilini83 at the Empik bookstore in Krakow
FIU's Science & Fiction Lab Presents: Fourth Annual Science & Fiction Confab with Pedro Cabiya, Vajra Chandrasekera, Ana Menéndez, and Ian Tregillis on Thursday, April 2 at 1pm, at the FIU Graham Center 140, SW 8th St. Miami.
This event is free and open to the public.
RSVP: go.fiu.edu/confab-26
More info: scienceandfiction.fiu.edu/confab-26
I am attending virtually from NYC and will apparently be in a telepresence robot on stage. Hopefully they let me drive it around and do zoomies
Today at the New York Public Library, I presented my current book project to my fellow Fellows, Cullman Center folks, Library staff, and guests—it will have to remain vague for a while (the title on the powerpoint is very much a placeholder) but I'll be working on it for the next year or so. Pics courtesy of @sikorska.miszczuk !
Join us for the latest Ithaca Irrealist Reading this Friday, March 20th at 6PM, featuring @_vajra and @debbieurbanski at @liquidstatebeer ! Readings from each author, with a discussion to follow. Join us for good fiction, good beer, and good company!
I’m doing two in-person events in Ithaca, NY in March: I'll be at Cornell talking about speculative fiction on Mar 19 and I'm joining Debbie Urbanski to read for the Ithaca Irrealist Readings on Mar 20. Come say hi if you are Ithaca-adjacent!
I was the guest fiction editor for the two most recent issues of @the.deadlands , and here is the result! Hope you enjoy the stories, and please do follow the authors and support this wonderful magazine if you can. These awesome matching covers are by @carlydraws.illustration !
See my post for more details:
https://vajra.me/2026/01/19/the-deadlands-in-fall-and-winter/
I will be one of the speakers/mentors at the Indian Ocean Writers’ Residency in Bentota, Sri Lanka from July 9‒15 2026. The residency is hosted by @tambapanni_apsl , Colombo, in collaboration with the Max Weber Forum, New Delhi. Details for application and how to apply are at the Tambapanni website https://www.tambapannipublishers.lk
Please do apply if you're interested, and share with anyone who might be!
Vajra Chandrasekera, author of "Rakesfall" and winner of the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize 2025 shares a nifty piece of advice for speculative fiction writers.
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