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Prashanth Srivatsa

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Coimbatore, India

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A writer of fantasy and science fiction stories. Works of short fiction in Asimov's, Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (F&SF), Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Reckoning, and Cast of Wonders among others.

Debut Fantasy Novel: The Spice Gate, HarperVoyager, July 2024.

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	The Spice Gate 3.31 avg rating — 483 ratings — published 2024 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, November/December 2023 by Sheila Williams (Goodreads Author), Dominica Phetteplace, Ray Nayler (Goodreads Author) 3.78 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine: Issue #1 by Oliver Brackenbury (Goodreads Author), Cora Buhlert (Contributor), Bryn Hammond (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.18 avg rating — 44 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Vol. 144, Nos. 1 & 2, January/February 2023 by Sheree Renée Thomas (Editor), David D. Levine (Goodreads Author), Robert Reed (Goodreads Author) 3.32 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2023	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vengeance: A Sting In Every Tale by Sonia Rao (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ruchi Singh (Goodreads Author), Dola Basu Singh (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 15 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine: Issue #7 by Oliver Brackenbury (Goodreads Author), Nathaniel Webb (Goodreads Author), Valerie Valdes (Goodreads Author) (Copy Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shoreline of Infinity, Issue 18, Summer 2020: Spotlight on BAME Science Fiction by Noel Chidwick (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Tendai Huchu (Goodreads Author) (Guest Editor), Raman Mundair (Guest Editor) 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beneath Ceaseless Skies #307 by Scott H. Andrews (Editor), Aimee Ogden (Goodreads Author), Prashanth Srivatsa (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #461 by Prashanth Srivatsa (Goodreads Author), Scott H. Andrews (Editor), Louis Morris 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Short Novels of John Steinbeck

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“Of no surprise are people who advocate food without spices. That is akin to a salamander with a beard breastfeeding a duckling. The whole idea does not make any sense.”
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“food without spices. That is akin to a salamander with a beard breastfeeding a duckling. The whole idea does not make any sense.”
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“When you are writing laws you are testing words to find their utmost power. Like spells, they have to make things happen in the real world, and like spells, they only work if people believe in them.”
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“Why are we so attached to the severities of the past? Why are we so proud of having endured our fathers and our mothers, the fireless days and the meatless days, the cold winters and the sharp tongues? It's not as if we had a choice.”
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“A single death, wrote one ancient king, is a tragedy, but a genocide can only be understood through statistics.”
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