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Ajinkya Bhasme

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Amazon India bestselling author in the horror genre, Bhasme carefully crafts his works based on severe mental illness. He uses his engineering research background from IIT Bombay and his education in psychotherapy to dissect the most complicated stories human minds have to offer. His work is known to be unique and on topics that have never been touched before.

Bhasme's words have garnered him many national and international literary accolades from some of the most reputed media houses in the world. His books are known to be scary but have many trails of unsaid wisdom between the empty spaces.

"Reality is often scarier than nightmares, consider it like slowly being boiled in a pot and not even knowing it", says Bhasme describing his choice of
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Ajinkya Bhasme My research in several psychiatric instituitions. The things I have seen and observed in multiple places are much scarier than what I have written so …moreMy research in several psychiatric instituitions. The things I have seen and observed in multiple places are much scarier than what I have written so far(less)
Ajinkya Bhasme I refrain from reading in my genre for the fear that I may subconsciously copy the writing style of an author. A unique style of writing comes with ye…moreI refrain from reading in my genre for the fear that I may subconsciously copy the writing style of an author. A unique style of writing comes with years of hard work and copying that work (or even sounding like that) intentionally or unintentionally is just disrespectful to the artist. So I wont read thrillers, horrors or fantasy. But I will make an exception every once in a while. :) (less)
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As Death Stared Back

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When the Devil Whispers

4.27 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions
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7 hours at Bhata Road

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I BELIEVE THAT WORDS AND STORIES HAVE AN AURA. AUTHORS ARE MERE MEDIA TO CONVEY THESE TALES.

The Bookoholics: It is stated that the book When the Devil Whispers is inspired from a real case, how did you write the characters? Was there a lot of research involved?

Ajinkya Bhasme: Oh yes! 4 years of insanely frightening research. I lived in the neighbourhood for a few days to get the feel of the place Read more of this blog post »
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“Be careful when you pray for help. Because when you pray to God, the Devil hears you too.”
Ajinkya Bhasme, When the Devil Whispers

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“Be careful when you pray for help. Because when you pray to God, the Devil hears you too.”
Ajinkya Bhasme, When the Devil Whispers

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