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A Scribe of Devarka: A Collection of Fantasy Shorts
A child running from home seeks work at the swamplands, where a dangerous magical fog looms.
A drunk noble is hired to rewrite imperial history and erase the red nomads of the desert from its pages.
Six children vow to defeat an ancient Blood Demon that haunts the mountains.
A monk takes his ferryman to the Hungry Spirit festival. Each has a secret the other does not know.
A Scribe of Devarka is a collection of four fantasy shorts from across the Ashtari Empire. The collector of these scrolls is an unnamed scribe at the Devarka Academy. Through his work, he takes us to musty swamplands, desert dunes, snow-capped mountains, and ruins of an empty city, giving us a glimpse of the world he lives in.
A drunk noble is hired to rewrite imperial history and erase the red nomads of the desert from its pages.
Six children vow to defeat an ancient Blood Demon that haunts the mountains.
A monk takes his ferryman to the Hungry Spirit festival. Each has a secret the other does not know.
A Scribe of Devarka is a collection of four fantasy shorts from across the Ashtari Empire. The collector of these scrolls is an unnamed scribe at the Devarka Academy. Through his work, he takes us to musty swamplands, desert dunes, snow-capped mountains, and ruins of an empty city, giving us a glimpse of the world he lives in.
51 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 4, 2024
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About the author
Abhirup Dutta
4 books2 followersAbhirup Dutta is from India and California and currently resides in
Toronto, Canada. When he doesn’t code, he loves solo traveling and has
foolishly gotten lost in multiple continents.
He is the author of A Scribe of Devarka, and has been published in Corner Bar
Magazine, Scarlet Leaf Review, and Heretic: A One-Shot Anthology of
Speculative Fiction.
Toronto, Canada. When he doesn’t code, he loves solo traveling and has
foolishly gotten lost in multiple continents.
He is the author of A Scribe of Devarka, and has been published in Corner Bar
Magazine, Scarlet Leaf Review, and Heretic: A One-Shot Anthology of
Speculative Fiction.
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January 27, 2025
This is a collection of short stories set in a fantastical world filled with shamans, magic, and demons. Each story is self-contained and has rich imagery, with its own unique main character experiencing the magical / spiritual side of the world.
Instead of traditional fantasy, the world is East-Asian inspired. It's beautifully done and easily drew me in, my only regret is that it wasn't longer!
This is also a short read, so I highly recommend giving it a shot.
Instead of traditional fantasy, the world is East-Asian inspired. It's beautifully done and easily drew me in, my only regret is that it wasn't longer!
This is also a short read, so I highly recommend giving it a shot.
January 9, 2025
Abhirup Dutta's writing is as vivid as it is imaginative, as clear as it is powerful, as kind-hearted as it is incisive. I look forward to the day I have a whole shelf of his works to read and read and read again.
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