Sudha Kuruganti
Dark Things Between The Shadow and The Soul
started as a series of posts on my blog, mostly because I was so annoyed by the way Indian mythology was treated on Supernatural, a show I enjoy watching. I decided to write what I wanted to read—modern retellings of the myths and legends I grew up with and loved.
I started by posting a story every Friday, using a set of fantasy based writing prompts. My first story, Myth, was on vampires, which I wrote when the Twilight saga was very popular. The idea of a demon hunter like Constantine or a slayer like Buffy coming across a vampire who wasn’t affected by crosses or holy water always made me laugh. So that was what I wrote.
The one-off story got a good response, so I continued with my year-long ‘Indian mythology flash fiction project’, as I called it. When I was done, I decided to publish the best of them in an anthology. And the rest is history!
I started by posting a story every Friday, using a set of fantasy based writing prompts. My first story, Myth, was on vampires, which I wrote when the Twilight saga was very popular. The idea of a demon hunter like Constantine or a slayer like Buffy coming across a vampire who wasn’t affected by crosses or holy water always made me laugh. So that was what I wrote.
The one-off story got a good response, so I continued with my year-long ‘Indian mythology flash fiction project’, as I called it. When I was done, I decided to publish the best of them in an anthology. And the rest is history!
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