![]() ![]() “One of visual literature’s most sublime scribes.” - HiLobrow ![]() conjures up shape-shifting global cities, erupting with queer intimacies and witty banter in eight eerie and tender stories.” - The Rumpus “Bishakh Som’s debut graphic story collection. “…moments of explosive transition provide the book’s heartbeat. This anthology by an up-and-coming comics superstar, which centers queer and trans South Asian narratives, is precisely what we need right now.” - them. “Som has created a collection of short stories that dance between genres and identities, moving from incisive descriptions of modern social realities to poetic ruminations on the future. “Richly hued, gorgeously lettered, and often exquisitely detailed, Som’s work, the writing as well the art, presents a brave new world of diverse women-talking, dancing, dreaming, plotting-living among friends, lovers, and chimerical creatures, in familiar cities and faraway landscapes, balancing the expectantly mundane with the utterly fantastical.” - Booklist, starred review Som is a master of pacing, letting the emotion of her scenes churn and roil in the reader her debut heralds the rise of new talent to watch.” - Publishers Weekly, starred review ![]() ![]() “Much like a map, Som’s novel opens up a portal and lets us imagine all the places it could take us to.” - Hyperallergic Here’s what some folks have had to say about it: Apsara Engine, my graphic short story collection, came out in April 2020 from The Feminist Press at CUNY. ![]()
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