Antyesti For a Dead Ganesa
Novelette 16,000 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"Two hours out of deadsleep is too soon to be staring at the butchered corpse of a dead god. Neel looks down as the kalipeeli begins its descent to Chowpatty Beach and feels his stomach flip."
Content warnings 3
body-horrordeathgore
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