It is told that the first demon was born when a young human child from the first village on this world wandered out into the forest nearby to explore.
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Indrapramit Das
Indrapramit Das (aka Indra Das) is a writer and editor from
Kolkata, India. He is a Lambda Literary Award-winner for his
debut novel The Devourers (Penguin India / Del Rey), and a
Shirley Jackson Award-winner for his short fiction, which has
appeared in a variety of anthologies and publications
including Tor.com, Slate Magazine, Clarkesworld, and Asimov’s
Science Fiction. He is an Octavia E. Butler Scholar and a
grateful member of the Clarion West class of 2012. He has
lived in India, the United States, and Canada, where he
received his MFA from the University of British Columbia.
Karina Who Kissed Spacetime
I always remember snow speckling the orange cone of streetlight that held my first kiss. It wasn’t snowing that night. This was before time fractured, left me slipping through its cracks like a bead of water.
The Widow and the Xir
Namir watches his wife and son as they sift baking salt-pans under the sun. They help gather the wet mounds of white clay that will be turned to dry powder later. If they see him, they will avert their eyes. If he comes any closer, they will flee in fear and alert the village.