Kali_Na, by Indrapramit Das

[Anthology]

★★☆☆☆

(Cyberpunk) A big corporation creates a powerful AI in the form of a Hindu goddess in virtual reality, and a young woman seeks inspiration from it when she sees what happens when trolls attack it. (7,591 words; Time: 25m)

The Shadow We Cast Through Time, by Indrapramit Das

[Anthology]

★★★☆☆

(Lost Colony) When the portal collapse isolated the colony, the colonists struggled to survive on a world where the dark forests lured people to their deaths, turning them into “demons.” (7,322 words; Time: 24m)

The Moon is Not a Battlefield, by Indrapramit Das

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(Military SF) After spending almost her whole life as a lunar soldier, Gita gives an interview to a reporter about what it was like and how she’s adapting to life in India. (8,123 words; Time: 27m)

Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended

The Worldless, by Indrapramit Das

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(Offworld SF) The Dunyshar are stranded on an outpost, but NuTay dreams of going home to Earth. (5,130 words; Time: 17m)

Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended

Recommended By: GDozois:5

Breaking Water, by Indrapramit Das

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(Zombie) In modern India, Krishna encounters (and ignores) a dead woman's body by the river just before the dead start to walk. He feels guilty and determines to do something about it. (8,504 words; Time: 28m)

Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average

Recommended By: GDozois:4 RHorton:4

The Muses of Shuyedan-18, by Indrapramit Das

Asimov's Science Fiction, June 2015;  ~8,700  words
Rating: 2, Not recommended  Recommended By:    SFEP

Lesbian couple studying the native life on Teysanzi make a real impression on a towering alien.

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The vitanbiet are a fascinating species. Very unusual to see a story with a key role for a non-sentient species.

This is, in essence, the story of how a relationship died and how Tani decided she's meant to be a loner and means to make the best of it. But the story never really makes us like Tani or Mi very much. The dialogue between the two consistently sounds unnatural, and even the narration has rough spots.