Indian Gothic

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From Bram Stoker and CWA nominated, and Utopiales Nantes Award-winning author Ashok Banker comes a chilling new novel of occult horror set in 1980s Bombay

A masterful fusion of Lovecraftian terror and Indian Gothic that will haunt your dreams long after...

All she wanted was a mango. What she got was desire, death—and a goddess who never forgets.

In the slums of Bombay, eleven-year-old Shanti breaks every taboo to beg a dark goddess for a single gift. What follows is a miracle: sweetness where there was none, a body in place of payment, and a growing hunger that no fruit can satisfy.

As the city...

A chilling horror short story by the author of The Bombay Lovecraft Society.

In a city where myths sleep lightly beneath the surface, one woman stumbles into a forgotten horror that remembers her name.

When Lisa, a brilliant young artist seeking solace in the shadowed aisles of an old bookstore, discovers a passageway that shouldn’t exist, she...

Something’s wrong with Ajay Sharma. He can feel it deep inside him. Growing. Waiting.

It started with a bath. New apartment. Faulty plumbing. A moment alone.

Then came the sensations—impossible ones. Heat, pressure, pleasure. A shifting in his body he couldn’t explain. Arousal that felt alien. Orgasmic flashes with no clear cause. And an...

It started with a single hair...and grew into a living nightmare.

Greg is a call center worker in San Francisco, just another faceless voice helping disgruntled customers troubleshoot their smart appliances. He wears gloves, long sleeves, and a mask—he says it’s for hygiene. But the truth is growing harder to hide. Literally.

As hair begins to...

Every crossroads demands a sacrifice...

From Bram Stoker-nominated and Utopiales Nantes Award-winning author Ashok Banker comes a chilling new installment in the “Indian Gothic” series. A masterful fusion of folk horror and noir that unfolds in the shadowy streets of 1990s Bombay.

In the gleaming neon shadows of 1990s Bombay, an ancient goddess...