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🐦 Rekha Valliappan πŸƒ
@silicasun
Author/Poet -Best Small Fiction 2025/Multi-Award Winner/Pushcart/BOTN Nom/Wigleaf Top 50 Longlist '25 / Words in literary, university, genre journals/anthosπŸ„πŸŒΈ
Joined March 2013
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    #MondayMood - New thrills, friends! My #shortstory THE QUEST pub'd in Twisted Vine Literary Arts Journal Spring 2026 Issue just out, Pg 25, a lovely publication curated by writing program grad students of Western New Mexico University: twistedvine.wnmu.eduπŸ“š #silicasun πŸοΈπŸ“—πŸ’™
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    I'm so excited! I just got published - for #poetry !! Again! Read it here : locustmagazine.com/vol3/locust-ni…
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    #FictionFriday - My #shortstory Anklets of Jasmine published today on @HyacinthReview πŸ“š A creeping dark #story crossing continents it's accompanied by ghostly illustration of pale jasmines. Thank you to #editor #readers all at THR for publishing itπŸŒΌπŸ““πŸ’š hyacinthreview.org/rekha-valliapp…
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    #SundayShoutout So stoked my #invasivespecies #horror #shortstory RENARTIS RISING is available to read in one of the popular #sciencefiction & #fantasy magazines. Thank you Editor Jack L. Bryson. Do you really know your plants?πŸŒΏπŸ“— Renartis Rising teleportmagazine.com/2020/08/04/ren…
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    #Dark #MYSTERY and Spooky #Noir #horrortale #amwriting out now in just released 'MONSTERS' Issue - Thank you @TamaraGrisanti Thank you @coffin_bell - Check out my #shortstory 'The Beast of Montmoor' here : coffinbell.com/the-beast-of-m…
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    #SaturdaySpecial - So excited to share this lovely anthology pf #POEMS and #shortstories dogearedbard.com/long-island-ha… and super thrilled it includes me! Check it out #friends #writers! I got to read my #horror #shortstory 'Ghost in the Pines' at the #book launch πŸ‘»πŸŒ²πŸ““πŸ–€
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    #SaturdaySpotlight - My new #shortstory is LIVE now at @SatEvePost ! I'd love for you to read it! "A Pilgrim's Push"! Happy to be included in this grande olde great publication for #MothersDay saturdayeveningpost.com/2020/05/a-pilg…
    Thanks so very much Nicholas and Editors, The Saturday Evening Post, for publishing my #shortstory 'A Pilgrim's Push' πŸŒΊπŸ“”πŸ’œ
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    I'm on a roll for #fantasy #fiction! Unbelievable! Delighted that my #shortstory 'Night of the Jaguar' is back-to-back out and available in Aphelion Magazine of Science Fiction & Fantasy Issue 238, Vol. 23, April 2019, here : aphelion-webzine.com/shorts/2019/04…
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    Honored to have my #gothic dark #fiction #horrortale 'The Phantom Journey' published in this fine journal Eastern Iowa Review Do read here : portyonderpress.com/the-phantom-jo…
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    #FridayFeelings - After a claustrophobic past week with TV screaming breaking news, Twitter time out, a flurry of submissions, it feels just a wee bit normal to be back, to you, to wintry sunshine views. #StaySafe, Stay Well, Stay Inspired, #writers #poets #writerscommunity πŸ“˜πŸ’œ
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    #TuesdayThrill - My #story BATTLE OF FLOWERS shares a platform with many wonderful #writers in one of America's leading #literary mags - Wilderness House Literary Review 58th Issue (Vol 15, No 2), thanks to #Fiction Editor Tim Gager & the Editorial Team whlreview.com/no-15.2/fictio…
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    #TuesdayThrill - My #story THE COMPASS TURNS THRICE is published! Super stoked to see it LIVE on #StorySunday ! Thanks so much @LitroUSA @LitroMagazine USA! You can read this strange haunting tale here β›΅οΈπŸ§­πŸ“˜πŸ€Ž litromagazine.com/usa/2021/02/th…
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    #SundaySpecial - Exciting news - My #shortstory THE HOME-COMING is just released in #literary #magazine Muse India's Issue 94 Special Feature 'Love in the Pandemic'! Thanks to Editor Annapurna Sharma. To #readers here's the link : museindia.com/Home/ViewConte…
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