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that expectation. The pitfalls, however, are in the same vein as the advantages. At some point you run out of space for all the glorious tangents, imagery, side characters, pithy dialogue and poignant reflections you want to include. Short fiction is a lesson in compression, and it’s very difficult.
    Finally, a question we ask all of our interviewees: We Book Smugglers have faced condemnation because of the sheer volume of books that we carry back home on a daily basis. As such, we have on occasion resorted to “smuggling books” home to escape judgmental, scrutinizing eyes. Have you ever had to smuggle books?
    Yes? Ish? I tend to binge-buy and then pretend that all the books were just floundering in my car so I’m taking them up all at once. So, I get side-eye but it’s more from “Why are you an unkempt car fiend” vs. “Shame upon thee, Book Smuggler!” Sneaky sneaky.

About the Author
    Roshani Chokshi lives in the land of grits and boiled peanuts. Her family is ruled by a Great Pyrenees overlord known by the cryptic name of “Panda.” Her unpublished manuscript was a 2014 Daphne du Maurier finalist and she was a finalist in the 2014 Katha Fictions Contest. She studies law by day and writes fantasy by night. Her first novel,
The Star Touched Queen
, is forthcoming from Macmillan in 2016.

Book Smugglers Publishing
Spring 2015
    The Merger
by Sunil Patel (6/23/2015)
    Luminous
by A.E. Ash (7/21/2015)
    The Vishakanya’s Choice
by Roshani Chokshi (8/25/2015)
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Fall 2014
    Hunting Monsters
by S.L. Huang (10/7/2014)
    In Her Head, In Her Eyes
by Yukimi Ogawa (10/21/2014)
    Mrs. Yaga
by Michal Wojcik (11/4/2014)
    The Mussel Eater
by Octavia Cade (11/18/2014)
    The Astronomer Who Met the North Wind
by Kate Hall (12/2/2014)
    The Ninety-Ninth Bride
by Catherine F. King (12/16/2014)
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