Valmīk'āgrāt prabhavati dhanuṣ-khaṇḍam Ākhaṇḍalasya

Completed G

Summary: Show: Ramā Rāghava.

Varun fell in love at first sight with Raghav, a software designer who excels at his family traditions of directing pūjā rituals and preaching kīrtana. In every crisis, Varun supports Raghav, but Raghav knows that loving Varun is a flood that would sweep away the religion that Raghav upholds. How broken will the rainbow be when it finally appears above the anthill? Author's Note: The title, meaning "from an anthill's top emerges Indra's broken rainbow," is a line from Kālidāsa's poem Meghadūta; the language is Saṃskṛta.

These four stories of two-hundred-and-fifty words each were entries in the LGBTQ+ Micro-Fiction writing contest.

Credit to Sevenstreaks for the previous cover. Trigger Warning: Extent of Trigger Warnings : mild ; Trigger Warnings : bullying, voyeurism, abusive family, abstract mention of drug trafficking.

No Content Warnings.