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Apsara Engine gathers eight interwoven narratives that subtly weave everyday reality with the uncanny. The tales feature a woman who revisits a past affair, a tourist entangling another traveler in a hidden history, and a nonbinary scholar exploring postcolonial cartography. Through diverse futures and mythic reimaginings, the comics confront strange architecture, fetishism, and heartbreak, all rendered in rich, sepia‑tone watercolors. It marks Bishakh Som’s debut fiction work, offering a darkly humorous, alien‑yet‑familiar exploration of twenty‑first‑century life and its unknown horizons.
First publish date: 2020
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels/Graphic Fiction
Authors: Bishakh Som
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