Sharang Biswas’s THE IRON BELOW REMEMBERS

Join Upper Manhattan-based author Sharang Biswas for a reading and signing of his debut scifi novella THE IRON BELOW REMEMBERS, published by Neon Hemlock Press.

Set in an alternate version of the British Isles where South Asian imperial interest colonized much of the globe thanks to their advanced technology, Professor Laxman Yadav is dating Saviour, one of the world’s most famous superheroes, while also investigating possibly the most important archeological find of all time. Equal parts pulp caper and meta-textual academic text, this novella leans as heavily on footnotes as it does on explorations of queer romance.

“Sharang Biswas often reaches dizzying heights with his prose, but never more than when every word is horny. Like a sexed-up superhero, he circumnavigates a world rife with alternate history, intricate worldbuilding, and rampant comic-book tropes.This grinning thirst trap of a book deserves your full attention. Luxuriate in it.” —Cecilia Tan, author of Slow Surrender

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sharang Biswas is an NYC-based writer, artist, and award-winning game designer. He has won IndieCade, ENNIE, and IGDN awards for his games and has showcased interactive works at numerous galleries, museums, and festivals, including Pioneer Works in Brooklyn, the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia, and the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens. His nonfiction writing has appeared in publications such as Dicebreaker, Eurogamer, Unwinnable, and First Person Scholar, while his fiction & poetry has been published by Fantasy, Lightspeed, Strange Horizons, Nightmare, Augur, Baffling and more. His work has been selected for two editions “We’re Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction” and his first book “The Iron Below Remembers” released in Spring 2025 from Neon Hemlock Press.

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