Ashley Mangtani
Selected Short Fiction
Human stories at the edge of collapse.
Ashley Mangtani is an author of speculative and slipstream fiction. Grounded in clinical psychological tension, his stories examine the mechanics of alienation, transformation, and the limits of human survival.
Litro UK | Washington Square Review
The Late Night Show
A late-night host performs through the final hours of the end of the world.
Commuter lit | Mobius Magazine
Stand by for Redeployment
A paramedic searches for his missing partner beneath the Barbican Estate as a monstrous infection spreads through London.
Expat Press
The Satis House
Part Dickensian ghost story, part tragicomic literary autopsy, The Satis House follows an ageing failed writer who dies moments after finally producing the only sentence that could have saved him.
Literary Garage
Down the Rabbit Hole
A slipstream reimagining of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Down the Rabbit Hole follows a time-obsessed man who falls into a surreal underworld where distorted Wonderland figures force him to confront the years he sacrificed to work before a final reckoning with death, regret, and the family he neglected.
The Quasar Review
T–00:00:43
T–00:00:43 follows an astronaut aboard Space Shuttle Columbia as routine launch and flight procedures give way to memory, reflection, and the growing realization that something has gone catastrophically wrong.
BOUDIN
Rakpabon (รักษ์ป่าบอน)
An Indigenous forest woman watches her ancestral home transformed into protected state land, where the people who have cared for the forest for generations are recast as trespassers on their own earth.
Empyrean Magazine
Dinner with the Myrtle
A continuation of Giambattista Basile's 1634 fairy tale The Myrtle, from the Pentamerone. In the original, seven jealous women destroy a girl who lives inside a myrtle plant and are thrown into cesspits as punishment. Here, the myrtle chooses her own justice.
The Thieving Magpie
The Warmth of His Breath
As disaster unfolds on a remote Thai island, a devoted companion navigates fear, confusion, and the pull of an unbreakable bond.
ODDBALL MAGAZINE
Pesos
A contemporary literary story about a trans Filipina confronting her estranged father's legacy, exploring identity, family obligation, grief, and the cost of love measured through pesos.
Pen to Print
Dust in the Seams
Set between the rhythm of a modern city and the pull of an unforgettable past, this story explores ukiyo, impermanence, and the persistence of experiences that never truly leave us.
Mercurius One
Life, Love & Gay Inhibitions In The Noughties
A nostalgic queer coming-of-age reflection on love, identity, and breaking free from early 2000s cultural myths to find self-acceptance and real connection.