Blaft Publications

South Indian indie publishing house. Tamil pulp fiction, Urdu detective novels, & Nigerian soyayya in translation. Comics. Ladies with monster boyfriends. More.
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Blaft Publicationsblaft
2026-03-08

Add-on books available through the Kumari Loves a Monster Kickstarter campaign include:

The Blaft Anthology of Tamil Pulp Fiction (covers by Shyam)

Ghosts, Monsters, and Demons of India (includes illustrations by Shyam and Rashmi)

Bandigoat: A Collection of Strange & Horrible Tales (includes a story by Rashmi, "The Legend of Rani Grace")

kickstarter.com/projects/blaft

The Blaft Anthology of Tamil Pulp Fiction Vol 2, selected and translated by Pritham K ChakravarthyThe Blaft Anthology of Tamil Pulp Fiction Vol 1, selected and translated by Pritham K ChakravarthyBandigoat: A Collectin of Strange & Horrible Tales, edited by Rakesh KhannaGhosts, Monsters, and Demons of India, by Rakesh Khanna & J Furcifer Bhairav
Blaft Publicationsblaft
2026-03-06

We're one top-tier backer away from reaching our target!

C'mon folks, you know you want the custom Shyam portrait+monster painting

kickstarter.com/projects/blaft

First night image from Kumari Loves a Monster: A Tamil bride in sari and wedding jewellery hands a glass of milk to a green monster with big fangs and claws
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Blaft Publicationsblaft
2026-03-05

The Kumari Loves a Monster reprint drive has 12 days to reach the finish! Reserve your copy now!

You can also pledge for a custom artwork depicting yourself (or a friend) enjoying a date with a monster lover!
kickstarter.com/projects/blaft

A scene from Kumari Loves a Monster. A woman in a blue sari holding an umbrella has her arm around a large 7-legged yellow creature with strange protruberances on its head.
Blaft Publications boosted:
2026-03-02

@matratype Not to detract from the main book but the zine is so good. The quality of the paper, image reproduction, and format is exactly right. Obviously I have to get all the others now. (Edit: checked the stock 😅)

Blaft Publicationsblaft
2026-03-01

The Kumari Loves a Monster reprint drive has 12 days to reach the finish! Reserve your copy now!

You can also pledge for a custom artwork depicting yourself (or a friend) enjoying a date with a monster lover!
kickstarter.com/projects/blaft

A scene from Kumari Loves a Monster. A woman in a blue sari holding an umbrella has her arm around a large 7-legged yellow creature with strange protruberances on its head.
Blaft Publicationsblaft
2026-02-28

@joostmarcellis Razorpay's just our payment gateway, should work with a debit card. Where are you? I can calculate shipping & you can Paypal too if that helps

Blaft Publicationsblaft
2026-02-28

@joostmarcellis You can check if our India price + shipping rate works out better: blaft.com/products/india-stree

Blaft Publicationsblaft
2026-02-22

INDIA STREET LETTERING if you're into typography and design

THE SEEKERS if you're into ancient landscapes and philosophical quests

BANDIGOAT if you're into demonic street dogs

A COMPENDIUM OF LESSER SEXY OWL GODS if you're into steamy strigine demiurges

blaft.com/collections/new-arri

A Compendium of Lesser Sexy Owl Gods by Kuzhali ManickavelBandigoat: A Collection of Strange & Horrible TalesIndia Street Lettering by Pooja SaxenaThe Seekers by Gautamiputra Kamble
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Blaft Publicationsblaft
2026-02-20

UK customers -- you can now purchase @matratype.bsky.social's INDIA STREET LETTERING at the Better Letters Magazine shop!

shop.bl.ag/products/india-stre

Blaft Publications boosted:
Sam at BLAGblag@typo.social
2026-02-19

Yesterday the postman brought me this treat of a new book by @matratype and @blaft. Stock has also arrived in my online shop.

‘India Street Lettering: A Journey Through Typographic Craft & Culture’ is now ready for orders and you can read all about it here:

shop.bl.ag/products/india-stre

Congratulations Pooja on a fabulous publication; it is quite an incredible book!

#Signs #SignPainting #Lettering #GraphicDesign #India #Typography #Type #Craft #Culture

Book photographed against a grey background. The title, India Street Lettering: A Journey Through Typographic Craft & Culture, and author, Pooja Saxena, are set on a yellow background surrounded by landscape photos of Indian signs in a variety of scripts and media.
Blaft Publicationsblaft
2026-02-19

UK customers -- you can now purchase @matratype.bsky.social's INDIA STREET LETTERING at the Better Letters Magazine shop!

shop.bl.ag/products/india-stre

Blaft Publicationsblaft
2026-02-19

UK customers -- you can now purchase @matratype.bsky.social's INDIA STREET LETTERING at the Better Letters Magazine shop!

shop.bl.ag/products/india-stre

A stack of copies of India Street Lettering
Blaft Publicationsblaft
2026-02-17

OK, we'd goofed up while configuring Kickstarter, and it was impossible to donate a copy to the @freelibsnet.bsky.social while still ordering one for yourself.

I believe we've got that fixed now! So donate away!

kickstarter.com/projects/blaft

Blaft Publicationsblaft
2026-02-16
Blaft Publicationsblaft
2026-02-16

Goodreads reviews of KUMARI LOVES A MONSTER:

"completely bizarre and completely, completely charming"

"these illustrations were LIT"

"bizarrely beautiful"

"sure wish I could find a man with 4+ arms to teach me karate and shapes"

BACK OUR REPRINT DRIVE!

kickstarter.com/projects/blaft

Blaft Publicationsblaft
2026-02-15

When you pledge to our KUMARI LOVES A MONSTER Kickstarter reprint drive, you can donate a copy to THE FREE LIBRARIES NETWORK, a fantastic initiative serving communities across India.

Kids need third spaces... and books about wholesome consensual monsterlove!

kickstarter.com/projects/blaft

Kumari Loves a Monster - movie dateFree Libraries Network logoKumari Loves a Monster -- Paddleboat Excursion. A long-limbed, vulpine monster raides alongside a lovely young kumari in a white-with-red-polka-dots churidhar set
Blaft Publicationsblaft
2026-02-15

When you pledge to our KUMARI LOVES A MONSTER Kickstarter reprint drive, you can donate a copy to THE FREE LIBRARIES NETWORK, a fantastic initiative serving communities across India.

Kids need third spaces... and books about wholesome consensual monsterlove!

kickstarter.com/projects/blaft

Kumari Loves a Monster -- Movie DateKumari Loves a Monster -- Paddleboat ExcursionFree Libraries Network Logo
Blaft Publicationsblaft
2026-02-14

The "In Translation" Storybundle contains 12 ebooks in translation, from languages as diverse as Thai, Tamil, Hausa, Shona, isiZulu and Anishinaabemowin!

Donations over $25 get you the whole set! Supports Global Voices Dot Org

storybundle.com/translation

A montage of the book covers offered as part of the storybundle
Blaft Publicationsblaft
2026-02-14

We're 50% of the way to our goal on our reprint drive for KUMARI LOVES A MONSTER, a picture book about South Indian women who are head-over-heels in love with hideous, toothy, and tentacled things. By Rashmi Ruth Devadasan and Shyam.

Select add-ons like Ghosts, Monsters, and Demons of India, The Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF, or a Kumari Loves a Monster jigsaw puzzle

kickstarter.com/projects/blaft

Kumari Loves a Monster - First NightThe Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SFKumari Loves a MonsterGhosts, Monsters, and Demons of India
Blaft Publicationsblaft
2026-02-12

We're doing a reprint drive for KUMARI LOVES A MONSTER

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Kumari and her Monster chill and watch a movie in a dark theatre, eating popcorn. The monster is red and has lots of tentacles. The kumari is wearing yellow.

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