Garima Chhikara

Writes stories. Words in @forge_litmag, Hobart, Cherry Tree, Lost Balloon, @MISTERBULLBULL, @halfwaydown, @LPBMagazine, and more.

[Garima Chhikara @Gems_Chhikara]

Still feels a little surreal seeing my writing in print. 🤍

Thank you Cherry Tree for giving Witch Luck a home.

[Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag]

"My kundali—my Hindu astrology chart—says I must not keep a weapon at home. That’s not even a thing in kundalis."

Catch fiction reader @Gems_Chhikara's story MY PRIEST PREDICTED I'D BE A SPY in Your Impossible Voice 😍 https://t.co/ml9Qt7PEI6

[Garima Chhikara @Gems_Chhikara]

@MandiraPattnaik I remember that. Such a beautiful show

[Garima Chhikara @Gems_Chhikara]

@andrewbertaina Congrats 🙌

[Garima Chhikara @Gems_Chhikara]

@andrewbertaina @YIVJournal Thanks for reading and sharing!

[Garima Chhikara @Gems_Chhikara]

So happy this strange little story found a home at @YIVJournal and among such good company 🤍 very grateful to be part of this issue. “My Priest Predicted I’d Be a Spy” is up here: https://t.co/3VnTgFODiY

[Garima Chhikara @Gems_Chhikara]

@ronita_c @YIVJournal Thank you! ☺️

[𝕽on Riekki 〽️ @RiekkiRon]

Any authors who influenced you?
.
"There are so many
But a few who always stay with me are Arundhati Roy
Jhumpa Lahiri
Anton Chekhov
Kafka
Hemingway
& @manujosephsan
More recently, I’ve been drawn to the short fiction of Lahiri
& @MargaretAtwood"
—@Gems_Chhikara
in @forge_litmag

[Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag]

"And I feel that ache—the one that comes when someone loves you so much in their own way that they don’t see how it’s the wrong way for you."

Don't miss E.P. Tuazon's CYCLISTS from our new MAY ISSUE. 💕 🚲️ https://t.co/NO1aDwuv4r

[Garima Chhikara @Gems_Chhikara]

@MandiraPattnaik That’s interesting. I read your piece in Adi btw, so damn good 👏

[Garima Chhikara @Gems_Chhikara]

Really lovely issue from Split Lip. Go read a few pieces when you get a minute 🌼

[Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag]

Our MAY ISSUE is finally here. 🌼

WORDS by: E.P. Tuazon, @rennyxgong, Mary Liza Hartong, & Despy Boutris.

ART by: Christopher Dunlap.

PLUS: @CRSantantasio interviews Kate Broad.

✨️ Enjoy it all right here: https://t.co/30QFhA2YeE

[Garima Chhikara @Gems_Chhikara]

i’ll romanticize literally any café with books and trees

[Garima Chhikara @Gems_Chhikara]

@amykdebellis So cool. Congrats!

[Garima Chhikara @Gems_Chhikara]

@ca5eyj0 @Major7Mag Yeah this hits

[Garima Chhikara @Gems_Chhikara]

@FionaHalliday1 @nationalflashfd Thank you! 😊

[Garima Chhikara @Gems_Chhikara]

Really happy to be part of this 💛
Out of Habit goes live at 15:45 BST on June 13.
Thanks @nationalflashfd #Flashflood for having me. Excited to read along.

[Garima Chhikara @Gems_Chhikara]

@ronita_c @nationalflashfd Thanks!

[Garima Chhikara @Gems_Chhikara]

@zachalanmichael Hell yea!!

[Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag]

“'When there’s a problem, they need the daughter,' she said, cursing her useless brother as the blender drowned her words."

Fiction Reader @Gems_Chhikara's story MANGO SHAKE FOR TWO was published in @MISTERBULLBULL 🎉 Check it out here: https://t.co/GtzSz4a4wb

[Garima Chhikara @Gems_Chhikara]

@PDMwriter @MISTERBULLBULL Thanks! Glad you liked it.