greetings! i'm kiara, and you can find me in a forest at any given time. im a 21 year old south african/indian fantasy writer & artist. i often feel less like a human and more like a species of fungi you'd find feeding off of the nutrients on dead wood. the reminder that tolkien was also south african is what wakes me up in the morning and encourages me to write another page.
some other random facts about me next to cute emojis:
🐌 im super into dark earth/eco goth/forest academia juxtaposed with advanced tech & gadgets - think: mushrooms blooming from a rat carcass behind an arcade, or E-books about the anatomy of vampire bats, or misty glass terrariums at a cafe, or wizard instagram influencers 📗 im currently reading: the witcher books series. (jaskier is basically my husband) 🍃 im an insect collector, god of terrariums, forager, lover of fae 🏹 my gender is the open skies (she/they)
📜i have a bsc computer science
🌙 i am a massive linguistics nerd (fluent in english & hindi) - currently learning mandarin & latin on duolingo
🎨 i paint and sell my artwork!
🍄 i believe mushrooms will save the world
🐚 my socials: instagram, youtube, wattpad
all my stories are written from the perspective of Thug; he's a hybrid creature, the only one of his kind, who has lost his memories and was rescued by my alter ego Polkadot. he's thus indebted to her for life and joins her on all her quests to collect stories.
1. The Polkadot Files (Karma series)
genre: adventure, fantasy, mystery
blurb: An anthology of short stories exposing the truth about the fairytales you were told.
key words: unreliable narrator; time travel; space travel
number of books: 1, short story collection, ongoing
2. The House of Slyspore
genre: low fantasy, gothic, urban fantasy
blurb: This story isn’t a ‘big’ story. It doesn’t have world ending, the-destruction-of-life-as-we-know-it stakes. That already happened. This story involves a found family whose deaths happen to be entangled with each other. It starts with a Necromancer and an Assassin taking turns on the same victim.
key words & tropes: found family; lesbians; enemies to lovers; gender fluid main character; queer characters; anti capitalism themes; post apocalyptic; zombies & ghosts; necromancer, and lots of death themes
number of books: 1, ongoing, current project
3. The Polkadot Files (Kaal series)
genre: adventure, mystery, fantasy
blurb: After playing the role of her assistant for centuries, Thug is only now beginning to question his boss's identity. She is an immortal and has lived countless lives across dimensions, planets, and worlds, that much he knew. But after a mysterious quest to a snowy mountain, he begins unraveling a truth that is larger than the multiverse itself.
keywords & tropes: memory loss; pirates; time travel; space travel; unreliable narrator; multiverse
number of books: 1, completed
4. The Clans of the Skye & Sea
genre: high fantasy; epic fantasy
blurb: Faeries occupy the Skye. Mermaids inhabit the Sea. They had one rule: never cross territories.
keywords & tropes: enemies to lovers; faeries; mermaids; intense worldbuilding; romance; stockholm syndrome
number of books: 3
5. Enchanted High
genre: children's fantasy
blurb: a high school for all sorts of magic folk. (i wrote this when i was 12)
keywords & tropes: magical school; intense worldbuilding; romance; everything from werewolves to mermaids to goblins and technopaths
number of books: 7 planned (2 completed, 1 ongoing)
6. Non-Binary
genre: scifi, fantasy, queer main character
blurb: Preeti Singh is a computer science and mathematics college major. She has programmed an artificial intelligence that gives her "abilities" using the extraordinary powers of advanced math to protect Joy City. However, she is gender fluid, and with the AI she realizes she can change her appearance to that of a male whenever she wants. Her male alter ego - dubbed Calculator-Man by the news reporters in the city - becomes known as a superhero. That's when things get bizarre. Once peaceful Joy City becomes home for sorcery wars, aliens, infinity, and 3am thoughts during lunch.
keywords & tropes: computer science & math; superhero; gender fluid MC; interdimensional travel; aliens; time travel; tragic ending
number of books: trilogy planned (1 completed)
thanks for reading. feel free to add me to your writeblr tag list! have a mushroom for your journey 🍄
your loyal scribe,
kiara.
















