Neethu Krishnan is a writer based in Mumbai, India, who writes between genres. She holds an MA in English and an M.Sc. in Microbiology, and her work has been curated in 35+ international literary venues, including The Spectacle, Prairie Fire, The Four Faced Liar, and elsewhere. She is a Best of the Net poetry nominee, Bacopa Literary Review's Creative Nonfiction Award winner, and 2024 Erbacce Poetry Prize longlisted poet.
Selected work
- Fiction
3
- Nonfiction
9
- Poetry
8
Contagion
Exist Otherwise, 2022
The Fantasied Fragility of Goddess Damsels by Neethu Krishnan — Last Girls Club
Last Girls Club, 2022
The Way Time Warps in a South Indian Hamlet - Issue 11 Preview | FU Review Berlin
FU Review Berlin, 2023
Ephemera - Vol 1.2 | The Sprawl Mag
The Sprawl Mag, 2023
The Fantasied Fragility of Goddess Damsels - Ouch! Collective
Ouch! Collective, 2024
A Vine of Thorns Dreaming of Blooms
Last Stanza Poetry Journal, 2022
Blue Ghost Fireflies - Terra Verses
Elixir Verse Equinox, 2024
The Infinite Tap - Offline, Symphonies of Imagination
Symphonies of Imagination, 2025
The Questionnaire - Tasavvur
Tasavvur, 2023
Dark Whimsy Castle - Hamilton Arts & Letters
Hamilton Arts & Letters, 2023
Dark Cheer: Cryptids Emerging (Volume Silver)
Improbable Press, 2022
"Parrots at the Window" by Neethu Krishnan
THE SPECTACLE, 2021
On Creating an Indian Cryptid (and Not Quitting)
Improbable Press, 2021
Porch Swing | Seaside Gothic
Seaside Gothic, 2022
Winter Reds — Hammock
Hammock Magazine, 2023
Touch-me-nots - Issue 3
The Saltbush Review, 2023
Girl, Sunsplit - Bacopa Literary Review 2022 - Writers Alliance of Gainesville
Bacopa Literary Review, 2022
To the ones greyed by the blue-stringed ventriloquist - For a Friend Anthology (Paperback, 2024)
Lucent Dreaming, 2022
The Elephant Bag Chronicles - Spring 2024, Volume 45, No. 1 – Prairie Fire
Prairie Fire: A Canadian Magazine of New Writing, 2024
Time as Measured in Respites - The Four Faced Liar Issue 3 | The Four
The Four Faced Liar Literary Magazine, 2025