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Throat: A Story from Bishakh Som’s Apsara Engine

Can you say Mommy’s name, sweetie? Can you do that for Mommy?

Bishakh Som's Apsara Engine

Bishakh Som’s new graphic collection Apsara Engine, out this April from the Feminist Press, has been described as “a stunning blend of mythology, futurity, and courageous tenderness” (Franny Choi) and “erupting with queer intimacies and witty banter in eight eerie and tender stories” (The Rumpus).

Below, read “Throat,” a story from the collection.

PLEASE NOTE: If you are using a tablet or a mobile device to read, click through the pages below, and use your touch screen’s zoom tool to read through the panels.

However, we recommend that you read Bishakh’s story on a laptop or desktop screen and scroll further below to hover over each page, which will allow you to magnify the panels for easy reading.

Mobile and tablet view

Use your touch screen’s zoom tool to magnify panels.

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Hover over the panels to get a closer look.

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Excerpted from Apsara Engine (2020) by Bishakh Som, with permission from the Feminist Press.