
A.K. Kulshreshth's short stories are published in eight countries (in litmags including Asia Literary Review and Wasafiri). He is a member of Cernunnos (www.cernunnosbooks.com), a fiction collective dedicated to taking lesser known voices across borders. Cernunnos partnered with a Hindi Litmag, Kathadesh, to run a short story contest in Hindi. The first volume of winning entries was translated and published in 2017. Cernunnos has published translations of a rare Hindi novella (Katora Bhar Khoon), the classic Chitralekha (published in Hindi in 1934), and the first ever translation of Vaishali Ki Nagarvadhu (Hindi, 1948-49, shortlisted for the Singapore Literature Prize (Translation), 2024). His first novel manuscript, Lying Eyes, was longlisted for the Epigram Fiction Prize 2022. Published by Balestier Press, the novel was selected as an Editors' Choice by The Historical Novels Review.