Close, Too Close: The Tranquebar Book of Queer Erotica

Meenu

This is a South Asian anthology of queer erotic short fiction, co-edited by Meenu and Shruti, bringing together roughly fifteen writers and artists exploring same-sex and gender-fluid desire. The stories are set in everyday South Asian locations like buses, pools, flats and hostels, and range across different orientations, identities and relationship dynamics. As a multi-author collection rather than a single continuous romance, it offers varied tones and outcomes story to story rather than one overarching plot.