Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 27, 2026
Amita Basu

Amita Basu

Amita Basu’s fiction appears in more than 85 venues. She’s contributing editor at Fairfield Scribes Micro, and sustainability columnist and interviews editor at Mean Pepper Vine. She lives in Bangalore, and works at a climate action thinktank.

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About Amita Basu

Amita Basu’s fiction appears in more than 85 venues including The Penn Review, Bamboo Ridge, Faultline, Jelly Bucket, Phoebe, and Funicular. She’s contributing editor at Fairfield Scribes Micro, and sustainability columnist and interviews editor at Mean Pepper Vine. Her debut, At Play and Other Stories, is due out with Bridge House Press in 2025. She’s won the Letter Review Prize and Kelp's Shelter in Place contest, and been shortlisted by the Coppice Prize and contests at Phoebe and Five Minute Lit. She lives in Bangalore, works at a climate action thinktank, and blogs at http://amitabasu.com/

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  • The Problem

    Amita Basu’s fiction appears in more than 85 venues. She’s contributing editor at Fairfield Scribes Micro, and sustainability columnist and interviews editor at Mean Pepper Vine. She lives in Bangalore, and works at a climate action thinktank.

  • Breakup By Committee

    Sometimes you don't need to be alone...

  • Escape Plan

    Closer each day...