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Archita Mittra: writer, editor & artist

Archita Mittra: writer, editor & artist

I love to tell stories with words and images, often with a darkly magical twist. While speculative fiction & dissecting pop culture are my primary passions, I also work with clients & brands by assisting with content creation, editing, marketing & design.

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Category: Personal Essay

Archita Mittra—2022 Publications and Awards Eligibility

In 2022, I published 4 stories, a poem, and several non-fiction pieces on speculative themes.

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Personal Essay: Dumbo and the Relevance of Childhood Fantasies

Why We Need To Tell Happy Stories

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Personal Essay: Tim Burton and the Cult of the White Freaks

Do I stop watching Tim Burton films after that racist comment? No.

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Personal Essay: Looking For Sylvia

I think I first met her in a dream-she, a teenager and I, a child. We must have sat in … More

Bell Jar, fanfiction, favourite author, lady lazarus, poetry, soul sister, suicide, suicide fantasy, suicide note, sylvia plath

​Personal Essay: David Bowie in His Labyrinth

For me, David Bowie wasn’t an ageless celebrity to rival the likes of Madonna or Bob Dylan, but a strange, … More

androgyny, Bowie, childhood, david bowie, jareth, JarethTheGoblinKing, jennifer connolly, MagicDance, memoir, memories, the labyrinth, YouRemindMeOfTheBabe, ziggy stardust

Creative Non Fiction: A Walk in the Woods

A montage of images and musings on the agony of growing up and apart “Ring-a-ring-a-roses, A pocket full of posies; Ashes! … More

art and life, child, childhood, enchanted forest, faerytale, lady of shalott, listeners, loneliness, lost in the woods, magic, magical, nursery rhyme, tennyson, unreal, walk in the woods, walter de la mare

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