Anjali is a Black and South Asian speculative fiction writer and software engineer. She lives with a grizzled dog who offered to teach her magic in exchange for free New York City rent. Her work has appeared in Escape Pod, Uncanny Magazine, khōréō, and others. Find her at anjali.fyi or on Twitter @anjapatel.
I am the child of fallen gods. This is how I know: / I found my parents’ altars in the attic, cobwebs nestled in the cracked stone / Mummified fruit, tarnished coin, cracked paint / The root of rot and metal and mildew that we can never air out the home
