About

Mallika is a Pittsburgh-based writer whose short stories and flash fiction have appeared in various literary magazines & print anthologies, and have been longlisted and shortlisted for several awards including the Retreat West Quarterly Flash fiction, Best Flash Fiction Prize, the Fractured Lit Best Micro-Fiction Prize, The Strands International Prize, and the Bath Flash Fiction Award. Mallika is the author of the critically acclaimed thriller In the Dark I See You.

Featured Work

In The Dark I See You

2023
Book jacket with title In the Dark ISEE You written hanging from each fold of an unfolding blind stick at cross angles in white against the dark grey background of the book cover, with blood dripping down the word YOU. Author name in red on top right.

In The Dark I See You is a cat-and-mouse thriller about friends/not friends told in she said/she said narrative with flashbacks.
Hailed as a “compelling and complex debut with a breathtaking conclusion” by Booklist, In The Dark I See You is an addictive page-turner full of shocking twists. Perfect for fans of books by Lisa Unger, Ruth Ware, and AJ Finn.

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