Mehreen Ahmed

Mehreen Ahmed is an Australian novelist born in Bangladesh. Her novels have been acclaimed/recognized by Midwest Book Review_"A deftly crafted and consistently entertaining novel, The Pacifist (Cosmic Teapot, 2017) reveals Australian author Mehreen Ahmed's exceptional flair for narrative storytelling and compellingly memorable characters. Original, compelling, skillfully written from cover to cover, The Pacifist is very highly recommended.."; it is also, a Drunken Druid Editor's Choice. She has authored eleven books and has published over four hundred short stories. Her works have won prestigious awards, contests and nominations. Some of her shorts were translated into Greek, German, Bangla/Bengali. She has an MA from the University of Queensland Australia in Computer Assisted Language Learning and from Dhaka University Bangladesh in English.

Books

White Moon (Bridge House Publishing, UK 2025)

The Blue, Red Lyrae (Impspired Magazine, UK 2020)

They Move Away Like Waves (Impspired Magazine, UK 2022 )

Incandescence (Impspired Magazine, UK 2023)

Grassbleed (Mindfield Publication, Nigeria 2021)

Gatherings (Bridge House Publishing, UK 2021)

The Pacifist (Teapot Publishing, Canada 2017)

Snapshots (Cosmic Teapot Publishing, Canada 2016)

Moirae (Cosmic Teapot Publishing, Canada 2016)

Seedlings (Alien Buddha Press, USA 2024)

The Blotted Line (Story Institute, Out-Of-Print, USA 2013)

Jacaranda Blues (Currently Unpublished, Initially published in 2011)

Publications/Forthcoming

Cambridge University Press,University of Hawaii Press,Michigan State University Press,Chiron Literary Review,Perception Magazine:Syracuse University,Straylight Magazine:Wisconsin-Parkland University,VisualVerse,The Talon Review:North Florida Univeristy,Metachrosis Literary:Dundee University,Bitterleaf Books:YSJ University,Coffin Bell,ISTE,Call-ej,University of Kent Press,The Sheaf:University of Saskatoon,Jimson Weed UVA,Aphelion: A website of science fiction and fantasy,BlazeVOX,Journal of Expressive Writing,Popshot Quarterly,Hoot Review,Shorts Magazine,Writer's Digest:Six Sentences,In Parentheses.art Literary Review_new Modernism,IceFloe Press,Litro Magazine UK,Mr Bull,Gone Lawn.Otoliths,BeZine,Atherton Review,Muse India,RIC Journal,Ethel Zine,Olney Magazine,Alternate Route,The Gorko Gazette,The Wise Owl,Shakespear's sonnet reimagined,WordCityLit,Mōtus Audāx Press,KNOT Magazine,The Antonym,Insignia 2022 Best Asian Speculative Fiction Anthology,The Hennepin Review, Decolonial passage,Literary Heist,Mad Swirl,Alien Buddha Press,Rogue Agent Journal:Sundress Publications,October Hill Magazine,Synchronised Chaos,Oddball Magazine,Panorama:The Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature,Pine Cone Review,Noctivagant Press,Coin-Operated Press,Connotation Press,Door is A Jar,ELJ Scissors and Spackle,The Chamber Magazine,Flash Boulevard,Five Minutes,Chewers and Masticadores,Quail Bell,Ponder Savant,ShabdAaweg Review,Phenomenal Literature,Crêpe & Penn,Flash Frontier,Ellipsis Zine,Ginosko#24#29#30,Brown Bag,The Cabinet of Heed,Sequoyah Cherokee River Journal,Melbourne Culture Corner,Prosetrics,Literati Magazine,The Global Youth Literary Review,Active Muse,Litmora Literary Magazine,Ayaksala,Anti-Heroin Chic,Love in the time of Covid Chronicle,Unpublished Platform,Wellington Street Review,Nailpolish Stories,Setu,Impspired Magazine,The Writers and Readers'Magazine,Empyrean Literary Magazine,WINK,Mono,KREAXXXION Review,Thorn Literary Magazine,3 Moon Magazine,Merak Magazine,Sage Cigarettes,All Existing,The Bombay Review,FlashBack Fiction,Down in the Dirt,CC&D,Nymphs,Portand Metrozine,Academy of Heart and Mind,Mojave Heart,The Piker Press,Kitaab,Nthanda,CommuterLit,Angel City Review,Paper Djinn,FreeFlashFiction,Cafe Dissensus,Adelaide Literary Magazine,Scarlet Leaf Review,Terror House Magazine,The Punch Magazine,Furtive Dalliance,Flash Fiction North,Bridge House,Cosmic Teapot,The Hooghly Review,The Chakker and more.

Anthologies

Visual Verse: Anthology of Art and Words, Ravens Press Quoth, Alien Buddha Zine, Adelaide Literary Magazine, CC&D, Hoot Magazine, Impspired Press, and more.