In Out of Print, an online literary magazine that focuses on this format with the who's who of the writing world as contributors and original cover art. And the good news is that reading it is absolutely free

Where could you possibly read original fiction and excerpts of upcoming books by authors like Chandrahas Choudhury, UR Ananthamurthy, Kuzhali Manickavel and Anjum Hasan packed together under one single online platform?


The June issue of Out of Print had artist Pushpamala N's
work from her Mother India series

Out of Print, an online literary magazine makes this literary leap possible and lets you read short stories and novellas complete with original cover art by artists like Pushpamala N and photographer Clare Arni among others, online.
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This year-old free online magazine was started by Mumbai-based Indira Chandrasekhar together with daughter Mira Brunner and niece, author Samhita Arni.

One year down the line, Out of Print, a quarterly publication is celebrating its first anniversary this month. The magazine focuses on accepting not only noted writers but is also open to submissions from relatively unknown ones.
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Visual content plays a huge role with every issue having a theme and accompanying art, photographs or illustrations. While Indira is a published writer, she is also armed with a PhD in Biophysics and has studied and done research work in institutes in India and abroad. Daughter Mira also dabbles in writing and is at university in the US.

Bangalore-based Samhita is an established author; her recent worku00a0Sita's Ramayana was published by Tara Books.
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Indira Chandrasekhar

All three edit content and contribute to Out Of Print. In an email interview, Indira tells us why Out of Print is obsessed with the short story format, how visual aesthetics plays a big role in the magazine and how the publication hopes to remain free and accessible to just about anyone.