This series started off as an idle exploration in the permutations and combinations of non-normative relationships, alterous attraction and asexuality. There were three characters. I had names for them - Mayuka, Yuki and Tabeer - but little else. I knew Mayu ran a cafe, something like the Hive, when it was originally located in Chuim Village in Bandra (if you didn’t know about the place, here are some images I found of the original bungalow venue, but suffice to say that place made me crave something I barely understood). Other than Mayu’s occupation, I knew the three characters would end up in a polycule. And that was about the extent of my discovery while writing these self-indulgent vignettes. I wrote some of those. I kept many more on brew. And now I know what I want from this collection. 

Through Fireflies, I am looking at subcultures in cities. Not just the cities I know, but the ones I will know. I am looking at characters that fly in and out, making the darkness ebb with their passage. I am looking at the start of the 100-year timeline for my queer futuristic transmedia project.