Editorial Policy
Last updated: August 30, 2026
This page explains how stories get made here, who is responsible for them, and what you can hold us to.
Who writes our stories
Our stories are written by human writers and reviewed by human editors. We use writing tools during drafting, as most publications now do, but no story is published without a person reading it end to end, making judgement calls about tone, and taking responsibility for what appears.
Every story carries a byline and a publication date. Author pages describe who the writer is and what they usually write.
How a story gets published
A story begins as an idea — a situation, a moment of tension, a question. The writer drafts it. An editor reads it for story: does the opening earn the reader’s attention, does the middle hold, does the ending land honestly or does it cheat. It goes back for revision. It is then read again for language, clarity and sensitivity. Only then is it published.
We would rather publish two good stories a day than six forgettable ones.
What we will not publish
We will not publish stories that identify or target real individuals. We will not publish content that sexualises minors in any way, under any framing. We will not publish material that promotes violence, self-harm, hatred against any group, or illegal activity. We will not publish gratuitous descriptions of violence or cruelty written for shock. We will not publish plagiarised or republished work. We will not publish anything that reads as medical, legal or financial advice dressed up as narrative.
We also will not publish false content presented as news. Our fiction is labelled as fiction, always.
Handling difficult themes
Our stories often go to hard places — grief, betrayal, abandonment, domestic conflict, illness. We think fiction is allowed to go there, and that avoiding these subjects makes for dishonest writing.
What we insist on is restraint. We show consequence rather than spectacle. We do not describe abuse in explicit detail. We do not use suffering as decoration. And where a story touches something a reader may be living through, we try to leave them with something other than despair.
Accuracy and corrections
Our fiction is invented, but any factual detail inside it — a legal procedure, a medical term, a place name — should still be accurate. When we get something wrong, we fix it.
If you spot an error, write to editor@bollyflixu.com. Minor corrections such as typos are made quietly. Substantive corrections that change the meaning of something are noted at the bottom of the story with the date. We do not silently delete stories to hide mistakes.
Independence from advertisers
Advertising pays for this site. It does not influence what we publish. No advertiser reviews our stories before publication, no advertiser can request the removal of a story, and we do not accept payment to include products, brands or messages inside our fiction.
We do not publish sponsored content. If that ever changes, it will be labelled unmistakably.
Reader submissions
We accept original, unpublished story submissions. Send a short outline first, not a full manuscript, to editor@bollyflixu.com. Submitted work must be entirely your own. We check. Anything found to be copied is rejected permanently and the writer is not invited back.
Removal requests
If you believe a story should be taken down — because it resembles a real situation too closely, because it is causing distress, or because it breaches copyright — contact us and explain why. We will review it within a few days and act where the concern is genuine.
Accountability
This publication is owned and edited by Rashid Awan. Editorial decisions and their consequences rest with us. If you think we have got something wrong, the contact addresses on this site reach a real person.