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    • Issue 4 (April 2025)
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    • Wee Hooghly, Issue 1 (January 2024)
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    • Issue 1 (April 2023)
  • Weekly Features
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Issue 4 (April 2025)

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  • Culture - Film/TV - Weekly Features

    “Thank you, Prue”

    13 July 2025

    Dustin Vann — Excerpt: Much of that fascination is thanks to her portrayer, the late Shannen Doherty, who imbued Prue with her own unflinching confidence, courage, and vulnerability.

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  • Culture - Music - Weekly Features

    American Idiot and the Loss of My Parents

    13 July 2025

    Mark McConville — Excerpt: As I sat in a room of few things, I started to confide in a record, an album that was politically infused, a non-nonsense assessment of a country on its knees.

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  • Humour - Weekly Features

    How to Survive a Work Meeting

    6 July 2025

    Amita Basu — Excerpt: If the meeting will be headed by your CEO, dean, or other bigshot, prepare yourself — slip into the bathroom, turn to the mirror, and practise your best fake, fawning smile.

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  • Humour - Weekly Features

    Smokey the Bear and his Searing Performance

    6 July 2025

    James Sennott and Alba Blanco — Excerpt: “Boss said I could have a smoke break, as long as none of those damn kids see me,” he muttered to himself.

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  • Submissions - Updates

    Call for Submissions: The Many Lives of Atlas A (July 1 – August 15, 2025)

    1 July 2025

    This winter, we are publishing The Many Lives of Atlas A, a collection of your finest short stories where the main character or a supporting character of your story is one Atlas A. Submissions open on July 1, 2025.

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this week

Dustin Vann honours a witch that charmed a generation, and Mark McConville turns to America’s favourite punks to process his loss.

“Thank you, Prue” by Dustin Vann

American Idiot and the Loss of My Parents by Mark McConville

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Issue 4 (April 2025)

Murals, guest-edited by François Bereaud

current submission calls

The Bare Bones Book of Humour, edited by Ankit Raj Ojha (Print anthology submission call by Bare Bones Publishing)

The Bare Bones Book of Speculative Fiction, edited by Tejaswinee Roychowdhury (Print anthology submission call by Bare Bones Publishing)

Special Issue: The Many Lives of Atlas A (July 1 – August 15, 2025)

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Special Issue: The Many Lives of Atlas A (November 2025)

upcoming weekly features

Barnali Ray Shukla, Humour, July 20
Zoé Mahfouz, Humour, July 20

Elizabeth Barton, Humour, July 27
Chayanika Saikia, Photo Essay, July 27

Susnata Karmakar, Photo Essay, Aug 3
Panna Naik, translated by Rohee Dholakia, Translation, Aug 3

D.C. Nobes, Humour, Aug 10
Samiksha Ransom, Humour, Aug 10

Z. M. Asafzah, Culture/Music/Mythology/Review, Aug 17
Jer Hayes, Culture Essay, Aug 17

Kira Córdova, Culture/Humour, Aug 24
Jim Hohenbary, Culture/Science, Aug 24

Rafaela Kottou, Culture/Travel/Food, Aug 31
Raka Banerjee, Culture/Travel, Aug 31

Mary Buchanan Sellers, Culture, Sept 7
Cate LeBrun, Culture, Sept 7

Jacelyn Yap, Photo Essay, Sept 14
Marshall Moore, Culture/Travel, Sept 14

Sydney’s Guard, Culture/Music, Sept 21
Guinotte Wise, Culture/Craft, Sept 21

Rakhima Imanaliyeva, Travelogue, Sept 28
John Haymaker, Travelogue, Sept 28

Ayushi Kainthola, Culture, Oct 5
Shobha Ramani, Culture/Food, Oct 5

Jacelyn Yap, Photo Essay, Oct 12
Michael Smith, Travelogue/Photo Essay, Oct 12

Alice Moon, Humour, Oct 19
Sarp Sozdinler, Humour, Oct 19

Johnny Roach, Humour, Oct 26
Tim Frank, Humour, Oct 26

Sumitra Singam, Humour, Nov 2
Enit’ayanfe Ayosojumi Akinsanya, Humour, Nov 2

Mojaffor Hossain, translated by Rituparna Mukherjee, Translation, Nov 9
Arpita Bhawal, Humour, Nov 9

Saeed Ibrahim, Culture/Travel, Nov 16
Michael Smith, Photo Essay / Travelogue, Nov 16

Sabyasachi Roy, Craft Essay, Nov 23
Kathleen Fullerton, Culture/Society, Nov 23

Mike Nagel, Humour/Culture, Nov 30
Catherine Rossi, Humour/Culture, Nov 30

Sarah Das Gupta, Travel/Culture/Humour, Dec 7
MJ Huntsgood, Craft/Culture, Dec 7

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