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  • Humour - Weekly Features

    They Cloned Jesus

    1 February 2026

    Natalie Wolf — Excerpt: When the video is released, Jesus is already twenty-one. Up until that point, he was being raised in a lab underground.

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  • Issues

    The Many Lives of Atlas A (Special Issue, January 2026, Web Edition)

    31 January 2026

    We are pleased to announce the release of the web edition of The Many Lives of Atlas A, our experimental prompt-based anthology.

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  • Humour - Weekly Features

    The Red Car

    25 January 2026

    Sharika Nair — Excerpt: “Mama, can you buy me a new car? A new red car?”

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  • Humour - Weekly Features

    True Crime and Other Side Effects

    25 January 2026

    Jiel Narvekar — Excerpt: Mona had resolved to solve this mystery with or without Ricky.

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  • Humour - Weekly Features

    Know Your Place! — A True Story

    18 January 2026

    Joy Dillon — Excerpt: Know where you is, and especially where you going in this world! I begging you, from the bottom of my heart!

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