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  • All Issues
    • Pratibhāsika (Speculative Fiction, July 2026)
    • The Many Lives of Atlas A (Special Issue, January 2026, Web Edition)
    • Fictile Feelings (Poetry Special, October 2025)
    • Issue 4 (April 2025)
    • Murals (December 2024)
    • Issue 3 (April 2024)
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    • Humour
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  • Humour - Weekly Features

    “I Rot with Impatience” by Michael Fowler

    9 August 2026

    I find that the mellowness and calm reflective attitude that I expected would soothe me as I became older has yet to arrive.

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    “Never in England” by Norma Hart

    23 August 2026

    “Merci, Mimi” by Curtis C. Morgan

    23 August 2026

    “The Day the Stork Died” by Patrick Carella

    9 August 2026
  • Humour - Weekly Features

    “The Day the Stork Died” by Patrick Carella

    9 August 2026

    “Can’t she get pregnant any other way? You know, like, what if they kissed really hard?”

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    “Never in England” by Norma Hart

    23 August 2026

    “Merci, Mimi” by Curtis C. Morgan

    23 August 2026

    “I Rot with Impatience” by Michael Fowler

    9 August 2026
  • ASAP Corner - Commentary - Music

    “Babydoll Dresses and Dirty Minds: How Art Suffers from Perversion” by Gabby Woehr

    7 August 2026

    In early June, Olivia Rodrigo attracted controversy while promoting her newest album. While creating a concert film for Spotify’s Billions Club, she drew unwanted attention to her outfit, rather than her music.

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    “The Strangeness Within: On Rajyabardhan Dhal Mahapatra’s Short Stories” by Kathiravan Annamalai

    25 August 2026

    “Review: The Candyman’s Trumpet Issue 14 – Afghan Women Poets” by Jan Lee

    18 August 2026

    “Balan: The Boy – Some Childhoods Are Not Remembered, They Are Mourned” by Neetha Prasad

    11 August 2026
  • The Writer's Gauntlet with Sadie Kaye

    Kelly Field Trained For A Decade To Understand Human Behaviour; Remains Completely Baffled By Her Own.

    6 August 2026

    Blinking and judgmental, always — that steady little flash isn't a cursor, it’s my conscience with a pixelated face, keeping time with every sentence I almost commit to and then delete.

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    The Brain Behind 17 Types of Feedback You Should Never Give Senior Colleagues If You Want to Be Successful.

    27 August 2026

    Art Witch Lindsey McAlister Accidentally Starts Glitter-Fuelled Revolution in Teen Mental Health! The Vibes Are Immaculate But Impossible To Vacuum.

    20 August 2026

    How Far Up The Glass Escalator Can Mediocre White Man With An MFA Fall? Pretty Fucking Far!

    13 August 2026
  • Culture - Society - Weekly Features

    “Gen Alpha and Their Pookie Dads” by Jasleen Kaur

    2 August 2026

    The pookie dad is not the opposite of the fathers we grew up with—he is their evolution. But evolution, like parenting, only works when it finds balance.

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    “Perfume Adverts” by Luca Zani

    2 August 2026

    “The Date” by Arpita Bhawal

    26 July 2026

    “French One, Seven Times” by Curtis C. Morgan

    26 July 2026
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