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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)
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  • The Writer's Gauntlet with Sadie Kaye

    Bearded Enviable Teacher Kev Harrison Expelled For Promoting Pagan Rituals Blames Cat Overlords

    23 July 2026

    I have one WIP which I’m hoping to put out sometime next year, in which the protag is a self-proclaimed misanthrope. He’s been a delight to write because he’s such a wilfully shit human.

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

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  • Culture - Faith - Society - Weekly Features

    “Camel’s in the House” by Maureen Tai

    19 July 2026

    I stood in front of the gods, and was struck anew by embarrassment and regret. As usual, I couldn’t decipher any of their names.

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  • Culture - Faith - Society - Weekly Features

    “Meet Lord Jagannath, Supreme Nerd of Creation” by Daniel Gauss

    19 July 2026

    Hinduism is generally pluralistic rather than exclusive. Worshipping Jagannath usually does not mean rejecting all other deities.

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  • ASAP Corner - Books

    “Reimagining Tagore’s Women — Three Women: A Graphic Novel by Isheeta Ganguly, Illustrated by Chirantan Sarkar” by Anjana Basu

    19 July 2026

    Three women, one real as far as history is concerned and the other two drawn from the pages of Tagore, inspired by that real woman—the notun bouthan who was Tagore’s muse and who died tragically.

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

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

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

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  • The Writer's Gauntlet with Sadie Kaye

    Joãowow Lucas Survives Near-Fatal Choking By A Much Better Writer

    17 July 2026

    The Oxford Comma is a British revenge plot for losing the Revolutionary War.

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