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Literature, Culture & Arts | Estd. 2022

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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)
    • Wee Hooghly, Issue 1 (January 2024)
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    • Humour
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  • Nominations - Pushcart

    The Pushcart Prize 2025 Nominations

    15 November 2024

    We are thrilled to announce our nominations for the 2025 Pushcart Prize anthology.

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  • Humour - Weekly Features

    ‘Jobless Evil Eye,’ ‘Only Controlled Disasters’ and ‘Darkness, My Old Friend’

    10 November 2024

    Shikha Valsalan — Excerpt: I am the ultimate / jumbo jinx retardant.

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    “Is he an Iyengar?” by Krish

    1 November 2026

    “C8H10N4O2” by Michael Smith

    25 October 2026

    “a wife’s complaint” and other poems by Low Kian Seh

    25 October 2026
  • Humour - Weekly Features

    Count Down the Way to Hell

    10 November 2024

    Miss BayLeaf — Excerpt: Did Israfil blow the trumpet of doom or is it the constant ringing in my ears?

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    “a wife’s complaint” and other poems by Low Kian Seh

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  • Humour - Weekly Features

    Leaves

    3 November 2024

    Daniel Fitzpatrick — Excerpt: It is tempting, when an oak leaf / falls into your empty cup.

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    “Is he an Iyengar?” by Krish

    1 November 2026

    “C8H10N4O2” by Michael Smith

    25 October 2026

    “a wife’s complaint” and other poems by Low Kian Seh

    25 October 2026
  • Culture - Music - Weekly Features

    Hunting for Joy through Music — Holding Absence’s The Noble Art Of Self-Destruction

    3 November 2024

    Mark McConville — Excerpt: To create art, you must be ambitious, and Holding Absence shows they’re masters of melancholia while breaking ground.

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    “Food Fairies” by Bodhisatwa Ray ‘Bodhi’

    1 November 2026

    “Is he an Iyengar?” by Krish

    1 November 2026

    “The Wife in the Corner Frame” by Namrata

    4 October 2026
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