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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)
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    • Humour
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  • ASAP Corner
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  • Humour - Weekly Features

    Castles, Kings and Golf Swings

    25 May 2025

    Sherry Morris — Excerpt: The king shook his head. Now was not the time to dwell on the past. He needed to figure out his present predicament and replacement.

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    “C8H10N4O2” by Michael Smith

    25 October 2026

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

    25 October 2026

    “How to be a Good Nigerian” and other poems by Hassan Ismail Adekunle

    18 October 2026
  • Humour - Weekly Features

    How I Met My Father

    18 May 2025

    Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos — Excerpt: But the arms enfolding me were strong and hairy. I had thrown my ethereal self into the embrace of a younger man, a stranger who bore my smile.

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    “C8H10N4O2” by Michael Smith

    25 October 2026

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    “How to be a Good Nigerian” and other poems by Hassan Ismail Adekunle

    18 October 2026
  • Humour - Weekly Features

    Timing

    18 May 2025

    Garrett Berberich — Excerpt: SMILE! You are currently in a Private View Zone and are being Timed. Taking in views in this Zone will require compensation after the 90-second mark.

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    “C8H10N4O2” by Michael Smith

    25 October 2026

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

    25 October 2026

    “How to be a Good Nigerian” and other poems by Hassan Ismail Adekunle

    18 October 2026
  • Culture - Satire - Weekly Features

    The Cabal

    11 May 2025

    Sourav Chatterjee — Excerpt: The Communist idea that educators must first be educated melted away into the polluted air of the city.

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    “The Wife in the Corner Frame” by Namrata

    4 October 2026

    “Lord Shiva in Singapore” by Pavle Radonić

    27 September 2026

    “In Search of Lost Spectres” by Paromita Patranobish

    27 September 2026
  • Humour - Weekly Features

    Flower

    4 May 2025

    Zary Fekete — Excerpt: Once, on a Saturday, Istvan took the tram to its end stop and he wandered up and down the streets of small houses, not to find her, not exactly, but to imagine.

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    25 October 2026

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    25 October 2026

    “How to be a Good Nigerian” and other poems by Hassan Ismail Adekunle

    18 October 2026
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