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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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  • Weekly Features
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    • Humour
    • Photo Essay
    • Translation
    • Travelogue
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  • ASAP Corner
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  • Humour - Weekly Features

    To the Manufacturer of the Tinder-Arsehole Detector (TAD)™

    2 November 2025

    Sumitra Singam — Excerpt: Dear Sir (there’s no way you’re a Madam), I write to express my extreme discontentment with your product.

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

    18 October 2026

    “I Do Value Candour” by Norma Hart

    18 October 2026

    “The Writer’s Nose” by Wawan Kurniawan

    11 October 2026
  • Humour - Weekly Features

    The Emergency Case at No. 24, Dolamu Street

    2 November 2025

    Enit’ayanfe Ayosojumi Akinsanya — Excerpt: The salt cup fell from my hand. Tope Alabi flew away from my mouth. I almost burnt my eggs.

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  • Humour - Weekly Features

    The Wrong Tooth

    26 October 2025

    Tim Frank — Excerpt: I’d spent all my savings for this visit and now I looked like a malicious goblin.

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

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    “The Writer’s Nose” by Wawan Kurniawan

    11 October 2026
  • Humour - Weekly Features

    All Things Considered

    26 October 2025

    Johnny Roach — Excerpt: I decided it was time to stop wallowing and start getting my revenge body, as they say.

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    11 October 2026
  • Humour - Weekly Features

    Twilight Ruined My Life

    19 October 2025

    Alice Moon — Excerpt: The therapist hums thoughtfully. “It’s definitely difficult to be a vampire in the 21st century.”

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