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  • Humour - Weekly Features

    A Writing Escapade

    15 December 2024

    Mitra Samal — Excerpt: When Naaz says something seriously it gains weightage, because she rarely does.

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  • Humour - Weekly Features

    ‘The Astronaut Missed the Moon,’ ‘After the Ghost of Relationships Past Told the Truth’ and ‘Vanishing Point’

    24 November 2024

    Mathieu Cailler — Excerpt: In his spacesuit, he fetched the morning paper and grabbed a Grand Slam at Denny’s.

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    Hell’s Kitchen

    24 November 2024

    Billie-Leigh Burns — Excerpt: Steve Irwin takes his place in the cafeteria line. I ask him what he’s doing down here.

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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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  • 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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