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    • Pratibhāsika (Speculative Fiction, July 2026)
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  • Humour - Weekly Features

    We’ll Be Fine, Probably

    17 May 2026

    Deepthi Arun Kumar — Excerpt: We admit, / doctors are gross, / inventive but disgusting. / We’d have it no other way.

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    1 November 2026

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    25 October 2026

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    25 October 2026
  • Humour - Weekly Features

    Roses are Red, Poems are Better

    17 May 2026

    Lena Hadley — Excerpt: But you’ve overtaken / My criminal wishes / Now I adorn all my threats / With love hearts and kisses

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  • Humour - Weekly Features

    Toilet Spider

    3 May 2026

    Sadie Kaye — Excerpt: It was like all my phobias had decided to get together and have a child.

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  • Humour - Weekly Features

    An Evening of Upset

    3 May 2026

    Joe Couture — Excerpt: He was lying in bed eating shrimp-flavoured crackers when he got the call. His mother had finally died.

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  • Humour - Weekly Features

    House of Lou

    5 April 2026

    Howard McKenzie-Murray — Excerpt: One of us said, “There should be a perfume. Baby-poo perfume.” And someone else goes, “Baby-Poo, by Chanel. For those special occasions.”

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