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Stories shaped by patriarchal structures, intersectionality, desire, shame, and the lived textures of home, transit, and urban space - from the Global South and beyond.
Fiction as resistance, refuge, and revelation — the complete ULR archive of new and established voices.
Stories shaped by patriarchal structures, intersectionality, desire, shame, and the lived textures of home, transit, and urban space - from the Global South and beyond.
Fiction as resistance, refuge, and revelation — the complete ULR archive of new and established voices.

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Memory & Time

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Issue 15 - REFUSE

All that Matters

By Anannya Nath

A doctor's cherished garden, his family's rooted sanctuary, faces demolition for highway expansion, forcing him to confront the profound destruction...

Issue 15 - REFUSE

Bambaiyya Cigarette

By Rahul Singh

A widow's hidden Bambaiyya cigarette habit exposes her to small-town judgment, forcing her to confront local expectations and her husband's...

Matchbox – August ’26

Still Here

By Glory

Amidst a military coup, an individual grapples with generational trauma and the profound decision to remain rooted in their homeland,...

Matchbox – August ’26

The Architecture of Dissent 

By Manya Suri

Uncovering a forbidden record of society's discarded humanity, a waste sorter courageously becomes a living dam, forcing the pristine world...

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Binibini (Miss)

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Method Acting

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The System

By Carla Damron

Facing a bureaucratic system that quantifies human worth, an elderly teacher confronts her limited future, revealing profound choices about dignity,...

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