fiction

Bulb of a Wonton Shop

It is enough— Enough to be here, Beneath the bulb of a wonton shop.

Out of Body

I know of my feeble frame of its graying at the edges.

Migratory Animals

migratory animal Are you looking for a home?

FICTION / The plebeians in the twilight

It was the shade of the ashwath that vanquished all one’s weariness from the fiery heat of Choitro. Or else it was not possible for fatigue to be eliminated so quickly.

FICTION / The vanishing Ramanujan

The night after the story got published, Jamal stormed to my home at around 11 PM, drenched in the rain. That was the first and only time Jamal raised his voice against me

Reader Submission / States

"That’s why I have jars of jealousy, anger, sadness, monotony, but this – it’s important."

Love poem for the reflection in the mirror

I will not even begin with the skies

FICTION / At the birth of death

One sits silently. Her eyes blink sometimes. Sometimes her lips tremble a little, or they don’t tremble at all.

FICTION / An interview with Shakchunni

Behind the bangles that jingle ominously in the dark, there is a voice—a voice that has long been silenced

June 16, 2022
June 16, 2022

The Second Species

A hundred years ago humans welcomed a new species of their kind, Homo debilis-sagax.

June 16, 2022
June 16, 2022

Understanding the modern woman in 'Tokhon Golper Tore'

Tokhon Golper Tore (Pendulum Publishers, 2022) is Rifat Anjum Pia’s debut collection even though she has been writing for quite a few years now.

June 14, 2022
June 14, 2022

ULAB Literary Salon in discussion with Saad Z. Hossain, author of ‘Cyber Mage’

The English and Humanities Department at the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) is organising its second session of ULAB Literary Salon on June 18, 2022, from 5 to 7 pm, at the ULAB Research Building auditorium in their Dhanmondi campus. In discussion this session is the critically acclaimed novel, Cyber Mage, which will also be launched at the event. ‘Cyber Mage’ is a new novel by Saad Z. Hossain, who is amongst some of the most remarkable English fiction writers of modern Bangladesh. He has been published by top imprints in South Asia and the world. His novel, Cyber Mage, is proudly published in Bangladesh by ULAB Press.

June 13, 2022
June 13, 2022

The story behind “Everyday Stories”

Each of them represented a unique crisis that women in our country are most frequently faced with, and when I had their stories assembled, I knew this was what I was looking for. 

June 12, 2022
June 12, 2022

An Echo from Nowhere

Have you ever tried to call your own cell number? Here's somebody who did and had a strange other worldly experience.

June 6, 2022
June 6, 2022

5 books to read after you’re done binging 'Stranger Things'

These books, full of horror, humour, grisly monsters, and misfit kids, are the perfect remedy to fill the gap in your time until the show returns with more episodes. 

June 2, 2022
June 2, 2022

Eurocentric Standards drilled into a Brown Child’s Head

Throughout my not so long life, I’ve always wanted to be called beautiful.

May 25, 2022
May 25, 2022

Mirpur 10 Book market: Your go-to place for old books

The Mirpur 10 book market, sometimes called the old book market is easy to navigate, especially if Nilkhet is too far for you.

July 29, 2021
July 29, 2021

Pooris, Drones and Withered Dragons

"I want to propose a deal with the Bazar."

July 29, 2021
July 29, 2021

Stars Shaped Like Your Hand

I see it in the words, Where your hand dragged over the wet ink.