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Fiction Team

Fiction, LiteratureNovember 23, 2017

Billy Luck

By DC Diamondopolous

“He raised his hand to the curtain and pulled it all the way back as if some kinda wisdom was out there waitin, just for him.” Story of the Week (November 24), by DC Diamondopolous.

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Roving Eye, SpotlightNovember 13, 2017

Author Interview: Rion Amilcar Scott

By Noah Klein

“Gains can be reversed. It’s 2017 and we’re discussing voting rights again, after all.” Rion Amilcar Scott in conversation with Noah Klein.

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Fiction, LiteratureNovember 3, 2017

To the Depths

By Maya Alexandri

“I myself became a gravedigger to avoid the pitfalls of the sex act.” Story of the Week (November 3), by Maya Alexandri.

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Fiction, LiteratureSeptember 22, 2017

Baba Yaga Summer

By Ania Mroczek

“Outside everything burst into intensity: loud voices, chants, stomping feet.” Story of the Week (September 22), by Ania Mroczek.

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Fiction, LiteratureAugust 25, 2017

Sarayu, Driving

By Urvashi Bahuguna

“On the evening news, we see cars floating.” Story of the Week (August 25), by Urvashi Bahuguna.

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Fiction, LiteratureAugust 18, 2017

The Visitor

By Alzo David-West

“As far as she was concerned, “The Visitor” was an old, irrelevant, and uninteresting story with nothing to say about her own time or her own needs.” Story of the Week (August 18), by Alzo David-West.

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Fiction, LiteratureAugust 13, 2017

The Lighter

By Natali Spasova

“She just wanted to change the world, and she truly believed that good always prevails.” Story of the Week (August 11), by Natali Spasova. Translated from Macedonian by Will Firth.

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Fiction, LiteratureMay 5, 2017

Featherly

By Dwight Hilson

“…if there’s one thing Featherly taught me, it was that Eggs-Are-A-Bitch.” Story of the Week (May 5), by Dwight Hilson.

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Alone in Babel, Arts & CultureMay 4, 2017

Nobody Killed Her

By Casey Harding

“And the crushing of these hopes and dreams is what Sabyn Javeri leverages with incredible skill.” Casey Harding reviews ‘Nobody Killed Her’, by Sabyn Javeri.

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Fiction, LiteratureApril 28, 2017

Catherine’s Wig

By Alfredo Franco

“It was then they heard the voice, like someone speaking through an electrolarynx.” Story of the Week (April 28), by Alfredo Franco.

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One last love letter...

April 24, 2021

It has taken us some time and patience to come to this decision. TMS would not have seen the success that it did without our readers and the tireless team that ran the magazine for the better part of eight years.

But… all good things must come to an end, especially when we look at the ever-expanding art and literary landscape in Pakistan, the country of the magazine’s birth.

We are amazed and proud of what the next generation of creators are working with, the themes they are featuring, and their inclusivity in the diversity of voices they are publishing. When TMS began, this was the world we envisioned…

Though the magazine has closed and our submissions shuttered, this website will remain open for the foreseeable future as an archive of the great work we published and the astounding collection of diverse voices we were privileged to feature.

If, however, someone is interested in picking up the baton, please email Maryam Piracha, the editor, at [email protected].

Farewell, fam! It’s been quite a ride.