This is the kind of town where you could be sitting in a restaurant, concentrating on your noodle soup, and suddenly notice across the room a man with the face of Harrison Ford, calmly eating lunch with his ordinary wife…
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A word from Creative Director Moeed Tariq on the art featured in this art-themed issue
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“Hey kickle kicklee,†said Anand, tickling its bloated stomach. “Hey kicklee paya.â€
“Fuck off,†it said, trying to kick Anand in the chin.
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The Missing Slate’s Creative Director, Moeed Tariq sits down with Umer Wasim to talk about his work, dreams growing up, his choice of art school, and the pros and cons of group versus solo exhibits.
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From our tenth issue, Rahul Soni translates Prahbat’s Hindi original (running side-by-side) of plumbing the depths of sadness.
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In this month’s column, The Missing Slate’s Maria Amir writes of sacred spaces – the car, a new role, and the awakening that they perpetuate.
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The Missing Slate brings you our first Hallowe’en contest. This October, we’re asking for public submissions that will terrify, shock, and petrify us. Submissions in micro fiction, fiction and poetry. There are prizes. Read on…
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The Missing Slate’s Ghausia Rashid Salam tears through the Grimm fairytales, empowering the damsel in distress with television’s Once Upon a Time.
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The author of “The Cloud Messenger” talks about “post-9/11” writing, what it means for emerging Pakistani writers and why he doesn’t believe he qualifies as one.
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From our ninth issue, a beautiful poem by Azra Abbas translated from the Urdu by Muhammad Umar Memon
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