SMALL WORLD CITY 

SMALL WORLD CITY
SMALL WORLD CITY

SMALL WORLD CITY




A space for the otherworldly,
the alternate, and the not yet.




     
  
 3rd  anniversary


2023 —  present
12


SMALL WORLD CITY 

SMALL WORLD CITY
SMALL WORLD CITY

SMALL WORLD CITY



A space for the otherworldly,
the alternate, and the not yet.





3rd anniversary

2023—present
12

FICTION

FICTION

FICTION

FICTION

3rd anniversary special


issue twelve
aug twentysix



ARISHA WOHAB
MADEEHAH REZA
SAJAL HOSSAIN DHALY
FEBY IDRUS
ALAVI ANAN MEEM (art by
NASTA MARTYN)

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issue 12
aug 2026

FICTION

FICTION

FICTION

FICTION

3rd anniversary special


issue twelve
aug twentysix


ARISHA WOHAB

MADEEHAH REZA

SAJAL HOSSAIN
DHALY
FEBY IDRUS
ALAVI ANAN MEEM
(art by NASTA MARTYN)
???


issue 12
aug 2026

NONFICTION

NONFICTION
NONFICTION
NONFICTION

3rd anniversary special
creative nonfiction + essay + philosophy



issue 12
aug 2026




issue twelve
aug twentysix




NONFICTION

NONFICTION
NONFICTION
NONFICTION

3rd anniversary special
creative nonfiction + essay + philosophy

issue 12
aug 2026



issue twelve
aug twentysix






issue twelve
aug twentysix






POETRY
POETRY
POETRY
POETRY

3rd anniversary special

SPECULATIVE POETRY
(FANTASTICAL, MYTHOLOGICAL, HORROR,
GOTHIC, SLIPSTREAM)
NAEEM HOSSAIN

ALAVI ANAN MEEM
RUKAN SAIF

MRINMOYI (art by NASTA
MARTYN)

NAFISA A. IQBAL

SAGORIKA HAQUE


SNATA BASU

TONIMA ZAMAN ZEBA (art by REFAT FATEMA ANISA)
ARYANA ANJUM ATHOY
ASMITA MEHEFIN
NOORA SHAMSI BAHAR
AHMAD SALEH ABDULLAH (art by KJ HANNAH GREENBERG)
KAZI MEHERU TASFIA
WING YAU

???



issue 12
aug 2026





POETRY
POETRY
POETRY
POETRY

3rd anniversary special


issue 12

aug 2026

issue twelve


aug twentysix







radio s.w.c.

Mixes, Playlists ︎



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Artists included: Faye Wong, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Akina Nakamori, Kishori Amonkar, Amadou & Mariam, Susumu Hirasawa, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Dariush, Boris, Franco, Tabu Ley Rochereau, Kanda Bongo Man, Raja Kirik, Racionais MC's, &
many more...






radio s.w.c.

Mixes, Playlists ︎



For the 3rd anniversary of Small World City, we compiled a collaborative playlist open to all our contributors (writers, artists, participants in our workshops) up to now. Here is our “SWC CONTRIBUTORS PLAYLIST.” For previous playlists and mixes, click here︎︎︎

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Artists included: Artcell, The Cambodian Space Project, Lata Mangeshkar, State of Bengal, Arabian Alien, & many more...


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Small World City is a Dhaka, Bangladesh-based literary magazine looking for speculative stories—in the very different forms they take // We publish the strange, the irreverent, the niche... the stories that eschew reality // For more information︎︎︎

Editor, Mehrul Bari S. Chowdhury
Deputy Editor, Shehrin Hossain
Comms Director, Farhia Tabassum
+ First Reader, Sajal Hossain Dhaly


︎Photo NONFICTION: Modification of album art, Ali Akbar Khan’s Raga Pahadi-Jhinzoti / Raga Mishra-Shivranjani, Unknown cover artist (HMV, 1964)︎Photo POETRY: Modification of photograph, Winter Sunset at Turag River, Dhaka, Bangladesh by Shabab Mustafa (2016)︎Photo RADIO SWC: বিজ্ঞানী সফদর আলীর মহা মহা আবিষ্কার, Unknown cover artist (1996)︎Video SMALL WORLD TV: 殭屍先生 (Golden Harvest, 1985)︎The Crow (Paramount, 1994)︎श्री ४२० (R.K. Films, 1955)︎Dream Demon (Palace Pictures, 1988)︎তিতাস একটি নদীর নাম (Angel Films. 1973)︎সুবর্ণরেখা (J.J. Films, 1965)︎東方三俠 (Paka Hill Productions, 1993)


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Small World City is a Dhaka, Bangladesh-based  literary magazine looking for speculative stories //  For more information︎︎︎

Editor, Mehrul Bari S. Chowdhury
Deputy Editor, Shehrin Hossain
Comms Director, Farhia Tabassum
+ First Reader, Sajal Hossain Dhaly


︎Photo NONFICTION: Modification of album art, Ali Akbar Khan’s Raga Pahadi-Jhinzoti / Raga Mishra-Shivranjani, Unknown cover artist (HMV, 1964)︎Photo POETRY: Modification of photograph, Winter Sunset at Turag River, Dhaka, Bangladesh by Shabab Mustafa (2016)︎Photo RADIO SWC: বিজ্ঞানী সফদর আলীর মহা মহা আবিষ্কার, Unknown cover artist (1996)︎Video SMALL WORLD TV: 殭屍先生 (Golden Harvest, 1985)︎The Crow (Paramount, 1994)︎श्री ४२० (R.K. Films, 1955)︎Dream Demon (Palace Pictures, 1988)︎তিতাস একটি নদীর নাম (Angel Films. 1973)︎সুবর্ণরেখা (J.J. Films, 1965)︎東方三俠 (Paka Hill Productions, 1993)

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