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Will This Be A Problem?
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A Kenyan-based SFFH literary journal showcasing the very best in African fantastika.

Issue V of WTBAP? The Anthology free to read: https://willthisbeaproblem.co.ke/issue-5/

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Awards Eligibility Post!

2025 has been an incredible year for us at WTBAP. We released our fifth anthology and second digital magazine, and all the stories are eligible for SFF awards. If you’re nominating or voting this season, please keep our work in mind.

Details here 🧵
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A promotional graphic for Will This Be A Problem? outlining the publication’s 2025 award eligibility set on a dark blue cosmic pattern with teal accents. The heading reads: Will This Be a Problem? 2025 Award Eligibility, For Your Consideration. Sections list eligible categories: - Anthology: Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: Issue V, edited by Somto Ihezuo and Olivia Kidula (January 2025) - Magazine: Will This Be A Problem? The Magazine: Issue 2, edited by Olivia Kidula (July 2025) - Artist: Peter Marco - Novelette: Why Donkeys Have 44 Teeth by Peter Nena (Issue V), and Babies Don’t Grow in People by Peter Nena (Issue 2) The WTBAP logo appears at the top, the Shilitza Publishing Group logo appears at the bottom left, and a red button with WTBAP’s website link sits near the bottom centre.
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Looking for 2025 speculative fiction? Try this short story, “A Song of Ruin” by Alex Tamei from Issue V of our anthology.

Available to read on our website until Dec 12.

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Quote graphic from Issue V of Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology is set on a background that has a textured reddish tone with decorative speech mark elements. The text reads: In learning to listen to the melodies of nature, these individuals developed the ability to resonate with the rhythms of reality itself. Through that, they could strengthen their bodies beyond what was previously thought imaginable, control their sleep and focus, and, for some, even their perception of time. For the very best of them, they could alter their resonance so utterly that they could shift into entirely different beings. Attribution below: A Song of Ruin Alex Tamei Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology | Issue V The WTBAP logo appears at the top and a red button at the bottom reads: willthisbeaproblem.co.ke
December 4, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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In its review of Issue V, Afrocritik describes WTBAP as one of the continent’s sharpest engines of imagination, adding that the anthology earns its place not through sentiment but through sheer craft. 🧵

Read full review by @franknjugi.bsky.social: afrocritik.com/will-this-be...

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December 4, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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Scurrying in excitedly to share that my novelette “We Begin Where Infinity Ends” published in @clarkesworldmagazine.com, was loved by the wonderful people at @locusmag.bsky.social, alongside @hhpak.bsky.social’s lovely story. So grateful to @acwise.bsky.social for their kind review of these stories✨
2025 Stories We Loved: “Never Eaten Vegetables” by H.H. Pak and “We Begin Where Infinity Ends” by Somto Ihezue
It’s Locus’s 2025 Holiday Countdown of Staff Picks! For your reading pleasure, Locus reviewer A.C. Wise recommends two novelettes, since short fiction often gets overlooked and novelettes especiall…
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December 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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The book community is working together to fund an African small press to translate two novels. #BookSky

We need to close this. Very grateful for your help.

Still needed: $250 (USD)

Last donation/purchase: 11:00a EST / 18:00 SAST ($5)

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December 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Reading 2025 speculative fiction? Try this short story, “The Market of Memories” by Azara Tswanya from Issue V of our anthology.

Free to access on our website until December 12.

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Quote graphic from Issue V of Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology set on a background has a textured reddish tone with decorative speech-mark elements. The text reads: Kamal, the man you loved, who would sometimes freeze mid-task after his 22nd extraction. When this happened, he would stare unblinkingly wherever his eyes were trained, and every time it happened, you would hold your breath. You were always certain when he froze that that was it; that was where all the memories that had been taken from him would make him fold in on himself. Still, he always returned as if nothing had happened,.. Attribution below: The Market of Memories Azara Tswanya Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology | Issue V The WTBAP logo appears at the top and a red button at the bottom reads: willthisbeaproblem.co.ke
December 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Are you reading 2025 speculative fiction? Check out this short story, “Dinosaurs Once Lived Here” by @yvettel.bsky.social from Issue V of our anthology.

Free to read on our website until December 12.

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Quote graphic from Issue V of Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology set on a background has a textured reddish tone with decorative speech mark elements. The text reads: There is a planet of space-faring beings who’ve developed a taste for collecting. On their ships that look like large warehouses, they’ve reached the farthest reaches of the galaxies. When they happen upon our Milky Way they find it quite boring, all the planets in our solar system being lifeless globes with nothing for them to extract, to collect. They laugh at humanity for thinking life is one of a kind, that they are special, chosen by some higher being. Attribution below: Dinosaurs Once Lived Here Yvette Lisa Ndlovu Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology | Issue V The WTBAP logo appears at the top, and a red button at the bottom reads: willthisbeaproblem.co.ke
December 3, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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The BSFA longlist is open for nominations. If you’re a member and any of our works resonated with you this year, please consider nominating them. Thank you.

Posting links in the thread.

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December 3, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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This is on my mind. I have seen projects fund in 16 hours. This has dragged for 9 months, which boggles my mind. And it's only 5k?

What? Sorry, I can't math. This doesn't make sense. It should have been funded in 9 hours.

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December 3, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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Looking for 2025 fiction? Try this short story, “Ash Baby” by Andrew Dakalira from Issue V of our anthology.

Free to access on our website until December 12.

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Quote graphic from Issue V of Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology set on a background has a textured reddish tone with decorative speech-mark elements. The text reads: Of the astounding events that occurred that night, Katunga would distinctly remember and retell two. The first thing happened as soon as the creatures appeared from nowhere and stationed themselves in front of the little house. At once, Katunga’s vision transformed, for the skies were now blue and as clear as day. The stars, however, were still present. The second thing, much to his horror, were the creatures themselves. Attribution below: Ash Baby Andrew Dakalira Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology | Issue V The WTBAP logo appears at the top and a red button at the bottom reads: willthisbeaproblem.co.ke
December 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Are you looking for 2025 fiction? Try this short story, “Something Cruel” by @gabbyharry.bsky.social from Issue V of our anthology.

Free access on our website until Dec 12.

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Quote graphic from Issue V of Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology set on a background has a textured reddish tone with decorative speech-mark elements. The text reads: Minika crushes white chalk into powder in her left hand, muttering an incantation. She stretches her hand out and lets the wind blow the powder away. When the last of the powder is gone, the tip of her finger follows, dissolving into dust. The wind carries her hand and arm and shoulder, until her whole body is swirling in the warm breeze, the day’s last breaths. Attribution below: Something Cruel Gabrielle Emem Harry Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology | Issue V The WTBAP logo appears at the top and a red button at the bottom reads: willthisbeaproblem.co.ke
December 2, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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Reading 2025 speculative fiction? Check out this short story, “I’m Home” by Rutendo Chidzodzo from Issue V of our anthology.

It’s now free to access on our website until December 12.

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Quote graphic from Issue V of Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology set on a background has a textured reddish tone with decorative speech-mark elements. The text reads: Your mother’s heart almost bleeds when she sees your name, she hasn’t seen it since you were taken three years ago. It nearly brings her to tears, but she swallows her pain. She hasn’t cried for you. Not yet. She knows you will not return if she does. Her fingers caress your name, tracing each letter slowly, almost as if she were afraid to erase it. Your Gogo reminds your mother that you’re coming home soon. Attribution below: Rutendo Chidzodzo I’m Home Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology | Issue V The WTBAP logo appears at the top and a red button at the bottom reads: willthisbeaproblem.co.ke
November 28, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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Are you reading 2025 speculative fiction? Check out this short story, “The Sirangori Fey Market” by @ephraimorji.bsky.social from Issue V of our anthology.

It’s now available to read on our website until December 12.

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Quote graphic from Issue V of Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology set on a background has a textured reddish tone with decorative speech-mark elements. The text reads: Anyone who visits a Fey Market is either up to no good or is too desperate to damn the consequences. In Kalimdar, there are strict rules against meddling with Fey folk and their sinister magic. The penalty is public execution without trial. And it is for good reason, too. Even now, walking past stalls and tents, you feel the unsettling presence of the strange magic in the air, a foul, polluted thing that has long since been outlawed in the country. Attribution below: Ephraim N. Orji The Sirangori Fey Market Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology | Issue V The WTBAP logo appears at the top and a red button at the bottom reads: willthisbeaproblem.co.ke
November 27, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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Awards Eligibility Post!

2025 has been an incredible year for us at WTBAP. We released our fifth anthology and second digital magazine, and all the stories are eligible for SFF awards. If you’re nominating or voting this season, please keep our work in mind.

Details here 🧵
#AfricanSFF 🪐📚💙
A promotional graphic for Will This Be A Problem? outlining the publication’s 2025 award eligibility set on a dark blue cosmic pattern with teal accents. The heading reads: Will This Be a Problem? 2025 Award Eligibility, For Your Consideration. Sections list eligible categories: - Anthology: Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: Issue V, edited by Somto Ihezuo and Olivia Kidula (January 2025) - Magazine: Will This Be A Problem? The Magazine: Issue 2, edited by Olivia Kidula (July 2025) - Artist: Peter Marco - Novelette: Why Donkeys Have 44 Teeth by Peter Nena (Issue V), and Babies Don’t Grow in People by Peter Nena (Issue 2) The WTBAP logo appears at the top, the Shilitza Publishing Group logo appears at the bottom left, and a red button with WTBAP’s website link sits near the bottom centre.
November 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Curious about where to get our latest anthology of African speculative fiction that’s a must-read for SFFH lovers? Get your copy of Issue V of Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology at select bookstores.

Details here 👇🏿

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A graphic set on a purple textured background with subtle space-themed illustrations and the heading “Where to Find Issue V” on a parchment-style banner at the top. The text explains that Issue V of Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology is available in paperback and ebook formats. Kenyan paperback locations listed are Nuria Books (Nairobi CBD), Mathaga Books & Culture (Kikuyu Town), Page & Palette Bookstore (Olive Gardens Hotel) and Shilitza Bookstore (shilitzapublishing.com). International paperback available via lulu.com. Ebook available at Shilitza Bookstore, Lulu Bookstore, Amazon and Kobo. The WTBAP logo appears at the top, and a website link is placed at the bottom. Cover graphic for Issue V of Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology features a purple space-themed pattern with the WTBAP logo at the top and the website address at the bottom. The cover art shows a man in an orange suit and hat standing against a cloudy, dreamlike sky, with a large ethereal face formed in the clouds above him. The list of contributing authors appears on the right side with the editors at the bottom.
November 24, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Congratulations to friend of the con @suyidavies.com for his 2025 Nommo Award win!

Suyi's work is amazing and you should read all of it.
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“Lost Ark Dreaming” by @suyidavies.com won the 2025 Nommo Award for Best Novella.

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Brown textured background with the heading “Meet The 2025 Nommo Award Winners” on an orange banner. At the centre is the cover of the book “Lost Ark Dreaming” by Suyi Davies Okungbowa. The main text explains what the best speculative fiction novella award is about, lists the winner for the category and the publisher. The WTBAP logo appears at the top, and a website link is placed at the bottom. A promotional graphic with a textured dark brown background with wavy line patterns. At the centre, inside a circular frame, bold text reads: For More Info, Go To: African Speculative Fiction Society. The WTBAP logo appears at the top, the African Speculative Fiction Society logo appears in the centre, and a website link is placed at the bottom.
November 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Spotlight: 2025 Nommo Award winners

The ASFS announced this year’s winners at the Aké Arts & Book Festival in Lagos. The awards celebrate exceptional talent in African speculative fiction across four categories.

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A promotional graphic set in a dark brown background with wavy line patterns. At the centre, inside a circular frame, bold text reads “Spotlight: 2025 Nommo Award Winners Announced.” The WTBAP logo appears at the top, the African Speculative Fiction Society logo appears in the centre, and a website link is placed at the bottom. The overall design highlights a spotlight theme. Brown textured background with the heading “Spotlight: 2025 Nommo Awards” on an orange banner. The main text reads: The African Speculative Fiction Society (ASFS) announced the winners of the 2025 Nommo Awards at the opening ceremony of the Aké Arts and Book Festival in Lagos. Since their debut in 2017, the Nommo Awards have celebrated speculative fiction by Africans for Africans, recognising the stories we tell and how we choose to tell them across four categories. The awardees include Motswana speculative fiction writer and poet Tlotlo Tsamaase, who received the Ilube Award for Best Speculative Fiction for Womb City; Nigerian author Suyi Davies Okungbowa, who won the Nommo Award for Best Speculative Fiction Novella for Lost Ark Dreaming; Nigerian fiction writer and poet Chisom Umeh, who won the Nommo Award for Best Speculative Fiction Short Story for From Across Time; and Nigerian creators John Uche and Francis Goodluck, who jointly won the Nommo Award for Best Speculative Fiction Graphic Novel for Celestial Eyes. This year’s shortlist featured writers and artists from across the continent and the diaspora, showcasing the range and brilliance of African storytelling on a global stage. It was first announced at the Seattle Worldcon, with the final winners selected by ASFS members. Our warmest congratulations to this year’s winners and finalists! The WTBAP logo appears at the top, and a website link is placed at the bottom.
November 22, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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All Issue V stories are now free to read on our website until December 12th!

Perfect for your end-of-year reading list and for readers who’d like to explore the incredible award-eligible works featured in our fifth anthology. Spread the word!

🔗 willthisbeaproblem.co.ke/issue-5/

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A promotional graphic for Issue V of Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology. The background is a warm reddish-brown pattern with stylised shapes and the WTBAP logo at the top. Below it, large text reads “FREE TO ACCESS.” A short message states that Issue V is now available to read for year-end reading, awards eligibility and recommendations. At the centre is the book cover, featuring a man in an orange suit standing beneath a massive, otherworldly figure emerging from clouds. At the bottom is a green button-style banner with the website link.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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All Issue V stories are now free to read on our website until December 12th!

Perfect for your end-of-year reading list and for readers who’d like to explore the incredible award-eligible works featured in our fifth anthology. Spread the word!

🔗 willthisbeaproblem.co.ke/issue-5/

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A promotional graphic for Issue V of Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology. The background is a warm reddish-brown pattern with stylised shapes and the WTBAP logo at the top. Below it, large text reads “FREE TO ACCESS.” A short message states that Issue V is now available to read for year-end reading, awards eligibility and recommendations. At the centre is the book cover, featuring a man in an orange suit standing beneath a massive, otherworldly figure emerging from clouds. At the bottom is a green button-style banner with the website link.
November 20, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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“The Real Deal” is an intriguing tale by @usedtobejimmy.bsky.social about a witch doctor dragged into a police operation and compelled to demonstrate his 'powers' after a governor’s disappearance.

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Excerpt from “The Real Deal” by James Kariuki published in Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: 10th Anniversary Edition. Design is set on a textured teal background with abstract circular accents, spiral motifs and the WTBAP logo. The excerpt text reads: Skeins of cobwebs hung from the wooden rafters of the mabati shack alongside an assortment of beads and bones on strings. The room had a solitary window that was only partially open and covered with tattered sackcloth. Thick dust motes danced in the pale sunlight that leaked through the numerous holes in the roof. Juma was alone in the room, hurriedly packing his belongings in a sports bag. His work paraphernalia littered the floor. Calabashes, animal figurines and horns were scattered all over; the contents of various bottles spilt onto the ground as he tripped over them in his rush. A promotional graphic featuring a textured teal background with elegant grey and teal curved accents in the corners. The WTBAP logo appears at the top, while the website's URL sits at the bottom. Prominently displayed in the centre is the cover of "Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: 10th Anniversary Edition.”
November 18, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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"Scales and Arabesques” by Lucille Sambo follows a Zimbabwean ballerina whose movements draw on the lessons learned from a surreal encounter with an alien in Paris.

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Excerpt from "Scales and Arabesques" by Lucille Sambo published in Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: Issue V. Displayed on a reddish background with abstract circular accents and the WTBAP logo. The excerpt reads: Her body is neatly spread on her bed, and she skims through her social media, watching ballet videos on TikTok and the latest mind-boring news on Twitter. All too morbid for her, she decides to go back to her chat with Malik, scrolling past links of Credo Mutwa videos: “Why was Cecil John Rhodes buried at Matobo hills?” Latest UFO sightings—“UAPs, they call them these days. Just to mislead you. Ha!” Another random video, “Those were the days huh, when we asked trees for permission before we cut them down (sad face emoji)”: each link from Malik comes with an even more cryptic message—other videos from Chitauri sightings in the Nyanga mountains in Zimbabwe. Not sure what video to start with, she listens to the song she’s been sent. Introduction by Olivia Kidula for "Scales and Arabesques" by Lucille Sambo, published in Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: Issue V. Displayed on a red background with teal and grey accents, the WTBAP logo and stylised quote marks. Main text reads: In Lucille Sambo’s “Scales and Arabesques”, the characters begin to perceive the unseen realities that coexist within and beyond the ordinary. “A war with who?” “It has already begun. Just look around.” “I don’t see any buildings falling or hear children crying.” “And that’s your mistake.”
November 14, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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In “The Tunnel”, Peter Nena explores the peril of human curiosity, where the need to uncover what lurks beneath a dark highway tunnel haunts a small Kenyan town...

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Excerpt from “The Tunnel” by Peter Nena, published in Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: 10th Anniversary Edition. Design is set on a textured teal background with abstract circular accents, spiral motifs and the WTBAP logo. The excerpt text reads: However, these swift-talking, smooth-tongued, fear-evading sceptics could not explain what had made the seventy-year-old Kariuki scream his lungs dry and run a hundred metres in less than twenty seconds before his heart exploded right where he fell or why a fifteen-year-old girl named Njoki had become deaf, mute and pregnant after taking the route alone in the night. (She had become pregnant with something that did not want to be born. It squirmed in the confines of her belly and cried horrible, heartrending cries impossible for a child, especially not one in utero. She was picked up dead one day with her uterus chewed up, a nasty hole gaping there, unknown teeth marks on her buttocks and legs.) Or why all stray animals had vanished from Toi. Or why the accidents over the tunnel remained gruesome, and there were never any survivors, even after the government had hired Chinese contractors to renovate the road and build better rails. A promotional graphic featuring a textured teal background with elegant grey and teal curved accents in the corners. The WTBAP logo appears at the top, while the website's URL sits at the bottom. Prominently displayed in the centre is the cover of "Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: 10th Anniversary Edition.”
November 12, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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Author Spotlight: Mwenya S. Chikwa (@prisoner187.bsky.social)

Meet one of the most exciting new voices in African speculative fiction! The Zambian writer’s work has appeared or is forthcoming in Asimov’s, Omenana, Flame Tree Press, Ubwali Literary Magazine, WTBAP, and more.
A promotional graphic for Will This Be A Problem’s Author Spotlight. The design features a circular photo of Zambian writer Mwenya S. Chikwa set against a dark teal patterned background with wavy line patterns. Below the photo, his name, “Mwenya S. Chikwa,” is displayed in golden lettering. The WTBAP logo appears at the top, the 2025 Nommo Awards badge and a website link are placed at the bottom. Teal textured background titled “Spotlight: Mwenya S. Chikwa" on a parchment-style banner at the top. The main text introduces him as a Zambian writer and a new voice in African speculative fiction. It highlights his published works in various publications, key award recognitions and forthcoming works. The WTBAP logo appears at the top, and a website link is placed at the bottom.
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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ICYMI: We’re sending out copies of our latest anthology to speculative fiction reviewers around the world.

If you’re in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, the US, UK, Canada, France, Australia or India, email us to request a copy. We can’t wait to hear your thoughts!

More here 👇🏿
Graphic poster set on an orange textured background with the WTBAP logo at the top. Main heading reads: Calling SFFH Book Reviewers. Main message reads: WTBAP? is inviting science fiction, fantasy and horror book reviewers to review our fifth issue of Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology. We can send physical copies to Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, the US, the UK, Canada, France, Australia and India. Note that you don’t have to be African/BIPOC. If you aren’t, we ask that you have a significant following or write for a decent-sized publication. Below is a contact email highlighted in red. The website address is at the bottom. A promotional graphic with the cover of Issue V of Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology is set on an orange textured background, with the WTBAP logo at the top and the website address at the bottom. Below, in large letters: Now Available. The cover illustration shows a regal figure in a red cape and blue suit standing on a reflective ground with mountains and stormy skies in the background.
November 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Author Spotlight: @gabbyharry.bsky.social

Meet the award-winning Nigerian writer behind some of our favourite speculative fiction. Her words have appeared in Strange Horizons, Omenana, Isele, Apparition, Flame Tree Press, The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction Volume 3, WTBAP and more.
A promotional graphic for Will This Be A Problem's Author Spotlight. The design features a circular photo of Nigerian writer Gabrielle Emem Harry set against a dark teal patterned background with wavy line patterns. Below the photo, her name, “Gabrielle Emem Harry,” is displayed in golden lettering. The WTBAP logo appears at the top, and a website link is placed at the bottom. Teal textured background titled “Spotlight: Gabrielle Emem Harry” on a parchment-style banner at the top. The main text introduces him as a Nigerian writer and avid reader. It highlights his published works in various publications, as well as his stort, Horror’s Many Sounds and Faces, a finalist for the 2020 Awele Creative Trust Award. The WTBAP logo appears at the top, and a website link is placed at the bottom.
November 7, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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In Stock at Shilitza Publishing: Issue V of WTBAP? The Anthology.

This collection gathers sixteen stories that confront the fractured truth head-on. You can order the ebook (Ksh 1000) or paperback (Ksh 1950) through our publisher website.

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Introduction by Olivia Kidula for Issue V of Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology. Displayed on an orange background with teal and grey accents, the WTBAP logo and stylised quote marks. Main text reads: These stories emerge from a continent where history’s scars still burn and alternate futures feel tantalisingly close. They were written against a backdrop of crises: genocides unfolding just beyond artificial borders; social media feeds tattooed by increasingly horrific images—ruined cities, ruined lives, ruined people and their cries for help lost in the cacophony of capitalism’s interruptions. A promotional graphic with the cover of Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: Issue V is set on an orange background. Below, in large letters: Available Now An arrow points to the book cover with a list of contributors. The cover illustration shows a regal figure in a red cape and blue suit standing on a reflective ground with mountains and stormy skies in the background. The website address appears at the bottom of the graphic and the WTBAP logo at the top.
November 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM