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If you love science fiction, fantasy, and horror you MUST already subscribe to Locus Magazine... Right?
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October 16, 2025 at 11:52 AM
If you love science fiction, fantasy, and horror you MUST already subscribe to Locus Magazine... Right?
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Congratulations @genni.bsky.social on winning the #2025IgnyteAwards in Outstanding Creative Nonfiction for AFRO-CENTERED FUTURISMS IN OUR SPECULATIVE FICTION
October 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Congratulations @genni.bsky.social on winning the #2025IgnyteAwards in Outstanding Creative Nonfiction for AFRO-CENTERED FUTURISMS IN OUR SPECULATIVE FICTION
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Congratulations to Fasasi Ridwan who wins the #2025IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Speculative Poetry for RELIVING: POST TRAUMA OF THE LEKKI TOLLGATE MASSACRE strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
October 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Congratulations to Fasasi Ridwan who wins the #2025IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Speculative Poetry for RELIVING: POST TRAUMA OF THE LEKKI TOLLGATE MASSACRE strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
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@shingai-be-like.bsky.social wins the #2025IgnyteAwards in Outstanding Novelette for WE WHO WILL NOT DIE
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October 12, 2025 at 6:47 PM
@shingai-be-like.bsky.social wins the #2025IgnyteAwards in Outstanding Novelette for WE WHO WILL NOT DIE
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The winner of the #2025IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Novella? LOST ARK DREAMING by @suyidavies.com
October 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The winner of the #2025IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Novella? LOST ARK DREAMING by @suyidavies.com
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'Afro-Centered Futurisms in Our Speculative Fiction' is the winner of the @theignyteawards.bsky.social award for Outstanding Creative Nonfiction! 🙌🎉
Congratulations to @genni.bsky.social and the contributors!
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📕 www.bloomsbury.com/afrocentered...
Congratulations to @genni.bsky.social and the contributors!
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📕 www.bloomsbury.com/afrocentered...
October 15, 2025 at 2:39 PM
'Afro-Centered Futurisms in Our Speculative Fiction' is the winner of the @theignyteawards.bsky.social award for Outstanding Creative Nonfiction! 🙌🎉
Congratulations to @genni.bsky.social and the contributors!
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📕 www.bloomsbury.com/afrocentered...
Congratulations to @genni.bsky.social and the contributors!
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📕 www.bloomsbury.com/afrocentered...
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The next creator owned thing I do will be a west a African sci-fantasy and a thematic, esthetic successor to Djeliya, and I’m still figuring out where to pitch it. Hope it finds a nice home quick. I’m still building the concept but I think it’ll be great and very intune with our current time
October 14, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The next creator owned thing I do will be a west a African sci-fantasy and a thematic, esthetic successor to Djeliya, and I’m still figuring out where to pitch it. Hope it finds a nice home quick. I’m still building the concept but I think it’ll be great and very intune with our current time
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#ICYMI @tco-anthology.bsky.social edited by me, @babblewocky.bsky.social, @emmaliawrites.bsky.social, and @pcverrone.com; to be published by @press-android.bsky.social Kickstarter pre-launch page is up and running: www.kickstarter.com/projects/and... #spreadtheword
Coming soon: The Cookout: A Speculative Fiction Anthology
Sci-fi, fantasy, & horror stories by Black authors, centering traditions of “the cookout” — the joy, the drama, and the delicious food.
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October 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
#ICYMI @tco-anthology.bsky.social edited by me, @babblewocky.bsky.social, @emmaliawrites.bsky.social, and @pcverrone.com; to be published by @press-android.bsky.social Kickstarter pre-launch page is up and running: www.kickstarter.com/projects/and... #spreadtheword
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Story day! “O Mechfighter, O Starsinger” in @lightspeedmagazine.com is my epic space opera about lost ancestry that’s trying to be revived between a human trafficking survivor who sings to the stars and a soldier grappling with her complicity in war: www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/o-me...
O Mechfighter, O Starsinger - Lightspeed Magazine
The Starsinger, the Starsinger, the Starsinger, he sings. His histories have long been recorded—in every pit stop he has visited. In every station he has stayed. It may be just a minute of the traffic...
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October 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Story day! “O Mechfighter, O Starsinger” in @lightspeedmagazine.com is my epic space opera about lost ancestry that’s trying to be revived between a human trafficking survivor who sings to the stars and a soldier grappling with her complicity in war: www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/o-me...
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New additions. If you missed it or haven't seen it recently.
23/ Call to the Dark @calldarkpod.bsky.social
24/ It Was an Animal Attack @animalattackpod.bsky.social
23/ Call to the Dark @calldarkpod.bsky.social
24/ It Was an Animal Attack @animalattackpod.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 10:16 AM
New additions. If you missed it or haven't seen it recently.
23/ Call to the Dark @calldarkpod.bsky.social
24/ It Was an Animal Attack @animalattackpod.bsky.social
23/ Call to the Dark @calldarkpod.bsky.social
24/ It Was an Animal Attack @animalattackpod.bsky.social
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Our game is Africanfuturist:
" #Africanfuturism is specifically and more directly rooted in African culture, history, mythology and point-of-view as it then branches into the Black Diaspora, and it does not privilege or center the West” - Nnedi Okorafor (Africanfuturism Defined 2019)
#indiegame
" #Africanfuturism is specifically and more directly rooted in African culture, history, mythology and point-of-view as it then branches into the Black Diaspora, and it does not privilege or center the West” - Nnedi Okorafor (Africanfuturism Defined 2019)
#indiegame
June 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Our game is Africanfuturist:
" #Africanfuturism is specifically and more directly rooted in African culture, history, mythology and point-of-view as it then branches into the Black Diaspora, and it does not privilege or center the West” - Nnedi Okorafor (Africanfuturism Defined 2019)
#indiegame
" #Africanfuturism is specifically and more directly rooted in African culture, history, mythology and point-of-view as it then branches into the Black Diaspora, and it does not privilege or center the West” - Nnedi Okorafor (Africanfuturism Defined 2019)
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Here is a 2020 Los Angeles Review of Books article on these vibrant subgenres.
"Afrofuturism, Africanfuturism, and the Language of Black Speculative Literature"
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"Afrofuturism, Africanfuturism, and the Language of Black Speculative Literature"
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Afrofuturism, Africanfuturism, and the Language of Black Speculative Literature | Los Angeles Review of Books
Hope Wabuke considers the future of Afrofuturism and Africanfuturism.
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June 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Here is a 2020 Los Angeles Review of Books article on these vibrant subgenres.
"Afrofuturism, Africanfuturism, and the Language of Black Speculative Literature"
lareviewofbooks.org/article/afro...
"Afrofuturism, Africanfuturism, and the Language of Black Speculative Literature"
lareviewofbooks.org/article/afro...
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June 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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“'Ocean green of shadow': Coloring the Speculative Urban Landscape in Nnedi Okorafor’s Lagoon and Beyond" is out and #OpenAccess from Tamkang Review tamkangreview.org/data/10000/u...
#SpeculativeFiction #Africanfuturism #ClimateChange #ColorTheory @nnedi.bsky.social
#SpeculativeFiction #Africanfuturism #ClimateChange #ColorTheory @nnedi.bsky.social
June 28, 2025 at 6:42 AM
“'Ocean green of shadow': Coloring the Speculative Urban Landscape in Nnedi Okorafor’s Lagoon and Beyond" is out and #OpenAccess from Tamkang Review tamkangreview.org/data/10000/u...
#SpeculativeFiction #Africanfuturism #ClimateChange #ColorTheory @nnedi.bsky.social
#SpeculativeFiction #Africanfuturism #ClimateChange #ColorTheory @nnedi.bsky.social
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I don't post often on here, but I have a supernatural horror fiction podcast / audio drama, and I just wrapped up the first volume!
Think Magnus Archives, Hi Nay, and a touch of Welcome to Night Vale, but with Southern African folktales and myths - check it out if that's your vibe 🔥
Think Magnus Archives, Hi Nay, and a touch of Welcome to Night Vale, but with Southern African folktales and myths - check it out if that's your vibe 🔥
Dingane receives a box from his late father, and an unexpected mystery unfolds.
"Call to the Dark" is a supernatural horror fiction podcast, told through short stories and epistolary pieces, and inspired by Southern African folktales and myths.
Premiered 6th April, 6PM SAST.
"Call to the Dark" is a supernatural horror fiction podcast, told through short stories and epistolary pieces, and inspired by Southern African folktales and myths.
Premiered 6th April, 6PM SAST.
June 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I don't post often on here, but I have a supernatural horror fiction podcast / audio drama, and I just wrapped up the first volume!
Think Magnus Archives, Hi Nay, and a touch of Welcome to Night Vale, but with Southern African folktales and myths - check it out if that's your vibe 🔥
Think Magnus Archives, Hi Nay, and a touch of Welcome to Night Vale, but with Southern African folktales and myths - check it out if that's your vibe 🔥
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🦊🐺🐆 When Jackal, Wolf, and Leopard face the ultimate challenge, wit battles strength in this thrilling African tale!
Who wins when cunning meets power? The answer might surprise you...
🎧 Listen: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0OpPeupcU4UvWIlRX7SeRs?si=eby9h2TcTzCiKOl5erkFQQ
#AfricanFolktales #
Who wins when cunning meets power? The answer might surprise you...
🎧 Listen: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0OpPeupcU4UvWIlRX7SeRs?si=eby9h2TcTzCiKOl5erkFQQ
#AfricanFolktales #
June 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
🦊🐺🐆 When Jackal, Wolf, and Leopard face the ultimate challenge, wit battles strength in this thrilling African tale!
Who wins when cunning meets power? The answer might surprise you...
🎧 Listen: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0OpPeupcU4UvWIlRX7SeRs?si=eby9h2TcTzCiKOl5erkFQQ
#AfricanFolktales #
Who wins when cunning meets power? The answer might surprise you...
🎧 Listen: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0OpPeupcU4UvWIlRX7SeRs?si=eby9h2TcTzCiKOl5erkFQQ
#AfricanFolktales #
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🔥 FIRE manga exploring Southern African Mythology! #TokolosheHunters
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October 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
🔥 FIRE manga exploring Southern African Mythology! #TokolosheHunters
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We’re launching a Kickstarter for our Africanfuturist animated film!
In November, you can help bring Crocodile Dance to life.
We’re offering an art book and other fabulous rewards for your support.
Sign Up to Get Notified! #crocodiledance
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In November, you can help bring Crocodile Dance to life.
We’re offering an art book and other fabulous rewards for your support.
Sign Up to Get Notified! #crocodiledance
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Coming soon: Crocodile Dance - An Indie Africanfuturist Animated Film
An animated thriller where a musical storyteller reclaims her voice to face the Mami Wata, a monster goddess threatening her family.
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October 8, 2025 at 7:23 PM
We’re launching a Kickstarter for our Africanfuturist animated film!
In November, you can help bring Crocodile Dance to life.
We’re offering an art book and other fabulous rewards for your support.
Sign Up to Get Notified! #crocodiledance
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cok...
In November, you can help bring Crocodile Dance to life.
We’re offering an art book and other fabulous rewards for your support.
Sign Up to Get Notified! #crocodiledance
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I just backed @etancomics.bsky.social's Tokoloshe Hunters: Gripping Southern African Mythology Manga on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/eta...
Tokoloshe Hunters: Gripping Southern African Mythology Manga
Over 110 pages of wild, action-packed monster fighting manga exploring Southern African mythology! Made by African creators [Hardcover]
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October 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I just backed @etancomics.bsky.social's Tokoloshe Hunters: Gripping Southern African Mythology Manga on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/eta...
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Tlotlo Tsamaase's bookshelves and picks.
@tlotlotsamaase.bsky.social
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Shelfies #54: Tlotlo Tsamaase
I’ve been always moving—moving houses, moving oceans, moving states—and books are the most cumbersome and costly to move with.
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September 20, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Tlotlo Tsamaase's bookshelves and picks.
@tlotlotsamaase.bsky.social
@tlotlotsamaase.bsky.social
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JFA Presents Yemoja’s Tears: An Anthology of Water, Bodies and Bodies of Water
288 pp. Published March 2025. Mixed anthology. Yemoja’s Tears is a ruminative anthology with pieces pondering our relationship to water. A few of the contributors were already known to me: Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki,…
288 pp. Published March 2025. Mixed anthology. Yemoja’s Tears is a ruminative anthology with pieces pondering our relationship to water. A few of the contributors were already known to me: Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki,…
JFA Presents Yemoja’s Tears: An Anthology of Water, Bodies and Bodies of Water
288 pp. Published March 2025. Mixed anthology. Yemoja’s Tears is a ruminative anthology with pieces pondering our relationship to water. A few of the contributors were already known to me: Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, Mame Bougouma Diene, Alex Jennings, Joyce Chng, Eieen Gunn, Vuyokazi Ngemntu. But this collection has many other gifted authors and some really excellent pieces, including short fiction, scholarly essays, and poetry (as well as the art on the cover by Jenekacy).
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August 22, 2025 at 9:33 AM
JFA Presents Yemoja’s Tears: An Anthology of Water, Bodies and Bodies of Water
288 pp. Published March 2025. Mixed anthology. Yemoja’s Tears is a ruminative anthology with pieces pondering our relationship to water. A few of the contributors were already known to me: Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki,…
288 pp. Published March 2025. Mixed anthology. Yemoja’s Tears is a ruminative anthology with pieces pondering our relationship to water. A few of the contributors were already known to me: Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki,…
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Thanks @hararereview.bsky.social you’re too kind.
‘I loved Mame Bougouma Diene’s excellent, atmospheric Doomed to the Storm:
“Before there was a sea, people drank their own tears.”
It’s about a vampiric child—only he’s thirsty for water, not blood.’
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‘I loved Mame Bougouma Diene’s excellent, atmospheric Doomed to the Storm:
“Before there was a sea, people drank their own tears.”
It’s about a vampiric child—only he’s thirsty for water, not blood.’
hararereview.wordpress.com/2025/08/22/j...
JFA Presents Yemoja’s Tears: An Anthology of Water, Bodies and Bodies of Water
288 pp. Published March 2025. Mixed anthology. Yemoja’s Tears ponders our relationship to water. A few of the contributors were already known to me: Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, Mame Bougouma Diene,…
hararereview.wordpress.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Thanks @hararereview.bsky.social you’re too kind.
‘I loved Mame Bougouma Diene’s excellent, atmospheric Doomed to the Storm:
“Before there was a sea, people drank their own tears.”
It’s about a vampiric child—only he’s thirsty for water, not blood.’
hararereview.wordpress.com/2025/08/22/j...
‘I loved Mame Bougouma Diene’s excellent, atmospheric Doomed to the Storm:
“Before there was a sea, people drank their own tears.”
It’s about a vampiric child—only he’s thirsty for water, not blood.’
hararereview.wordpress.com/2025/08/22/j...
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August 2025 reads
Here's almost every book I read in August (not true, but mostly true). Everything was pretty good! But here are links to reviews so far, more to come: Patchwork x Tom Comitta The Nga’phandileh Whisperer: A Sauútiverse Novella x Eugen Bacon Weepers x Peter Mendelsund The Frequency…
Here's almost every book I read in August (not true, but mostly true). Everything was pretty good! But here are links to reviews so far, more to come: Patchwork x Tom Comitta The Nga’phandileh Whisperer: A Sauútiverse Novella x Eugen Bacon Weepers x Peter Mendelsund The Frequency…
August 2025 reads
Here's almost every book I read in August (not true, but mostly true). Everything was pretty good! But here are links to reviews so far, more to come: Patchwork x Tom Comitta The Nga’phandileh Whisperer: A Sauútiverse Novella x Eugen Bacon Weepers x Peter Mendelsund The Frequency of Living Things x Nick Fuller Googins Last Night in San Francisco: Tech’s Lost Promise and the Killing of Bob Lee x Scott Alan Lucas
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September 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
August 2025 reads
Here's almost every book I read in August (not true, but mostly true). Everything was pretty good! But here are links to reviews so far, more to come: Patchwork x Tom Comitta The Nga’phandileh Whisperer: A Sauútiverse Novella x Eugen Bacon Weepers x Peter Mendelsund The Frequency…
Here's almost every book I read in August (not true, but mostly true). Everything was pretty good! But here are links to reviews so far, more to come: Patchwork x Tom Comitta The Nga’phandileh Whisperer: A Sauútiverse Novella x Eugen Bacon Weepers x Peter Mendelsund The Frequency…
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Apart from rudely pointing out that Moxyland is almost 20 years old (it's only 17!) this Salotto Giallo review of the new Fanucci edition is gorgeously written, thoughtful and incisive and ALSO points out all the horrible resonances/relevances today. salottogiallo.com/2025/09/01/m...
Moxyland di Lauren Beukes - SALOTTO GIALLO
Moxyland della Beukes è una distopia fantascientifica che parla di libertà, sicurezza e sorveglianza, con una forza sorprendentemente attuale
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September 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Apart from rudely pointing out that Moxyland is almost 20 years old (it's only 17!) this Salotto Giallo review of the new Fanucci edition is gorgeously written, thoughtful and incisive and ALSO points out all the horrible resonances/relevances today. salottogiallo.com/2025/09/01/m...