Mwenya S. Chikwa - Future Ancient 🇿🇲
@prisoner187.bsky.social
Zambian. Some times writer, all times reader. Impractical dreamer on the eternal journey. Living through apocalypse while learning to smile.
Work in Omenana magazine, Ubwali Literary Magazine & WTBAP?
My short stories: https://linktr.ee/Mwenya_S_Chikwa
Work in Omenana magazine, Ubwali Literary Magazine & WTBAP?
My short stories: https://linktr.ee/Mwenya_S_Chikwa
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Ubwali Literary Magazine
www.ubwali.com
Check out my new short. Planet hopping nomad meets terrestrial nomads when she falls out of a strange sky and gets stranded. Has dance as a form of long distance communications and space altering baobabs (sort of).
www.ubwali.com/you-can-alwa...
www.ubwali.com/you-can-alwa...
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Hi everyone. Happy to say that I just signed my first book deal. More details coming soon ☺️❤️. I hope to be active on here as much as I can.
November 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Hi everyone. Happy to say that I just signed my first book deal. More details coming soon ☺️❤️. I hope to be active on here as much as I can.
Silent tears. 8th.
November 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Silent tears. 8th.
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Eat this Premier League table up 🍎
November 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Eat this Premier League table up 🍎
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my story about a neverending cosmic apocalypse & those trying to delay it will be in issue #13! excited for y'all to read it and the other stories i'm privileged to share space with 🪐🫀
Been quiet round here lately cos I (Jonny, Editor-In-Chief) have been crazy busy with work. But! We've got some cool stuff coming soon, including:
STP Issue #13, and it's a bumper edition
An interview with Lyndsey Croal
The revival of the newsletter
Me actually catching up with the submissions pile
STP Issue #13, and it's a bumper edition
An interview with Lyndsey Croal
The revival of the newsletter
Me actually catching up with the submissions pile
October 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
my story about a neverending cosmic apocalypse & those trying to delay it will be in issue #13! excited for y'all to read it and the other stories i'm privileged to share space with 🪐🫀
You should read your own writing it's so beautiful
November 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
You should read your own writing it's so beautiful
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It's a wonderful story with a fantastic protagonist (narrator, too)—get it!
Hey! Sort of a surprise new story day. @undertow.bsky.social is making my novelette, "Uncertain Sons," (original to the collection) available online for a short time for folks catching up on end-of-year reading. Eligible for most novelette/long fiction categories. Online until end of November!
Uncertain Sons — Undertow Publications
undertowpublications.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
It's a wonderful story with a fantastic protagonist (narrator, too)—get it!
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Hey! Sort of a surprise new story day. @undertow.bsky.social is making my novelette, "Uncertain Sons," (original to the collection) available online for a short time for folks catching up on end-of-year reading. Eligible for most novelette/long fiction categories. Online until end of November!
Uncertain Sons — Undertow Publications
undertowpublications.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Hey! Sort of a surprise new story day. @undertow.bsky.social is making my novelette, "Uncertain Sons," (original to the collection) available online for a short time for folks catching up on end-of-year reading. Eligible for most novelette/long fiction categories. Online until end of November!
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🚨 November submissions are OPEN! We're seeking bold, subversive fiction on:
🔁 Cycles of revolution
💥 Revolution as a starting point
🌿 Quiet revolutions & resistance
📢 Disability, class & revolution
Submit now! www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
🔁 Cycles of revolution
💥 Revolution as a starting point
🌿 Quiet revolutions & resistance
📢 Disability, class & revolution
Submit now! www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
November 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
🚨 November submissions are OPEN! We're seeking bold, subversive fiction on:
🔁 Cycles of revolution
💥 Revolution as a starting point
🌿 Quiet revolutions & resistance
📢 Disability, class & revolution
Submit now! www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
🔁 Cycles of revolution
💥 Revolution as a starting point
🌿 Quiet revolutions & resistance
📢 Disability, class & revolution
Submit now! www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
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Medieval cities in the northern Horn of Africa (1200-1600 CE)
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/medieval-c...
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/medieval-c...
Medieval cities in the northern Horn of Africa (1200-1600 CE)
The northern horn of Africa is home to one of the largest concentrations of urban settlements on the continent, many of which are of significant antiquity.
www.africanhistoryextra.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Medieval cities in the northern Horn of Africa (1200-1600 CE)
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/medieval-c...
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/medieval-c...
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This is, I suppose, the one award-worthy thing I have for your consideration this year. A mystical, grief-laden, yet imminently hopeful poem in collage form
Aw thanks for asking! I've spent the past few years turning to collaging in times of overwhelming grief or fear or pain, when I couldn't form words of my own. I didn't realize they might speak to others, too -- so I was really excited when Worlds of Possibility published "After" as a collage poem ✨
November 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This is, I suppose, the one award-worthy thing I have for your consideration this year. A mystical, grief-laden, yet imminently hopeful poem in collage form
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ICYMI: new story just dropped
The King Must Die is now available wherever books are sold!
The King Must Die is now available wherever books are sold!
On a planet damaged by rushed terraforming, a bodyguard-turned-reluctant rebel joins the last dregs of her parents’ failed uprising...
THE KING MUST DIE is out today! If you love stories about found families, revolutions, and second chances, this book’s for you.
THE KING MUST DIE is out today! If you love stories about found families, revolutions, and second chances, this book’s for you.
November 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
ICYMI: new story just dropped
The King Must Die is now available wherever books are sold!
The King Must Die is now available wherever books are sold!
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Check out the poem in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social. Audio available on the Uncanny podcast!
there are no taxis for the dead - Uncanny Magazine
The horse brings you home wading through summer rain, reminds you not to stare too long at the halo of light the flicker of streetlamps, metal heads bowed over fogged streets your bad knee...
www.uncannymagazine.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Check out the poem in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social. Audio available on the Uncanny podcast!
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Yesterday was Bram Stoker’s 178th birthday! 🎂 Author of THE LADY OF THE SHROUD, THE LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM, and, of course, the iconic DRACULA. 🧛
Read the 1899 public-domain edition here ⤵️
archive.org/details/drac...
Read the 1899 public-domain edition here ⤵️
archive.org/details/drac...
November 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Yesterday was Bram Stoker’s 178th birthday! 🎂 Author of THE LADY OF THE SHROUD, THE LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM, and, of course, the iconic DRACULA. 🧛
Read the 1899 public-domain edition here ⤵️
archive.org/details/drac...
Read the 1899 public-domain edition here ⤵️
archive.org/details/drac...
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Crop of the largest low-frequency radio colour image of the Milky Way ever assembled. Image by: Silvia Mantovanini
#Astronomy
#Astronomy
November 9, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Crop of the largest low-frequency radio colour image of the Milky Way ever assembled. Image by: Silvia Mantovanini
#Astronomy
#Astronomy
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ZamaShort Extras: Meet the Author T.L. Huchu, ZamaShort #7 'When Two Sorcerers Collide'.
More in the thread ---⬇
#fantasy #darkfantasy #AfricanSFF #booksky 🪐📚💙
More in the thread ---⬇
#fantasy #darkfantasy #AfricanSFF #booksky 🪐📚💙
November 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
ZamaShort Extras: Meet the Author T.L. Huchu, ZamaShort #7 'When Two Sorcerers Collide'.
More in the thread ---⬇
#fantasy #darkfantasy #AfricanSFF #booksky 🪐📚💙
More in the thread ---⬇
#fantasy #darkfantasy #AfricanSFF #booksky 🪐📚💙
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COVER REVEAL! 🚀💝🌜 We are delighted to unveil SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL, a #scifi #romance novelette by award-winning author @cornellwriter.bsky.social! Cover art by @kiwifruitbird.bsky.social! Launching February 3, 2026! Read all about this delightful book and see the fabulous artwork:
Cover Reveal for Shoeshine Boy & Cigarette Girl by P.A. Cornell – Stars and Sabers
Stars and Sabers Publishing gives the cover reveal for the book Shoeshine Boy & Cigarette Girl by P.A. Cornell, with cover art by Kim Herbst.
www.starsandsabers.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
COVER REVEAL! 🚀💝🌜 We are delighted to unveil SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL, a #scifi #romance novelette by award-winning author @cornellwriter.bsky.social! Cover art by @kiwifruitbird.bsky.social! Launching February 3, 2026! Read all about this delightful book and see the fabulous artwork:
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I don't read a ton of newer books, but I had a great time with Club Contango. Is "slacker noir" a thing? If so, this is the futuristic version. Much recommend!
A reminder that I had a book out in December '24, the penumbra of '24 and '25 TBRs. Appreciate if you add this kid to your TBR, if murder, single mum semi-charmed kinda life, half-assed noir tropes, anti-hypercapitalism, and space macroeconomics is your thing. Or add a review if you've read 🙏✨
October 30, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I don't read a ton of newer books, but I had a great time with Club Contango. Is "slacker noir" a thing? If so, this is the futuristic version. Much recommend!
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Novellavember is a thing.
If you loved "Sphere", "The City Inside", the film "Infernal Affairs", or you're just up for some cyberpunk and space horror, here's something I wrote earlier!
November 3, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Novellavember is a thing.
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Its SHIGIDI paperback release day, US & Canada! Its been a long, lovely journey but my award-winning novel about African gods on a supernatural heist at the British museum finally hits stores in a new format, with a new cover + a bonus short story! Get it y'all🙏🏾
Art by @stephenembleton.bsky.social
Art by @stephenembleton.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Its SHIGIDI paperback release day, US & Canada! Its been a long, lovely journey but my award-winning novel about African gods on a supernatural heist at the British museum finally hits stores in a new format, with a new cover + a bonus short story! Get it y'all🙏🏾
Art by @stephenembleton.bsky.social
Art by @stephenembleton.bsky.social
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I have a new flash story out today! “How To Set Up Your Mourning Robot” is now free to read in @lightspeedmagazine.com!
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/how-...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/how-...
How to Set Up Your Mourning Robot - Lightspeed Magazine
Fill tear ducts with provided saline solution. Do not mix or combine with non-approved third-party solutions. Open the mouth of your robot when ready to activate. Press the purple button under the to...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I have a new flash story out today! “How To Set Up Your Mourning Robot” is now free to read in @lightspeedmagazine.com!
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/how-...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/how-...
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Day 2 or Singapore Writers Fest, and running from RF Kuang and Amber Chen's panel to the supermarket because I only have rotting spinach and deep frozen bass but families still need to eat when there are talks to attend and books to read?!
November 9, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Day 2 or Singapore Writers Fest, and running from RF Kuang and Amber Chen's panel to the supermarket because I only have rotting spinach and deep frozen bass but families still need to eat when there are talks to attend and books to read?!
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I've enjoyed this series! Particular favorites:
- Muthi Nhlema, Piss Corpse (very droll)
- Libby Young, The Smell of Rain (haunting me since I read it)
- Carmelo Rafalà, The Clarity of Ice (my kind of SF 🤩)
Also liked Zainab Omaki's The Last and Final Battle.
- Muthi Nhlema, Piss Corpse (very droll)
- Libby Young, The Smell of Rain (haunting me since I read it)
- Carmelo Rafalà, The Clarity of Ice (my kind of SF 🤩)
Also liked Zainab Omaki's The Last and Final Battle.
Has to be the the whole ZamaShort series, it has been a wild ride so far and every one has been most dear to me, I am honoured to have put forth works from all these amazing authors.
ZamaShort
Visit Amazon's ZamaShort Page and shop for all ZamaShort books. Check out pictures, author information, and reviews of ZamaShort
www.amazon.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:40 AM
I've enjoyed this series! Particular favorites:
- Muthi Nhlema, Piss Corpse (very droll)
- Libby Young, The Smell of Rain (haunting me since I read it)
- Carmelo Rafalà, The Clarity of Ice (my kind of SF 🤩)
Also liked Zainab Omaki's The Last and Final Battle.
- Muthi Nhlema, Piss Corpse (very droll)
- Libby Young, The Smell of Rain (haunting me since I read it)
- Carmelo Rafalà, The Clarity of Ice (my kind of SF 🤩)
Also liked Zainab Omaki's The Last and Final Battle.
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🤩
November 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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My father tells me every day, “Son, I need medicine.”
I beg you — I’m too ashamed to go to anyone’s house to ask for help 😭😭
chuffed.org/project/azez
I beg you — I’m too ashamed to go to anyone’s house to ask for help 😭😭
chuffed.org/project/azez
November 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
My father tells me every day, “Son, I need medicine.”
I beg you — I’m too ashamed to go to anyone’s house to ask for help 😭😭
chuffed.org/project/azez
I beg you — I’m too ashamed to go to anyone’s house to ask for help 😭😭
chuffed.org/project/azez
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Dear humanity❗
I’m So Tired. 🥺 Look How They Destroyed My Kids 💔
My son Moeen is getting thinner every day because we have no food. My baby RIMA was born in a tent, under bombs.
Never saw a cradle, never touched a home.
Please help us survive 🙏
he1p: bit.ly/4myLaOt
PayPa1: bit.ly/465vVY8
I’m So Tired. 🥺 Look How They Destroyed My Kids 💔
My son Moeen is getting thinner every day because we have no food. My baby RIMA was born in a tent, under bombs.
Never saw a cradle, never touched a home.
Please help us survive 🙏
he1p: bit.ly/4myLaOt
PayPa1: bit.ly/465vVY8
November 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Dear humanity❗
I’m So Tired. 🥺 Look How They Destroyed My Kids 💔
My son Moeen is getting thinner every day because we have no food. My baby RIMA was born in a tent, under bombs.
Never saw a cradle, never touched a home.
Please help us survive 🙏
he1p: bit.ly/4myLaOt
PayPa1: bit.ly/465vVY8
I’m So Tired. 🥺 Look How They Destroyed My Kids 💔
My son Moeen is getting thinner every day because we have no food. My baby RIMA was born in a tent, under bombs.
Never saw a cradle, never touched a home.
Please help us survive 🙏
he1p: bit.ly/4myLaOt
PayPa1: bit.ly/465vVY8