Shingai
@shingai-be-like.bsky.social
Writer. Reader. Swahili Sea Citizen. Voodoonauts co-creator. Podcastle Magazine Co-Editor. Fantasy Magazine Co-Editor. Octavia Butler scholar at Clarion.
New worlds in our Lifetime ❤️
New worlds in our Lifetime ❤️
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psychopomp.com/next/
Some news: Issue 99 of Fantasy will be the last issue... (For now)
Read our publisher, Sean's statement for more.
As heartbreaking as this news is, I'm incredibly proud of the work we've put out this year & I'm grateful for our team, esp. my co-editor @arleysorg.bsky.social!
Some news: Issue 99 of Fantasy will be the last issue... (For now)
Read our publisher, Sean's statement for more.
As heartbreaking as this news is, I'm incredibly proud of the work we've put out this year & I'm grateful for our team, esp. my co-editor @arleysorg.bsky.social!
what's next for Psychopomp - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
what to expect from Psychopomp (and The Deadlands and Fantasy Magazine) in 2026.
psychopomp.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
psychopomp.com/next/
Some news: Issue 99 of Fantasy will be the last issue... (For now)
Read our publisher, Sean's statement for more.
As heartbreaking as this news is, I'm incredibly proud of the work we've put out this year & I'm grateful for our team, esp. my co-editor @arleysorg.bsky.social!
Some news: Issue 99 of Fantasy will be the last issue... (For now)
Read our publisher, Sean's statement for more.
As heartbreaking as this news is, I'm incredibly proud of the work we've put out this year & I'm grateful for our team, esp. my co-editor @arleysorg.bsky.social!
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I don't know @lpkindred.bsky.social personally, but I've heard his name countless times in the SFF circles I run in because of his many good works. That's what happens when you do good: you leave ripples that grow into waves of goodness for others. I donated here to say thanks. I hope you will, too.
Hey SFF community! The amazing @lpkindred.bsky.social needs our help to finish school! Please donate if you can and share widely!
www.gofundme.com/f/keep-lp-in...
www.gofundme.com/f/keep-lp-in...
Donate to Keep LP in School Spring 2026, organized by LP Kindred
Hey y'all,
I'm LP Kindred, a Chicagoan-Angeleno writer/editor/teaching artist/culture work… LP Kindred needs your support for Keep LP in School Spring 2026
www.gofundme.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I don't know @lpkindred.bsky.social personally, but I've heard his name countless times in the SFF circles I run in because of his many good works. That's what happens when you do good: you leave ripples that grow into waves of goodness for others. I donated here to say thanks. I hope you will, too.
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LP's birthday is today, so you can give him a birthday gift and help him stay in school as a nontraditional student!
Hey SFF community! The amazing @lpkindred.bsky.social needs our help to finish school! Please donate if you can and share widely!
www.gofundme.com/f/keep-lp-in...
www.gofundme.com/f/keep-lp-in...
Donate to Keep LP in School Spring 2026, organized by LP Kindred
Hey y'all,
I'm LP Kindred, a Chicagoan-Angeleno writer/editor/teaching artist/culture work… LP Kindred needs your support for Keep LP in School Spring 2026
www.gofundme.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
LP's birthday is today, so you can give him a birthday gift and help him stay in school as a nontraditional student!
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Please help @lpkindred.bsky.social stay in school in these difficult times. He's a great person who's had a rough go and deserves all the good things.
www.gofundme.com/f/keep-lp-in...
www.gofundme.com/f/keep-lp-in...
Donate to Keep LP in School Spring 2026, organized by LP Kindred
Hey y'all,
I'm LP Kindred, a Chicagoan-Angeleno writer/editor/teaching artist/culture work… LP Kindred needs your support for Keep LP in School Spring 2026
www.gofundme.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Please help @lpkindred.bsky.social stay in school in these difficult times. He's a great person who's had a rough go and deserves all the good things.
www.gofundme.com/f/keep-lp-in...
www.gofundme.com/f/keep-lp-in...
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Big up to our gal Shingai for staying hard with the work, for slaying hard with the work.
bsky.app/profile/thei...
bsky.app/profile/thei...
@shingai-be-like.bsky.social wins the #2025IgnyteAwards in Outstanding Novelette for WE WHO WILL NOT DIE
psychopomp.com/we-who-will-...
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psychopomp.com/we-who-will-...
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October 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Big up to our gal Shingai for staying hard with the work, for slaying hard with the work.
bsky.app/profile/thei...
bsky.app/profile/thei...
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When I read this novella in submissions, I knew we had to have it. The story is dark and timely, focusing on damaged systems: bodies and planets, human and animal. We are more alike than not, every person a world being ravaged by changing climates: environmental, emotional.
our latest novella by @klschroeder.bsky.social is
- avail for preorder
- cover revealed
- f*cking exquisite
check out the cover
check out the author interview
pre order the book TODAY
it's really really good you can TOTALLY TRUST US ON THIS
psychopomp.com/no-one-to-ho...
- avail for preorder
- cover revealed
- f*cking exquisite
check out the cover
check out the author interview
pre order the book TODAY
it's really really good you can TOTALLY TRUST US ON THIS
psychopomp.com/no-one-to-ho...
No One to Hold the Distant Dead: A Cover Reveal - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
Inga Nyström chose to leave Earth and help the colony of Nordenmark escape a looming ecological disaster.
psychopomp.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:37 PM
When I read this novella in submissions, I knew we had to have it. The story is dark and timely, focusing on damaged systems: bodies and planets, human and animal. We are more alike than not, every person a world being ravaged by changing climates: environmental, emotional.
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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Tomorrow is... 🧙🏽Fantasy Friday!🐉
Stop by to see what the latest read is!
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Meanwhile... if you like what we do: Subscribe!❤️🔥
Subscriptions mean we get to keep doing what we do!
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Stop by to see what the latest read is!
psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
Meanwhile... if you like what we do: Subscribe!❤️🔥
Subscriptions mean we get to keep doing what we do!
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Fantasy Magazine - issue 98 | Psychopomp
Fantasy Magazine Issue 98 features work by: Eleanor Ball, Christian Emecheta, Sunwoo Jeong, Mateo Perez Lara, Tracie McBride, Eleanna Castroianni
psychopomp.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Tomorrow is... 🧙🏽Fantasy Friday!🐉
Stop by to see what the latest read is!
psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
Meanwhile... if you like what we do: Subscribe!❤️🔥
Subscriptions mean we get to keep doing what we do!
fantasy.kit.com/products/fan...
Stop by to see what the latest read is!
psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
Meanwhile... if you like what we do: Subscribe!❤️🔥
Subscriptions mean we get to keep doing what we do!
fantasy.kit.com/products/fan...
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Wake up, babe. We ordered a second moon from Temu.
Red alert, poets! We now have two moons! I repeat: we now have two moons
October 22, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Wake up, babe. We ordered a second moon from Temu.
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Congratulations to @vajra.me for winning the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for his ferociously visionary RAKESFALL! & congratulations to all the finalists; I can confirm that this was an enormously challenging decision to make--because each novel in the shortlist was worthy of winning in its own way.
October 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Congratulations to @vajra.me for winning the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for his ferociously visionary RAKESFALL! & congratulations to all the finalists; I can confirm that this was an enormously challenging decision to make--because each novel in the shortlist was worthy of winning in its own way.
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Black queer surfers. Black queer bank-robbers. Black queer sea monsters. Black queer sorcerers. Black queer rootworkers. Black queer sailors. Black queer saints. Black queer sinners.
It’s Black!
It’s queer!
It’s Here!
Now available!
www.neonhemlock.com/books/call-a...
It’s Black!
It’s queer!
It’s Here!
Now available!
www.neonhemlock.com/books/call-a...
Call and Response by Christopher Caldwell (pre-order) — neon hemlock
A collection of short stories. Publication date: October 14th, 2025. An 8” x 5” paperback. 188 pages. This is a pre-order—any other books ordered with it will ship when the pre-order is ready to ship....
www.neonhemlock.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Black queer surfers. Black queer bank-robbers. Black queer sea monsters. Black queer sorcerers. Black queer rootworkers. Black queer sailors. Black queer saints. Black queer sinners.
It’s Black!
It’s queer!
It’s Here!
Now available!
www.neonhemlock.com/books/call-a...
It’s Black!
It’s queer!
It’s Here!
Now available!
www.neonhemlock.com/books/call-a...
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SERIOUSLY happy for Shingai, who works hard on their craft and still puts their heart into the things they write!
They are also a 2x Hugo Finalist for co-editing PodCastle, a BFA finalist, have appeared on the Locus Rec List several times, and more. Don't miss out - read their work!
They are also a 2x Hugo Finalist for co-editing PodCastle, a BFA finalist, have appeared on the Locus Rec List several times, and more. Don't miss out - read their work!
The Ignyte Awards are AWESOME! Congratulations to the winners and finalists!
We are extremely happy for our Co-Editor Shingai Njeri Kagunda aka @shingai-be-like.bsky.social - who won for novelette We Who Will Not Die, and was part of two winning groups!❤️🔥
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/2025-results/
We are extremely happy for our Co-Editor Shingai Njeri Kagunda aka @shingai-be-like.bsky.social - who won for novelette We Who Will Not Die, and was part of two winning groups!❤️🔥
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/2025-results/
2025 Results - The Ignyte Awards
OUTSTANDING NOVEL: ADULT for novel-length work (40k words) Works intended for an adult audience BLACKHEART MAN – Nalo Hopkinson (S&S/Saga Press) METAL FROM HEAVEN – August Clarke (Erewhon Books) THE E...
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
SERIOUSLY happy for Shingai, who works hard on their craft and still puts their heart into the things they write!
They are also a 2x Hugo Finalist for co-editing PodCastle, a BFA finalist, have appeared on the Locus Rec List several times, and more. Don't miss out - read their work!
They are also a 2x Hugo Finalist for co-editing PodCastle, a BFA finalist, have appeared on the Locus Rec List several times, and more. Don't miss out - read their work!
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The Ignyte Awards are AWESOME! Congratulations to the winners and finalists!
We are extremely happy for our Co-Editor Shingai Njeri Kagunda aka @shingai-be-like.bsky.social - who won for novelette We Who Will Not Die, and was part of two winning groups!❤️🔥
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/2025-results/
We are extremely happy for our Co-Editor Shingai Njeri Kagunda aka @shingai-be-like.bsky.social - who won for novelette We Who Will Not Die, and was part of two winning groups!❤️🔥
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/2025-results/
2025 Results - The Ignyte Awards
OUTSTANDING NOVEL: ADULT for novel-length work (40k words) Works intended for an adult audience BLACKHEART MAN – Nalo Hopkinson (S&S/Saga Press) METAL FROM HEAVEN – August Clarke (Erewhon Books) THE E...
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The Ignyte Awards are AWESOME! Congratulations to the winners and finalists!
We are extremely happy for our Co-Editor Shingai Njeri Kagunda aka @shingai-be-like.bsky.social - who won for novelette We Who Will Not Die, and was part of two winning groups!❤️🔥
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/2025-results/
We are extremely happy for our Co-Editor Shingai Njeri Kagunda aka @shingai-be-like.bsky.social - who won for novelette We Who Will Not Die, and was part of two winning groups!❤️🔥
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/2025-results/
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hey, so if you love what we do
(and boy, do we love putting amazing work out there!!)
consider joining our patreon (as little as $2 a month!): www.patreon.com/c/the_deadla...
or supporting our coin fundraiser (this year's is SO GOOD): psychopomp.com/the-deadland...
🙏🖤💀
(and boy, do we love putting amazing work out there!!)
consider joining our patreon (as little as $2 a month!): www.patreon.com/c/the_deadla...
or supporting our coin fundraiser (this year's is SO GOOD): psychopomp.com/the-deadland...
🙏🖤💀
guess what?
it's TOC'O TUESDAY!! 🌮 💀
and issue 40 is AMAZING
featuring guest fiction editor @vajra.me!!
are you ready?
thread/
it's TOC'O TUESDAY!! 🌮 💀
and issue 40 is AMAZING
featuring guest fiction editor @vajra.me!!
are you ready?
thread/
October 14, 2025 at 8:31 PM
hey, so if you love what we do
(and boy, do we love putting amazing work out there!!)
consider joining our patreon (as little as $2 a month!): www.patreon.com/c/the_deadla...
or supporting our coin fundraiser (this year's is SO GOOD): psychopomp.com/the-deadland...
🙏🖤💀
(and boy, do we love putting amazing work out there!!)
consider joining our patreon (as little as $2 a month!): www.patreon.com/c/the_deadla...
or supporting our coin fundraiser (this year's is SO GOOD): psychopomp.com/the-deadland...
🙏🖤💀
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Genuinely couldn't be more proud of my sibling, @shingai-be-like.bsky.social. They're work is always breathtaking and so full of life, they're one of the best in the game rn 🖤
*screaming crying throwing up in a good way* lol I will have more writerly words to share my gratitude at some point in the future. ✨🪐
P.s I was so deeply honoured to be on that ballot list with my Clarion sib @olivasthewriter.bsky.social whose novelette Sangronas! Un Lista de Terror is phenomenal💃🏾
P.s I was so deeply honoured to be on that ballot list with my Clarion sib @olivasthewriter.bsky.social whose novelette Sangronas! Un Lista de Terror is phenomenal💃🏾
Congratulations @genni.bsky.social on winning the #2025IgnyteAwards in Outstanding Creative Nonfiction for AFRO-CENTERED FUTURISMS IN OUR SPECULATIVE FICTION
October 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Genuinely couldn't be more proud of my sibling, @shingai-be-like.bsky.social. They're work is always breathtaking and so full of life, they're one of the best in the game rn 🖤
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Yo! The Ignytes don't miss. They don't miss. Great choices all round. Congratulations to all the winners!
October 13, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Yo! The Ignytes don't miss. They don't miss. Great choices all round. Congratulations to all the winners!
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Congratulations @shingai-be-like.bsky.social!❤️🔥
@shingai-be-like.bsky.social wins the #2025IgnyteAwards in Outstanding Novelette for WE WHO WILL NOT DIE
psychopomp.com/we-who-will-...
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October 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Congratulations @shingai-be-like.bsky.social!❤️🔥
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@shingai-be-like.bsky.social wins the #2025IgnyteAwards in Outstanding Novelette for WE WHO WILL NOT DIE
psychopomp.com/we-who-will-...
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psychopomp.com/we-who-will-...
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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
psychopomp.com/we-who-will-...
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Congratulations to all the winners! Especially thrilled for @shingai-be-like.bsky.social's win for her powerful novelette "We Who Will Not Die" from @psychopomp.com. Thought-provoking and gorgeous!
That's it! Congratulations winners and thank you for your contributions to such a beautiful SFFH landscape and community.
#2025IgnyteAwards
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/2025-results/
#2025IgnyteAwards
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/2025-results/
2025 Results - The Ignyte Awards
OUTSTANDING NOVEL: ADULT for novel-length work (40k words) Works intended for an adult audience BLACKHEART MAN – Nalo Hopkinson (S&S/Saga Press) METAL FROM HEAVEN – August Clarke (Erewhon Books) THE E...
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com
October 12, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Congratulations to all the winners! Especially thrilled for @shingai-be-like.bsky.social's win for her powerful novelette "We Who Will Not Die" from @psychopomp.com. Thought-provoking and gorgeous!
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Congratulations @shingai-be-like.bsky.social! Very well-desrved!
@shingai-be-like.bsky.social wins the #2025IgnyteAwards in Outstanding Novelette for WE WHO WILL NOT DIE
psychopomp.com/we-who-will-...
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psychopomp.com/we-who-will-...
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October 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Congratulations @shingai-be-like.bsky.social! Very well-desrved!
*screaming crying throwing up in a good way* lol I will have more writerly words to share my gratitude at some point in the future. ✨🪐
P.s I was so deeply honoured to be on that ballot list with my Clarion sib @olivasthewriter.bsky.social whose novelette Sangronas! Un Lista de Terror is phenomenal💃🏾
P.s I was so deeply honoured to be on that ballot list with my Clarion sib @olivasthewriter.bsky.social whose novelette Sangronas! Un Lista de Terror is phenomenal💃🏾
Congratulations @genni.bsky.social on winning the #2025IgnyteAwards in Outstanding Creative Nonfiction for AFRO-CENTERED FUTURISMS IN OUR SPECULATIVE FICTION
October 13, 2025 at 1:19 AM
*screaming crying throwing up in a good way* lol I will have more writerly words to share my gratitude at some point in the future. ✨🪐
P.s I was so deeply honoured to be on that ballot list with my Clarion sib @olivasthewriter.bsky.social whose novelette Sangronas! Un Lista de Terror is phenomenal💃🏾
P.s I was so deeply honoured to be on that ballot list with my Clarion sib @olivasthewriter.bsky.social whose novelette Sangronas! Un Lista de Terror is phenomenal💃🏾
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Shout out to lil sis @shingai-be-like.bsky.social for her Ignyte Award Winning novelette WE WHO WILL NOT DIE from @psychopomp.com.. I believe this is her second @theignyteawards.bsky.social.
@shingai-be-like.bsky.social wins the #2025IgnyteAwards in Outstanding Novelette for WE WHO WILL NOT DIE
psychopomp.com/we-who-will-...
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October 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Shout out to lil sis @shingai-be-like.bsky.social for her Ignyte Award Winning novelette WE WHO WILL NOT DIE from @psychopomp.com.. I believe this is her second @theignyteawards.bsky.social.
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Short SFF Reading Update #quicksipreviews
Fantasy Magazine #98 Autumn 2025 (4 originals, 2 poems)
A grim issue all told, with some lingering on death and family and justice (or a lack thereof). The poetry strikes a bit more of a defiant tone, especially Eleanor Ball's "All of Our Mothers Are Dead"
Fantasy Magazine #98 Autumn 2025 (4 originals, 2 poems)
A grim issue all told, with some lingering on death and family and justice (or a lack thereof). The poetry strikes a bit more of a defiant tone, especially Eleanor Ball's "All of Our Mothers Are Dead"
October 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Short SFF Reading Update #quicksipreviews
Fantasy Magazine #98 Autumn 2025 (4 originals, 2 poems)
A grim issue all told, with some lingering on death and family and justice (or a lack thereof). The poetry strikes a bit more of a defiant tone, especially Eleanor Ball's "All of Our Mothers Are Dead"
Fantasy Magazine #98 Autumn 2025 (4 originals, 2 poems)
A grim issue all told, with some lingering on death and family and justice (or a lack thereof). The poetry strikes a bit more of a defiant tone, especially Eleanor Ball's "All of Our Mothers Are Dead"
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it's here!!✨
ISSUE 98
out NOW in full for subscribers
and check out the free roll-out here (and hit that subscribe button if you'd like to read the full issue now): psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
ISSUE 98
out NOW in full for subscribers
and check out the free roll-out here (and hit that subscribe button if you'd like to read the full issue now): psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
Fantasy Magazine - issue 98 | Psychopomp
Fantasy Magazine Issue 98 features work by: Eleanor Ball, Christian Emecheta, Sunwoo Jeong, Mateo Perez Lara, Tracie McBride, Eleanna Castroianni
psychopomp.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
it's here!!✨
ISSUE 98
out NOW in full for subscribers
and check out the free roll-out here (and hit that subscribe button if you'd like to read the full issue now): psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
ISSUE 98
out NOW in full for subscribers
and check out the free roll-out here (and hit that subscribe button if you'd like to read the full issue now): psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...