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.

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...

Wake up, babe. We ordered a second moon from Temu.

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.

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...

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!

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/

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... 🙏🖤💀

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 🖤

Yo! The Ignytes don't miss. They don't miss. Great choices all round. Congratulations to all the winners!

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-... [re-posted for alt-text]

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!

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💃🏾

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.

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"

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...

“Dinosaurs Once Lived Here,” by @yvettel.bsky.social “The Clans” by Tonny Ogwa “The Language We Have Learned to Carry in Our Skin” by Shingai Kagunda @shingai-be-like.bsky.social

In “The Language we have learned to Carry in Our Skin,” @shingai-be-like.bsky.social exposes how colonialism left behind a language of violence embedded in leaders, institutions and everyday life. Full story in Issue V of WTBAP? The Anthology: willthisbeaproblem.co.ke/2025/04/25/t... #africansff

COMING SOON 🤩 My poem “All of Our Mothers Are Dead,” a Gothic story of necromancy, grief, and mothers & daughters, will be out soon with Fantasy Magazine! I could not be more excited!

And now for our Issue 98 COVER 🎉 🎉 🎉 Wound, by Zi Xu

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

And you can read it here: psychopomp.com/we-who-will-...

THIS. (Oh you haven't read it yet? HERE'S A LINK GO NOW -- psychopomp.com/we-who-will-...)

Check out our episode as our amazing co host @jennahanchey.bsky.social talks writing, her career in academia and check out her book “The Center Cannot Hold.” @sameemwrites.com @shingai-be-like.bsky.social @bright-inks.bsky.social @marshallcarrjr.bsky.social @lpkindred.bsky.social

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Major congratulations to all the Nommo award nominees for 2025! It was an honor to be able to make the announcement virtually at Seattle worldcon. I've read almost all the nominated stories and they represent some of the best of African speculative fiction. You should definitely check them out!

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That said. I'm a little bit stunned that Shingai Njeri Kagunda's "We Who Will Not Die" didnt make the shortlist. I think its one of the best stories published anywhere last year and has been damn near criminally underappreciated so far.

The Afrosurrealist Special Issue is here! The Black Refinery by Nadia Amatullah King @nadiaaking.bsky.social parallels by Praise Osawaru Read these two at the link to the latest issue in our bio!

shoutout to @shingai-be-like.bsky.social and @arleysorg.bsky.social and the entire Fantasy team ✨🦄 thank you @mariahaskins.com for the reviews!! ✨

Obligatory "it's my birthday; buy my book" post bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

It's officially out! The anthology Storyteller, including my new story "Like It's Golden," publishes today! essentialdreams.press/books/storyt...

It’s here!!!!! Me & @shingai-be-like.bsky.social are so excited to share the @strangehorizons.bsky.social AfroSurreal Special Issue. We had such a tough time selecting the final ToC, so many brilliant pieces! Will be sharing my favorites throughout the week strangehorizons.com/wordpress/

Congrats to all winners and finalists! @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social, @aniyonsenga.bsky.social, @dilmandila.com.web.brid.gy, @nerinedorman.bsky.social, @shingai-be-like.bsky.social, @stephenembleton.bsky.social, @suyidavies.com, @tobiogundiran.com, @xanwriter.bsky.social locusmag.com/2025/06/2025...

It’s such an honor to be on this ballot with @tananarivedue.bsky.social @foxesandroses.bsky.social @olivasthewriter.bsky.social and @shingai-be-like.bsky.social !! Also congrats to all the other nominees!! I’m looking forward to reading & re-reading all the awesome works highlighted here. 💜

There are no words to express how honored I am to be on the same ballot as these amazing writers! @tananarivedue.bsky.social @awprihandita.bsky.social @olivasthewriter.bsky.social @shingai-be-like.bsky.social big big congratulations!!! 🙏💜💜💜

Our Support page now lists the small publishers who put out this year's finalists and who rely on a donation, subscription, or crowdfunding model. Please consider supporting their efforts in bringing more amazing stories into the world: ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/support/ #IgnyteAwards

congratulations @shingai-be-like.bsky.social!! 🔥🔥

congrats to all finalists but EXTRA SPECIAL congrats to Psychopomp authors @foxesandroses.bsky.social & @shingai-be-like.bsky.social for being recognized! you can read both stories for free on our site: psychopomp.com/joannas-bodi... psychopomp.com/we-who-will-...

Absolutely thrilled to see @foxesandroses.bsky.social and @shingai-be-like.bsky.social on this list. Thank you for honoring Psychopomp's work. 🖤💀🖤

GRATITUDE to Jen Santos @jphamlott.bsky.social Love! & Gratitude! to Shingai Njeri Kagunda @shingai-be-like.bsky.social IMMENSE gratitude to ALL contributors & interviewees! This is an extra-sized, Fantastic issue!🧚🏽 SUBSCRIBE y'all! Only $5 a quarter!💖 -Arley fantasy.kit.com/products/fan...

It's been a joy to share Issue 97 with you! Today, we celebrate: ✨Strange and Weird: A Conversation with ‪ @riverssolomon.bsky.social ✨An Interview with @shingai-be-like.bsky.social and @arleysorg.bsky.social, Conducted by @lpkindred.bsky.social subscribe here: fantasy.kit.com/products/fan...

First of all FIVE DOLLARS?!!?? That's ALL?!!? Secondly may I re-up my essay WORLDBUILDING WITH LEGS: INCORPORATING INSECTS INTO YOUR STORIES from Issue 72? :D psychopomp.com/fantasy/oct-...

issue 97 of Fantasy Magazine is LIVE! featuring works by: @edenroyce.bsky.social @sydneyficant137.bsky.social Mu’izz Ọpẹ́yẹmí Àjàyí Vanessa Kyn Aishat Yahkub Seoung Kim you can read this entire issue RIGHT NOW by subscribing below (please like and RT and celebrate with us!) - sean

the new, renewed, published by us issue of @fantasymagazine.bsky.social just dropped! go read amazing, fantastical short stories, flash fiction, poems, and interviews put together by Co-Editors-in-Chief @shingai-be-like.bsky.social and @arleysorg.bsky.social with special thx to @ecatherine.com

Issue 97 of Fantasy is out! 😍💕 Curated with Soo much care and many sandbags of magic! Grateful to be working with @arleysorg.bsky.social and @ecatherine.com on this adventure ✨🪩