Our next #WineOnAnEmptyStomach #BookClub book will be Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon by Wole Talabi, in October. Stay tuned for the exact date. We also have some spooky #32sDay streams coming!

2 trips. 2 weeks apart. 2 dives. In Timor Leste.

Favorite dive story? I have hundreds at this point. But one of my absolute favourites is the time we were diving in the great barrier reef around dusk and found ourselves surrounded by dozens of circling sharks that came out to feed on the fish. It was something like a real life sharknado.

I'd love to do a panel on "scuba diving and science fiction writing" one day because I think diving is the closest thing to space exploration that the average person can experience. Plus, everytime I dive, I get a new story idea.

One again here to remind people that quantum physics is bizarrre. Even our guy Schrodinger came up with his cat metaphor as a reducio ad absurdum, not an explanation.

The great echo chamber battle.

Behold! The cover and TOC for our latest, GODS & MONSTERS, coming at you this October: fiyahlitmag.com/2025/09/06/f...

The Sauútiverse keeps expanding! Behold the cover for our 2nd anthology: Sauúti Terrors! Following Mothersound, return to the Sauútiverse - our collectively-built, Afrocentric, matriarchal shared-world of strange planets & sound magic - for dark fantasy, SF & horror stories & poetry. Jan 2026.

If youre African or of African descent and could time travel (but its one-way, one-time use) where/when would you go? I'd probably stay put.

To be fair there is almost no universally good period to time travel back to unless you go with a lot of things that will make you instantly and spectacularly wealthy when you get there. And even then, if you're from a historically marginalised group you still have to be careful.

Morning double rainbow.

Oh yeah. I'll be participating on FoF this year for the first time. I'll give a presentation on the history of African SFF, do a reading and be on panels so register and join in. Its free.

Yep. I mean, all stories drop chunks of info on you and its only really a "dump" if its too much or gets in the way of the story experience but that's subjective. I find there is no objective quantity of info that crosses the threshold.

Last week in Timor Leste. Saw some of the most beautiful and healthy coral I've ever seen. And a giant nudibrach. There were cool dolphins, hammerhead sharks and seahorses too.

Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon by Wole Talabi was really good. I bought it after seeing reviews shared here. Come for 'fuck the British museum,' stay for the excellent story and unique narrative structure. I have Convergence Problems on my birthday wishlist. (31/?)

If you see this, repost with a vampire that is not Dracula. This is the only vampire.

I think what I'm missing on bluesky is my naija connection. I mostly follow book and writing folks here but I need to find some of my #Naijasky people.

Hey followers old and new, I have a little request. If you've read and enjoyed any of my books, especially my collection CONVERGENCE PROBLEMS, please drop a review wherever you like to talk about books - Goodreads, Storygraph, BookWyrm, Amazon (eh), etc. - and help others find them. Thanks y'all!

If you see this, repost with a vampire that is not Dracula

The Artist formerly known as Profit.

I wrote a story called "Debut" based on exactly this premise in 2019 (it appears in my collection CONVERGENCE PROBLEMS, you can read it here: astrapublishinghouse.com/2024/01/10/r...) Interestingly, that story has now spawned sequels set respectively, 3 million & 230 million years in the future.

Well hey, I guess its kinda nice to know that I was *almost* a Hugo finalist again this year 😂 Thank you to the 27 people that put "Encore" on their ballots. I appreciate you all. All I can do is keep writing stories. Hopefully you keep enjoying them. P.S. I've already written a sequel to Encore 😏

If you haven't read BRIDGE youre doing yourself a disservice. Its weird and wild and wonderful - all of those with a capital W.

Just finished "Descent" by @wtalabi.bsky.social and wow, what a vivid story! Extremely gripping novella, with a fascinating exploration of the world of Órino-Rin and great character work. Love when a story really puts the sci in sci-fi <3 clarkesworldmagazine.com/talabi_05_25/

So what will you be in for when you log on for Writing the Occult: Belief on Saturday 6 September? A whole bunch of fascinating discussions about belief and speculative fiction, including this one with @wtalabi.bsky.social ⬇️

The Sauútiverse keeps expanding! A new novella by @genni.bsky.social, set in our Africa-inspired shared world is out today. Check it out.

Ok, hear me out. A Lord of the Rings remake, but with these two taking the One Ring to Mordor:

Coode St 684: On awards, stories, and reading jonathanstrahan.podbean.com/e/episode-68...

Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon by Wole Talabi.

Let it burn.

Patterns. Lights. Forms.

I spent this summer reading a lot more than I’ve done in some years, and I remember how much I’ve missed it. I recommend Convergence Problems by Wole Talabi!

Picked this up at the local library (always exciting when a new sci-fi book comes out that isn’t fantasy) and it’s maybe the best set of stories I’ve read all year. Big recommend!

Sharing some Afrocentric futuristic books I've enjoyed. 😍@wtalabi.bsky.social, @stephenembleton.bsky.social, @miltonmvmedia.bsky.social , @atthisarts.com shepherd.com/best-books/a...

ICYMI. Nominated for the Locus Awards (along with 2 of the stories in it, 'Encore' by @wtalabi.bsky.social & 'Autumn's Red Bird' by @aliettedebodard.com) & the Ignyte Awards

This is a great story by the always excellent Tia Tashiro. It plays skillfully with PoV to tell a gorgeous story of relationships and identity. Read it if you haven't.

Heyyyy When Among Crows is on the shortlist for the inaugural Aldiss Award for World Building! What an honor to be alongside @caitlinrozakis.bsky.social @gabriellabuba.bsky.social @wtalabi.bsky.social @rogbapayne.bsky.social and Aman J. Bedi! 📚💙🪐

[This post is trying to sell you something. Feel free to skip!] Hey, Fam, my Doctor Who novella is finally in the world. Available at all good outlets and some bad ones.

- Doctor Who x Fela Kuti x Tade Thompson - is the crossover event we didn't know we needed but now that it exists, we cannot look away. [also I am now wondering how many appearances Fela Kuti has made as a fictional character in SFF. He's in my novel. And in this book. Cant recall others.]

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

Have we tried putting Worldcon in rice?

Ooo a very cool list which I'm grateful to be included on. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

You had me at cyborg dog.

Linking to this Scientific American interview again: www.scientificamerican.com/article/were...

Incredibly honored to be on the shortlist for the inaugural Aldiss Award for World Building along with some amazing writers. (Seriously, check out the work of Aman J. Bedi, @gabriellabuba.bsky.social, @wtalabi.bsky.social, ‪@rogbapayne.bsky.social & @veronicarothbooks.com if you haven't already!)

What are you reading? I’m almost finished with Isles of the Emberdark by Brandon Sanderson and I started The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw a few days ago. Convergence Problems by Wole Talabi and Victorian Psycho by Virgina Feito are checked out from the library and waiting lol #BookSky

If anyone knows any literature students that also love math and are fishing for thesis ideas, let me know. 😂

Thanks to a conversation @jonathanstrahan.bsky.social started on Facebook which spilled onto real life yesterday, I'm now also thinking about what, besides word count, makes a novella a novella. The engineer in me thinks it mostly has to do with the story-load bearing capacity of the format...(1/4)

It me. 🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️