The UK folks can preorder from bookshop org. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-... Looking forward to reading it! 💜📚🚀

Our not-so-little story, We Begin Where Infinity Ends, is a Locus Award Novelette Finalist. Grateful to everyone who read, loved, and recommended this story. May all your infinites be boundless✨🪲💕

Happy Friday! What is everyone reading this weekend? I'm starting out with the latest from the brilliant @shingai-be-like.bsky.social We all need some ACAB energy and collective care right now 🔥 tractorbeamearth.substack.com/p/mycelium-m...

I have a poem out in @theargylelitmag.bsky.social! Check out ‘The Hunter’>> www.theargylelitmag.com/poetry-7/the...

Gentle reminder that both my novelette “We Begin Where Infinity Ends,” and our short film, “On Our Skin,” are eligible in the novelette and Dramatic Presentation (Short Form) categories respectively✨🪲🐾

I was interviewed by @okayafrica.bsky.social about @willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social, paying writers, and creating room for African speculative fiction to thrive… read it here! www.okayafrica.com/what-its-lik...

Once again if you are not currently following @shingai-be-like.bsky.social , do so now

Ngara has always changed; it archives the evolution of Nairobi itself. So then what of the change brought by the urban renewal project unfolding in Ngara now? What is the real question behind the question of gentrification? I wrote this for @africasacountry: africasacountry.com/2026/02/visi...

My Top 10 African Short SFF Stories of 2025 Hey y’all! If you've been following this blog you probably know exactly what this is. At the start of every year, I make a list to highlight the African speculative fiction short stories I read and enjoyed the most from the previous year. This year,…

Here’s what you need to know about @shingai-be-like.bsky.social's short fiction published in 2025. The Kenyan writer would appreciate your consideration in the relevant categories this award season. Link below. #AfricanSFF 🪐📚💙

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Wow please the scream I let out 😭 @willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social The Anthology is on the Preliminary Ballot for the Bram Stoker Awards!

Thank you to all those who nominated 🤗🤗 Babies Don't Grow In People - Peter Nena willthisbeaproblem.co.ke/2025/07/10/b... Grasps of The Forgotten - Peter Marco willthisbeaproblem.co.ke/wp-content/u...

Beyond excited to see the novelette and the artwork from @willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social's Issue 2 on the BSFA long list! Babies Don't Grow In People - Peter Nena (best shorter fiction) Grasps of The Forgotten - Peter Marco (best artwork!) Congratulations to everyone on the long list!

Alright y'all. This is finally happening.

"Into Duty, Into Longing, Into Sparrows" by Somto Ihezue @somtoihezue.bsky.social, in Beneath Ceaseless Skies @bcsmagazine.bsky.social. I have yet to be disappointed by a Somto Ihezue story... www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/into...

Thank you so much Sam✨

#Animorphs fans, a reminder! As the series turns 30 this year, the first three books are being released with beautiful new cover art by @creepcaptain.bsky.social. Out May 5! Here's a link to book one: bookshop.org/p/books/anim...

issue 99 is nearly rolled-out! ✨ did you catch When You Hit the Poison Ivy Thicket, You’ve Gone Too Far by @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social? or @arleysorg.bsky.social's conversation with Moniquill Blackgoose? yours to read, just click on through!! psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...

Here’s a link for friends who’d love to read it. Hope it brings you the joy it brought me🫶🏽✨

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!

All Issue V stories are now free to read on our website until December 12th! Perfect for your end-of-year reading list and for readers who’d like to explore the incredible award-eligible works featured in our fifth anthology. Spread the word! 🔗 willthisbeaproblem.co.ke/issue-5/ #africansff

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

Humans of New York has been running stories of medics and journalists in Gaza for the last few weeks. This is from the latest instalment.

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.

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

@kaaauthor.bsky.social I’m writing a strongly worded email to the compilers of this dictionary 😄

It was international actors in the US-led "liberal world order" who undercut popular calls during the Revolution for "100%" civilian government and applauded the power sharing of military and militia that inevitably cracked into the violent counterrevolution that is now called "a war about nothing."

More vile than calling this war "a war about nothing" is attributing the humanitarian tragedy in any way to the retreat of the US, whose unmentioned sanctions (with exemptions for the American empire of Coke) shaped Sudan's extractive, militarized economy. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Nisi Shawl is one of my favorite writers, a queer elder & a BIPOC icon. I hate that the state of publishing is such that the book of their dreams would struggle to find a home, but I love that we as a community can come together to make it happen!! Give/boost as you're able? 🙏 gofund.me/3a52097a

A deadly cholera outbreak adds to the misery in a region that has witnessed fighting between the army and the rebels.

What does starvation do to the body? And is famine inevitable in Gaza?

Still processing the incredible words from The Journal of African Youth Literature via @africansffhype.bsky.social A beautiful in-depth review that captures the heart of the anthology. Read the full piece here: jaylit.com/a-review-of-...

My story “Paths, Littlings, and Holy Things” is out today! It's a story of family & fortitude. Above all, it's one of love. I'm not one to write about love (that's a lie, I always write about love), but exploring love amidst grief & pain was a journey. I hope this story brings you on a journey too✨

The Mennonite colony that, pushed out of Mexico by locals, has settled on diamond land in Angola. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/w...

“Israeli Gas, Kenyan Tears” A report by THRAETS and @omegarf.bsky.social on tear gas supply chains omegaresearchfoundation.org/storage/2025...

Well, I'm stunned and honored. Still can't quite believe it since I feel a lot of what I do in the SFF community tends to be under the radar and it always feels like I could and should be doing more. Thank you to all the members of the jury who said "sawubona" by nominating me! Sikhona 🙏🏾

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

FORTY EIGHT

Paris Saint-Germain supporters displayed a giant banner saying 'Stop genocide in Gaza' during the UEFA Champions League final on Saturday.

Children are bearing the brunt of Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Here are some of the tragic stories of the most recent victims.

We're sending our subscribers cool things to read! Coming up: A Conversation with Vagabonds! and Necessary Fiction author Eloghosa Osunde by Shingai Njeri Kagunda! Recent sends include interviews with Rivers Solomon, Saga Press editor Amara Hoshijo, and much more! fantasy.kit.com/products/fan...

Honored to have “Into Duty, Into Longing, Into Sparrows” published in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social on the 2025 ALCS Tom-Gallon Trust Award Shortlist✨

When the Wageni people arrive on the planet Kupokea touting peace and integration, Nima falls in love with their commander's nephew. But her best friend Tuni doesn't trust them... Deeply moving science fantasy by @shingai-be-like.bsky.social in @psychopomp.com psychopomp.com/we-who-will-...

Folks in the US, UK, and all international readers can now get print copies of our anthology via Lulu!!!✨ www.lulu.com/shop/somto-i...

HAPPY PUB DAY TO US🥳🥳🥳 Will This Be A Problem (@willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social): The Anthology is out! Edited by Olivia Kidula and yours truly, and available on Amazon, Kobo & wherever books are sold!!! These brilliant stories will stay with me—and you—forever✨ Link below👇🏽 a.co/d/hi6T45a