I'VE GOT NEWS FOR YOU HONEY: am so excited for you all to read this short story and enter the world of Uju. Loosely inspired by fairytales, esp. Cinderella and the myth of Persephone + a first exploration of queer romance in my ouevre. Out October 1!

ZamaShort 6 ‘Sindi Fair’ by Dare Segun Falowo @dsfalowo.bsky.social In the mythical African Kingdom of Uju, Chief Len and his son Fren must undertake a journey to find a cure. A tale of magic, achillean romance and finding one’s true self. #AfricanSFF #booksky #fantasy #lgbtq

First update/newsletter out. If you'd like to receive our updates by email please add yourself to our connections at our shop: selfany.com/s/ZamaShort

Our shop is back! Platform sorted back-end issues, all is well, up, and running.

First release to subscribers out! Because we decided that an added bonus of our subscriptions will be getting our releases when they go up for pre-order.

Our shop is down for now while waiting for the platform to sort out some back-end stuff, if they don't sort it out we will find another platform. All subscriptions will be honoured as that's something we do, not the platform.

ZamaShort Extras: Excerpts - ZamaShort #4 'The Clarity of Ice' by Carmelo Rafalà @carmelorafala.bsky.social over at our whatsapp channel exclusively: whatsapp.com/channel/0029... #booksky 🪐📚💙

Fantastic story by the excellent Dare Segun Falowo @dsfalowo.bsky.social acquired, will release 1st Oct. 2025 (we have been working on it a while, just finalised everything). #AfricanSFF #booksky 🪐📚💙

Introducing The ZamaShort Shop! Today is a new day for ZamaShort, we are launching our very own shopfront where you can buy from us directly! selfany.com/s/ZamaShort #AfricanLit #AfricanSFF #booksky 🪐📚💙 @nerinedorman.bsky.social @zainabomaki.bsky.social @carmelorafala.bsky.social

Big news coming soon, something we have been working on for ages now seems to have come right! (So vague heh, I know, more to follow this week!)

ZamaShort Extras: Meet the Author Libby Young, ZamaShort #5 'The Smell of Rain'. #AfricanSFF #clifi #scifi #booksky 🪐📚💙

Good to see Libby library loans of the ZamaShort stories are picking up a bit. You can read all our stories for free if you have a library card and your library is signed on for libby @libbyapp.com. #booksky 🪐📚💙

Publish Day! ZamaShort #5 ‘The Smell of Rain’ by Libby Young. #AfricanSFF #clifi #climatefiction #scifi #booksky 🪐📚💙

ZamaShort Extras: Excerpts - ZamaShort #3 'The Last and Final Battle' by Zainab Omaki, over at our whatsapp channel exclusively: whatsapp.com/channel/0029... #AfricanSFF #booksky 🪐📚💙 #fantasy

What am I straining the bounds of my reading list with this week/end? I’m glad you asked! 💙📚

New review by Elizabeth Suggs of Carmelo Rafalà's 'The Clarity of Ice' Many thanks Elizabeth! @elizabethsuggs.bsky.social #booksky 🪐📚💙 #scifi #hardscifi

ZamaShort #5 ‘The Smell of Rain’ by Libby Young In the near future the Climate Crisis rages on relentlessly. On a isolated farm in South Africa Tilda and her dog Alfie somehow survive. Until the day a desperate young boy changes everything. #AfricanSFF #clifi #climatefiction #scifi #booksky 🪐📚💙

#AfricanLit #booksky ❤️📚💙 #romance

ZamaShort Extras: Excerpts ZamaShort #2 'Summer' by Nerine Dorman @nerinedorman.bsky.social over at the whatsapp channel, whatsapp.com/channel/0029...

#AfricanSFF #booksky 🩸📚💙 #horror

Fantastic story by T.L. (Tendai) Huchu acquired, will release on Halloween (Oct 31st 2025). Particularly excited by this not just because it is of course an excellent story coming from Tendai, but it will also be our first story published from a Zimbabwean author.

#AfricanLit #booksky 📚💙 #historicalfiction

#AfricanLit #booksky 📚💙 #literaryfiction

#AfricanSFF #booksky 🪐📚💙 #fantasy

Have standardised and updated the ZamaShort Genre Icons, for a clearer design language across releases. Here's the first!

Running some ZamaShort Extras: Excerpts over at the whatsapp channel, starting with ZamaShort #1 'Piss Corpse' by Muthi Nhlema.

Donna Scott @wishusdonna.bsky.social on ZamaShort #4 'The Clarity of Ice' by Carmelo Rafalà @carmelorafala.bsky.social Many thanks Donna! #booksky 🪐📚💙 #scifi

Meet Carmelo Rafalà @carmelorafala.bsky.social author of ZamaShort #4 'The Clarity of Ice'. #booksky 🪐📚💙 #scifi

Publish Day! ZamaShort #4 ‘The Clarity of Ice’ by Carmelo Rafalà @carmelorafala.bsky.social Now Out! Routine planet human-seeding run compromised. Bio-engineers Karlyn and Cruz must troubleshoot catastrophic failure in a desperate bid for survival. #booksky 🪐📚💙 #scifi 1-10

More love.

Tej Turner @tejturner.com on ZamaShort #4 'The Clarity of Ice' by Carmelo Rafalà @carmelorafala.bsky.social "Intriguing and original, well realised. The prose is excellent, the characters feel real, relatable and compelling. Overall, a very enjoyable read." — Tej Turner. #booksky 🪐📚💙 #scifi

Have rebooted the ZamaShort WhatsApp Channel and Group! ZamaShort WhatsApp Channel (link, click follow to follow at the channel): whatsapp.com/channel/0029... ZamaShort WhatsApp Group (Invite): chat.whatsapp.com/HhDlUyqYNSN5... See you there, join for updates and more!

On ZamaShort #4 'The Clarity of Ice' by Carmelo Rafalà @carmelorafala.bsky.social “Carmelo is a real talent. A bleeding-edge biotech thriller of far-future planetary colonisation. He explores the nature of society and what drives us. An excellent story.” — Gustavo Bondoni. #booksky 🪐📚💙 #scifi

ZamaShort #4 ‘The Clarity of Ice’ by Carmelo Rafalà @carmelorafala.bsky.social In a remote solar system, a routine planet human-seeding run has gone terribly wrong. Racing against the clock Karlyn and Cruz must solve their dilemmas. Failure is not an option. #AfricanSFF #booksky 🪐📚💙 #scifi

ZamaShort is a multi-genre imprint and we have chosen to have icons on the cover of each story that show at a glance what genre the story mainly is. These icons are designed from Adinkra symbols carefully chosen for their meaning. These three are for the genres we have published so far.

Harare Review of Books, June 2025 open.substack.com/pub/shonatig...

ZamaShort is a new project from StoryTime Publishing which aims to bring to readers one short story a month from an African author. Muthi Nhlema’s Piss Corpse, a snappy (short, but salty rather than sweet, and you’ll soon see why) story set in Malawi... 💙📚 hararereview.wordpress.com/2025/07/02/p...

HRB is happy to bring you this fun and illuminating chat with Muthi Nhlema, the author of Piss Corpse. About Muthi: When he isn’t managing a non-profit or trying to understand his 12-year-old son’s obsession with anime, Muthi Nhlema is a Malawian writer… hararereview.wordpress.com/2025/07/02/q...

Publish Day! ZamaShort #3 'The Last and Final Battle' by Zainab Omaki @zainabomaki.bsky.social Now Out! #AfricanSFF #Fantasy #booksky 🪐📚💙

Meet Zainab Omaki! @zainabomaki.bsky.social , author of ZamaShort #3 'The Last and Final Battle'. #AfricanSFF #BlackBookSky #booksky 🪐📚💙 #fantasy

ZamaShort series now also available through Google Play!

ZamaShort #3 ‘The Last and Final Battle’ by Zainab Omaki @zainabomaki.bsky.social The world is in chaos and one Yoruba god has had enough. Abandoning centuries of non-interference the Great God Sango, Orisha of Orishas, returns to Earth, and he’s not alone. #AfricanSFF #booksky 🪐📚💙 #fantasy

On 'Piss Corpse' by Muthi Nhlema ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Funny, biting - a must read for PCVs? A witty dive into perspective-taking, especially for those used to wearing "expat" glasses! When can we hope for a novel-length story from this strong and nuanced author?" — Kindle Customer #AfricanLit 📚💙 #blackbooksky

Libby is the biggest and free library ebook loan app, it offers an excellent way to read ebooks for free on many devices, all the ZamaShort works will be available through it.

New ZamaShort Fantasy genre icon. Nkyinkyim, an Andinkra symbol representing the tortuous nature of life's journey and, also, the toughness, versatility, and dynamism required to thrive in it.

• Sympathy for Wild Girls x Demree McGhee / @feministpress.bsky.social • Piss Corpse x Muthi Nhlema/ @zamashort.bsky.social • Pushing Buttons x Ursula Blix @blackpanelpress.bsky.social • Parallels x James Kinsley/ @deixispress.bsky.social 💙📚

On ZamaShort #2 'Summer' by Nerine Dorman @nerinedorman.bsky.social ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Great story. Powerful and moving. An emotional examination on how societal expectations and power without empathy destroys the individual.[...]" — Avid Reader. #AfricanSFF 🪐📚💙

Meet Meet Nerine Dorman @nerinedorman.bsky.social , author of ZamaShort #2 'Summer'. Nerine Dorman is a South African author and editor of science fiction and fantasy currently living in Cape Town, with short fiction published in numerous anthologies. #AfricanSFF 🪐📚💙

If you've read and enjoyed 'Summer' check out more of Nerine's excellent works here: