A celebration in two parts! Excited to see Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology edited by Olivia Kidula and myself, on the 2025 Locus Recommended Reading List. Also excited to see my novelette, “We Begin Where Infinity Ends,” from @clarkesworldmagazine.com on this list.

2025 Recommended Reading List

Welcome to the Locus Recommended Reading List… We saw some fabulous books come out last year and are so pleased to let you know about them! Our recommendations are compiled annually by the Locus re…

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Alright. As is now tradition, here are my 10 favorite African SFF stories from 2025 📖 📚 Featuring tales from: @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social @clarkesworldmagazine.com @omenanamag.bsky.social @giganotosaurus.bsky.social @zamashort.com @khoreo.bsky.social @willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social + more!

Reactor Magazine@reactorsff.bsky.social · 6mo ago

2025 was another great year for African short fiction! Author @wtalabi.com recommends 10 highlights across science fiction, fantasy, and horror, from "magic-for-wealth schemes" to an unsettling religious organization (in space). And if there's some ties in there...? We're not complaining.

2025 was another great year for African short fiction! Author @wtalabi.com recommends 10 highlights across science fiction, fantasy, and horror, from "magic-for-wealth schemes" to an unsettling religious organization (in space). And if there's some ties in there...? We're not complaining.

Ten(ish) of the Best African Speculative Short Fiction Stories of 2025 - Reactor

Here are some of the speculative fiction gems that may have flown under the radar in 2025...

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I'm honoured to see my story, "Full, Empty Houses," on this list and in fantastic company too. Thank you @wtalabi.com! The story is currently on the Locus Recommended Reading list: locusmag.com/2026/02/2025... Check it out, discover new work to love, and vote for your faves from last year!

Reactor Magazine@reactorsff.bsky.social · 6mo ago

2025 was another great year for African short fiction! Author @wtalabi.com recommends 10 highlights across science fiction, fantasy, and horror, from "magic-for-wealth schemes" to an unsettling religious organization (in space). And if there's some ties in there...? We're not complaining.

I’m always thrilled whenever stories from Issue V get love! Congratulations to @shingai-be-like.bsky.social & @formerlykevin.bsky.social! Read their stories & the rest of this stellar anthology for free on willthisbeaproblem.co.ke #AfricanSFF #KenyaMentioned

Reactor Magazine@reactorsff.bsky.social · 6mo ago

2025 was another great year for African short fiction! Author @wtalabi.com recommends 10 highlights across science fiction, fantasy, and horror, from "magic-for-wealth schemes" to an unsettling religious organization (in space). And if there's some ties in there...? We're not complaining.

My story "If Memory Serves" made it to Reactor Mag's Ten(ish) of the Best African Speculative Short Fiction Stories of 2025. Its currently free to read on Will This Be A Problem? willthisbeaproblem.co.ke/2025/04/27/i...

If Memory Serves – Will This Be A Problem?

No Memory For Sisyphus Human rights are constantly evolving. The more we learn, the clearer these rights become to us. Usually, our understanding of human right

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Reactor Magazine@reactorsff.bsky.social · 6mo ago

2025 was another great year for African short fiction! Author @wtalabi.com recommends 10 highlights across science fiction, fantasy, and horror, from "magic-for-wealth schemes" to an unsettling religious organization (in space). And if there's some ties in there...? We're not complaining.

A shoutout to my co-edioter & profoundly talented contributors: @dontcallmeliv.blacksky.app @ephraimorji.bsky.social, Rutendo Chidzodzo, @gabbyharry.bsky.social, Andrew Dakalira, @yvettel.bsky.social, @shingai-be-like.bsky.social, @formerlykevin.bsky.social, @vf12.bsky.social, @nkereuwxm.bsky.social

Here’s what @formerlykevin.bsky.social published in 2025 and where you can find his award-eligible gems. We’d be so grateful if you took a moment to read them, share them with people who might enjoy them, and vote if you haven’t already. Links below. #AfricanSFF 🪐📚💙

In its review of Issue V, Afrocritik describes WTBAP as one of the continent’s sharpest engines of imagination, adding that the anthology earns its place not through sentiment but through sheer craft. 🧵 Read full review by @franknjugi.bsky.social: afrocritik.com/will-this-be... #AfricanSFF 🪐📚💙

The review features the following stories: “The Language We Have Learned to Carry in Our Skin” by @shingai-be-like.bsky.social “If Memory Serves” by @formerlykevin.bsky.social

“Mushrooms Grow in the Dark” by @formerlykevin.bsky.social in Ojuju Magazine’s Halloween Issue When ancient stone pillars begin to collapse across the world, they unearth that these monuments may have served a far darker purpose than history admits. 🔗 ojujumagazine.wordpress.com/2025/10/24/m...

I wrote a horror short story for Halloween. Stonehenge, Kenya's Lothagam North, Ethiopia's Tiya Megaliths, the Mudumal Megalithic Menhirs... these pillar sites, and all others around the world, are connected by a terrifying secret. Find out what it is in: "Mushrooms Grow In The Dark"

Mushrooms Grow in the Dark

Kevin Rigathi Roadblocks are up all over Salisbury. Multiple choke points, and they’re turning everyone back, locals, tourists, and they’re extra unfriendly with the press. Get this, we have milita…

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I have a new horror story in Ojuju Magazine's Halloween Issue. Check out "Mushrooms Grow in the Dark" Learn the terrifying truth connecting all pillar sites around the world, from Stonehenge to Kenya's Lothgam North to the Mudumal Megalithic Menhirs ojujumagazine.wordpress.com/2025/10/24/m...

Mushrooms Grow in the Dark

Kevin Rigathi Roadblocks are up all over Salisbury. Multiple choke points, and they’re turning everyone back, locals, tourists, and they’re extra unfriendly with the press. Get this, we have milita…

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Will This Be A Problem? The Magazine Issue 2 is now out. For your fix of African horror, sci-fi, and fantasy. willthisbeaproblem.co.ke/will-this-be...

Will This Be A Problem? The Magazine Issue 2

Will This Be A Problem? The Magazine : Issue 2. This edition features speculative fiction from Kenya, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, and the USA.

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We're excited to announce that Issue 2 of Will This Be A Problem? The Magazine is now live and free to read on our website! This issue brings back familiar voices alongside striking debuts, showcasing speculative fiction in its different forms: willthisbeaproblem.co.ke/will-this-be...

Will This Be A Problem? The Magazine Issue 2

Will This Be A Problem? The Magazine : Issue 2. This edition features speculative fiction from Kenya, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, and the USA.

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Our first SFF Quiz Night is calling, and your brainpower deserves a proper stage. This one's for all bookworms, bibliophiles and film buffs. 📍 Athena Lounge, Hurlingham | 📅 25th July | 🕒 5–10 PM Prizes? Epic Drinks? Sorted DJ? Ready Entry? Free Register team: willthisbeaproblem.co.ke/rsvp/

Our first newsletter is live on Substack with WTBAP updates and yes, early access to Issue 2 of our magazine. If you've already subscribed, check your mail. If you haven't, subscribe now and get the exclusives instantly! willthisbeaproblem.substack.com/p/early-access…

My story "If Memory Serves" is now available online! In a world where memories are commodities that can be permanently taken from a person and sold to another, what does this mean for culture, relationships, identity... or even your own reality. willthisbeaproblem.co.ke/2025/04/27/i...

Will This Be A Problem? Issue V. Edited by Olivia Kidula and Somto Ehezue. 💙📚 #AfricanSFF

Will This Be A Problem? Issue V. Edited by Olivia Kidula and Somto Ehezue.

308 pp. Published January 4, 2025. Love African SFF! I’m a huge fan. The finished quality isn’t always even, and I confess I often get grumpy about editing quality (I’m not proud of this)—but there…

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Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: Issue V paperback now up for international sales on Lulu Bookstore www.lulu.com/shop/somto-i...

This is how I'm walking everywhere at home now and one day, im going to forget and do it in public. Thanks Kendrick. "Ayy, I'm trippin', I'm slidin', I'm ridin' through the back like, Baow!"

In my story, "If Memory Serves," tech designed to extract traumatic memories evolves, & a breakthrough allows any memory to be extracted & implanted in another mind. As memories become commodities, new forms of privilege & oppression arise, reshaping culture, relationships & individual realities.

Will This Be A Problem? Issue V is out! My story "If Memory Serves" is featured in this anthology. Check it out

Will This Be A Problem?@willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social · 2y ago

WTBAP? THE ANTHOLOGY ISSUE V is finally out! Edited by @dontcallmeliv.bsky.social & @somtoihezue.bsky.social, available on the Shilitza website, Kobo, Amazon, and wherever books are sold. 16 hauntingly beautiful stories from all over Africa and the African diaspora ✨ www.kobo.com/ww/en/ebook/...

WTBAP? THE ANTHOLOGY ISSUE V is finally out! Edited by @dontcallmeliv.bsky.social & @somtoihezue.bsky.social, available on the Shilitza website, Kobo, Amazon, and wherever books are sold. 16 hauntingly beautiful stories from all over Africa and the African diaspora ✨ www.kobo.com/ww/en/ebook/...

Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology : Issue V (ebook)

From across the African continent and its diaspora, Will This Be A Problem? Issue V brings together a powerful collection of stories that blend the fantastical with the deeply real. These tales explor...

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Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: Issue V ebook up for sale. Shilitza Publishing Lulu Bookstore Amazon And more willthisbeaproblem.co.ke/issue-5/

Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: ISSUE V - Book Launch LIVE STREAM www.youtube.com/live/6Sp2F1R...

We're beyond ecstatic that one of the stories from our FIRST mag issue—The Future Ancients by Mwenya Chikwa—has been featured on this list. There are lots of other great recs in here, including 3 writers who appear in our upcoming anthology: Shingai Kagunda, Albert Nkereuweum, & Gabrielle E Harry!

Reactor Magazine@reactorsff.bsky.social · 2y ago

2024 was an incredible year for African SFF short fiction. Author @wtalabi.bsky.social (Convergence Problems, Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon) highlights ten (plus a few more) outstanding examples: reactormag.com/the-best-afr...

Join us for Will This Be A Problem? ISSUE V launch on Jan 31! Celebrate 10 years of WTBAP with cocktails, conversation & more. My story, "If Memory Serves" is featured in the anthology. 📍 Athena Lounge, Olive Gardens Hotel, Hurlingham ⏰ 5–9 PM EAT | Live stream available!

Reading the news nowadays feels like someone fed the simulation sci fi books (and included too much dystopia). But seriously, so much is going on, some usually big news doesn't even register anymore. What do you mean google just casually kicked off the countdown to the age of quantum computing!?

Google’s breakthrough Willow chip means we'll get useful quantum computers sooner than some people feared

Experts caution that revolutionary quantum computing is still likely years away.

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This week, 10 years ago, I published 'A War of Harmony,' an urban fantasy with some ideas exploring symmetry. This morning, as if called by some unseen thread, inspiration had a new idea in the same world waiting for me. I love it when that happens. While I dive in, read the original here: