Osahon
@osahon4545.bsky.social
God first. writer. he/him. Alpha grad. Clarion ’23. Stories in The Rumpus, Clarkesworld, FIYAH. Enquiries: Osahon4545@yahoo.com
In 2022, before Chatgpt and everything that came next, I participated in this study. It was framed as a research on a new tool that I could try and offer my opinion on. I didn't know that it was trained on copyrighted material.
Wordcraft Writers Workshop
The Wordcraft Writers Workshop is a collaboration between Google's PAIR and Magenta teams, and 13 professional writers. Together we explore the limits of co-writing with AI.
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Truly believe everyone should invest in Sarah Grey stocks because this is brilliant. Bril. for short: www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/holl...
Hollow Cast - Nightmare Magazine
In Sunnyhaven, we were all equally unique—and we’d been that way for years, the morning the New Girl arrived. Now, any of us would’ve admitted it: Sunnyhaven wasn’t perfect. There were no public parks...
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Why are we doing this? Almost everyone working in short fiction is underpaid for their work, particularly staff. It's an industry problem and we've been doing our part to clean up our own house. Celebrate our 20th anniversary by helping us do something for the team that made CW endure.
With the Nebula and BSFA nominations open, I’d be honored if you’d consider my novelette, “We Begin Where Infinity Ends,” published in @clarkesworldmagazine.com. It's a story of friendship, love, and fireflies✨🪲 clarkesworldmagazine.com/ihezue_02_25/
We Begin Where Infinity Ends by Somto Ihezue
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
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Somto Ihezue@somtoihezue.bsky.social · 2y agoMy novelette, “We Begin Where Infinity Ends,” is out in the world today. I poured all my tenderness and childhood into this story, and I hope you find tenderness in it too✨ clarkesworldmagazine.com/ihezue_02_25/
How does depression feel like? Like a rock sitting on your head. Like a portal made of broken glass, that you created. In @nightmare-magazine.com is Body? Glass, a world where you can feel every pain. But what if you could feel more than just suffering? www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/body...
Body? Glass - Nightmare Magazine
My head. Let’s start with my hair, more specifically, follicle by follicle. Brown in color to match my eyes; curly like traps—I’m Black—see it now. My hair lies fluffy on my head, like a good wig for ...
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Story day! “O Mechfighter, O Starsinger” in @lightspeedmagazine.com is my epic space opera about lost ancestry that’s trying to be revived between a human trafficking survivor who sings to the stars and a soldier grappling with her complicity in war: www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/o-me...
O Mechfighter, O Starsinger - Lightspeed Magazine
The Starsinger, the Starsinger, the Starsinger, he sings. His histories have long been recorded—in every pit stop he has visited. In every station he has stayed. It may be just a minute of the traffic...
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This is my second attempt at the series I've called The End is Nigh: A Review of Horror Media. This month, I've reviewed Body? Glass by Osahon Ize-Iyamu. I’m open to take suggestions for future months! • www.osahonize.com • short story can be found at: www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/body...
"Body? Glass" by @osahon4545.bsky.social In two words, chilling and real Brace yourself for this one www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/body...
Body? Glass - Nightmare Magazine
My head. Let’s start with my hair, more specifically, follicle by follicle. Brown in color to match my eyes; curly like traps—I’m Black—see it now. My hair lies fluffy on my head, like a good wig for ...
nightmare-magazine.com
How does depression feel like? Like a rock sitting on your head. Like a portal made of broken glass, that you created. In @nightmare-magazine.com is Body? Glass, a world where you can feel every pain. But what if you could feel more than just suffering? www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/body...
Body? Glass - Nightmare Magazine
My head. Let’s start with my hair, more specifically, follicle by follicle. Brown in color to match my eyes; curly like traps—I’m Black—see it now. My hair lies fluffy on my head, like a good wig for ...
nightmare-magazine.com
ICYMI - read all about it
Osahon@osahon4545.bsky.social · 11mo agoStory day! “O Mechfighter, O Starsinger” in @lightspeedmagazine.com is my epic space opera about lost ancestry that’s trying to be revived between a human trafficking survivor who sings to the stars and a soldier grappling with her complicity in war: www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/o-me...
ICYMI - read all about it
Osahon@osahon4545.bsky.social · 11mo agoStory day! “O Mechfighter, O Starsinger” in @lightspeedmagazine.com is my epic space opera about lost ancestry that’s trying to be revived between a human trafficking survivor who sings to the stars and a soldier grappling with her complicity in war: www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/o-me...
Story day! “O Mechfighter, O Starsinger” in @lightspeedmagazine.com is my epic space opera about lost ancestry that’s trying to be revived between a human trafficking survivor who sings to the stars and a soldier grappling with her complicity in war: www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/o-me...
O Mechfighter, O Starsinger - Lightspeed Magazine
The Starsinger, the Starsinger, the Starsinger, he sings. His histories have long been recorded—in every pit stop he has visited. In every station he has stayed. It may be just a minute of the traffic...
lightspeedmagazine.com
Very loaded month, as I have two short stories coming out from @lightspeedmagazine.com @nightmare-magazine.com that could not be more different. Space opera about lost cultural history vs horror about existing
Very loaded month, as I have two short stories coming out from @lightspeedmagazine.com @nightmare-magazine.com that could not be more different. Space opera about lost cultural history vs horror about existing
New story out! “Dad went out to Get the Milk” in @LightspeedMag is a fantasy piece about the costs of being an absent yet ‘providing’ parent, while also dealing with monsters from other worlds. Tune in if that’s your thing: www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/dad-...
New story out! “Dad went out to Get the Milk” in @LightspeedMag is a fantasy piece about the costs of being an absent yet ‘providing’ parent, while also dealing with monsters from other worlds. Tune in if that’s your thing: www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/dad-...
Two of my favourite stories come out in October, and coincidentally both in Lightspeed and Nightmare
I have a story out in Lightspeed this month that’s about…wanting your parent to leave you alone after they finish fighting monsters, so you can play on your Nintendo? Don’t ask me too many questions
New story day! “They Bought a House” in @nightmare-magazine.com is an unhinged haunted house set in Benin city. There are ghosts making ccoconut rice, there are people living in walls, and most importantly, there is Nothing 🤗. Read here: www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/they...
They Bought a House - Nightmare Magazine
The idea for this story began in my final week at the Clarion Writers Workshop. I wanted to write a haunted house horror story using stripped language, but unsurprisingly, it became strange and detail...
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All the World’s a Prison @failedarchitect.bsky.social Osahon Ize-Iyamu In not-so-distant-future Lagos, a young man finds himself locked out of his own apartment after being away due to a public mental breakdown, losing exclusive ownership of the apartment
All the World’s a Prison - Failed Architecture
In not-so-distant-future Lagos, a young man finds himself locked out of his own apartment after being away due to a public mental breakdown, losing ex...
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Story day! What if Jack from Jack and Jill was used for rice + chicken? Or Mary’s little lamb was used for efo riro? “The Revised Version” is all about cooking nursery rhymes, but also the weight of family responsibility. Read here: theorangebee.substack.com/p/the-revise...
The Revised Version
Issue five: short fiction by Osahon Ize-Iyamu
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Story day! For Failed Architecture, “All the World’s a Prison” is science fiction about the horrors of Lagos housing, but worse. What makes you eligible to possess a space? What if it’s taken from you? Read here: failedarchitecture.com/all-the-worl...
All the World’s a Prison - Failed Architecture
In not-so-distant-future Lagos, a young man finds himself locked out of his own apartment after being away due to a public mental breakdown, losing ex...
failedarchitecture.com
Story day! For Failed Architecture, “All the World’s a Prison” is science fiction about the horrors of Lagos housing, but worse. What makes you eligible to possess a space? What if it’s taken from you? Read here: failedarchitecture.com/all-the-worl...
All the World’s a Prison - Failed Architecture
In not-so-distant-future Lagos, a young man finds himself locked out of his own apartment after being away due to a public mental breakdown, losing ex...
failedarchitecture.com
fun and creepy, with a real gut-punch at the end
Osahon@osahon4545.bsky.social · last yr.Story day! What if Jack from Jack and Jill was used for rice + chicken? Or Mary’s little lamb was used for efo riro? “The Revised Version” is all about cooking nursery rhymes, but also the weight of family responsibility. Read here: theorangebee.substack.com/p/the-revise...
Story day! What if Jack from Jack and Jill was used for rice + chicken? Or Mary’s little lamb was used for efo riro? “The Revised Version” is all about cooking nursery rhymes, but also the weight of family responsibility. Read here: theorangebee.substack.com/p/the-revise...
The Revised Version
Issue five: short fiction by Osahon Ize-Iyamu
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SPOILERS but I think there’s such an interesting parallel re: Remmick in Sinners and the Peoples Temple aka ‘Jonestown’ irl. Charismatic leader promising Black people that freedom can only exist in the confines of death. Where are the essays on this or do I need to open laptop?
The protagonist is on the run from a Fox that tricked him into sacrificing himself to save his underground mining community from the end of the world. But he grows tired. He must outwit the fox. By @osahon4545.bsky.social in @lightspeedmagazine.com www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/we-t...
We the People Excluding I - Lightspeed Magazine
We were in the mines when the world was falling apart. I remember, the earth was cracking, and the plants were going limp, and the world looked dark blue, less full of life. Everyone tried to group to...
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Ever since Ogbe's mother became the soil in his garden, he's been pretty reclusive. He only focuses on tending to her. Weeding, watering, killing pests. An eternal penance. Heartwrenching metaphorical fantasy by @osahon4545.bsky.social www.sanspress.com/the-archive-...
There's Never Time to Be — Sans. PRESS
In this speculative story by Osahon Ize-Iyamu, a son toils at the garden of his mother in an endless attempt to expunge his guilt and grief.
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