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Spread the Word @spread-the-word.bsky.social · Sep 8

Want to explore Africanfuturism in your writing? 🌌
Join @naomieselojor.bsky.social as she leads a workshop on ‘Creating Africanfuturist worlds: Blending Tradition, Innovation and Imagination.’

🗓️ Tuesday 7 October, 6.30pm
📍Online
🎟️£8 (concs available)- book via link in bio 🔗
Access available.

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Naomi Eselojor @naomieselojor.bsky.social · Sep 8

I’ll be teaching a workshop guys! Please like and share. ❤️

Spread the Word @spread-the-word.bsky.social · Sep 8

Want to explore Africanfuturism in your writing? 🌌
Join @naomieselojor.bsky.social as she leads a workshop on ‘Creating Africanfuturist worlds: Blending Tradition, Innovation and Imagination.’

🗓️ Tuesday 7 October, 6.30pm
📍Online
🎟️£8 (concs available)- book via link in bio 🔗
Access available.

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Will This Be A Problem? @willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social · Aug 16

Later at 5:30-6:30 PM, @naomieselojor.bsky.social will moderate "SFF’s Role in Revolution on the African Continent".

With panellists @gabbyharry.bsky.social, @byanuoluwangozi.bsky.social, @nkereuwxm.bsky.social, @africansffhype.bsky.social and Khaya Maseko.

#seattleworldcon2025

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Plangdi Neple @plangdineple.bsky.social · Jun 19

Such a nice surprise to find my story "Full, Empty Houses" on this list! Thanks @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social !
Read the story at @kaleidotrope.bsky.social
kaleidotrope.net/spring-2025/...

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julie gourinchas @literaryfey.bsky.social · Jun 19

"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" ok well I asked Gandalf and he said he has not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm

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Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · May 29

A great evening chatting with @aijiang.bsky.social about her new novella A PALACE NEAR THE WIND at Waterstones Covent Garden. Thanks to @titanbooks.bsky.social and everyone who came out to listen to us and have books signed!

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Naomi Eselojor @naomieselojor.bsky.social · May 30

Please grab a copy!

Naomi Eselojor @naomieselojor.bsky.social · May 30

Yes 🥹❤️❤️

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Naomi Eselojor @naomieselojor.bsky.social · May 29

You guyssss! I spent the entire day with my fren today 😍🥹❤️ @aijiang.bsky.social

If you’re coming to water stones this evening to see Ai, please say hi. 👀

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Read #AfricanSFF!🫵🏾 @africansffhype.bsky.social · May 11

Happy Mother’s Day! 💓

Read #AfricanSFF!🫵🏾 @africansffhype.bsky.social · May 4

Fahi is abiku, destined to grieve his parents by being reborn over & over. But he is born to a sweet & caring woman, Toke, & finds he is unwilling to give up the love of a mother.

"My Mother’s Love" by @naomieselojor.bsky.social in @hexagonmagazine.bsky.social

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Issue 10 / Fall 2022

Hexagon Issue 10 / Fall 2022 – PDF Hexagon Issue 10 / Fall 2022 – EPUB Contents p. 5 How to Creatively Host Cheese Parties During and After the Apocalypse – Beth Cato p. 8 The En …

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Naomi Eselojor @naomieselojor.bsky.social · May 11

🥹❤️❤️❤️😭😭❤️

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Naomi Eselojor @naomieselojor.bsky.social · May 4

❤️❤️❤️

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Naomi Eselojor @naomieselojor.bsky.social · May 4

Thanks so much for reading and reviewing. This story is very dear to me🥹❤️

Read #AfricanSFF!🫵🏾 @africansffhype.bsky.social · May 4

Fahi is abiku, destined to grieve his parents by being reborn over & over. But he is born to a sweet & caring woman, Toke, & finds he is unwilling to give up the love of a mother.

"My Mother’s Love" by @naomieselojor.bsky.social in @hexagonmagazine.bsky.social

hexagonmagazine.ca/issue-10-fal...

Issue 10 / Fall 2022

Hexagon Issue 10 / Fall 2022 – PDF Hexagon Issue 10 / Fall 2022 – EPUB Contents p. 5 How to Creatively Host Cheese Parties During and After the Apocalypse – Beth Cato p. 8 The En …

hexagonmagazine.ca

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Naomi Eselojor @naomieselojor.bsky.social · Apr 9

Congratulations!!! @plangdineple.bsky.social
So proud of you ❤️❤️❤️

Clarion West @clarionwest.bsky.social · Apr 9

Please join us in congratulating our 2025 Six-Week Workshop students! They will be attending virtually from far and wide, across eight different time zones. Read more about where they're from and the summer format on our blog: www.clarionwest.org/2025/04/09/i...

A graphic that reads:
Welcome, 2025 Six-Week Workshop Students!
Aishatu Ado
Rida Altaf
Krushna Dande
Kehkashan Khalid
Angel Leal
Ricardo Morales Bonilla
Plangdi Neple
K.W. Onley
Anais Ornelas Ramirez
Rukman Ragas
M.R. Robinson
Victoria N. Shi
Sonia Sulaiman
Miguel Torhton
Travis Trusty

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Akotowaa @akotowaa.bsky.social · Mar 21

ICYMI: The African Book Festival this year is offering assistance to members of book clubs in Africa who wish to attend! The deadline is 31st March.
I’m still so deeply honored to be the festival curator this year. 🕸️ #ABF25

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Naomi Eselojor @naomieselojor.bsky.social · Mar 21

Don’t forget the Igbo soundtrack 😂

Naomi Eselojor @naomieselojor.bsky.social · Mar 14

Thank you so much for reading and sharing 🙏

Read #AfricanSFF!🫵🏾 @africansffhype.bsky.social · Mar 14

Dr. Tobias Williams, a billionaire scientist, has been working for 30 years on a serum to bring people back from the dead with...mixed results.

A heartbreaking story 💔 by @naomieselojor.bsky.social #africansff 🪐📚💙

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The Seventy-Year-Old Corpse Harvester

By Naomi Eselojor You’d never call yourself a revolutionist. You’d never play God. You didn’t need to. You were Tobias Williams, a brilliant billionaire doctor and research engineer who owned the only...

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Somto Ihezue @somtoihezue.bsky.social · Mar 12

Honored and excited to be a recipient of the SAFTA Summer 2025 Residency Fellowship and Grant✨

Sundress Publications @sundresspub.bsky.social · Mar 12

The Sundress Academy for the Arts (SAFTA) is pleased to announce Somto Ihezue, Urvashi Bahuguna, Naomi Leung, and Tolu Daniel as the recipients of our Summer 2025 Residency Fellowships. Read more here! www.sundresspublications.com/news/2025/03...

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Naomi Eselojor @naomieselojor.bsky.social · Mar 13

Congratulations!!!

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Naomi Eselojor @naomieselojor.bsky.social · Mar 13

Congratulations!!

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Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe is querying! @oluwasigma.bsky.social · Mar 13

My very short story about a fleet of abandoned starships, Those Who Seek To Embrace The Sun, is out now in Lightspeed @lightspeedmagazine.com

Read or listen! Thanks!

www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/thos...

Those Who Seek to Embrace the Sun - Lightspeed Magazine

The humans crawl into us, carrying their instruments and consulting their manuals. Their hands run over us, searching for nuts and bolts and hidden crevices. We are big toys that they all long to play...

www.lightspeedmagazine.com

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Renan Bernardo @renanbernardo.com · Mar 10

"Bernardo's timely tale is an
affecting and thought-provoking science fictional allegory about the current state of humanity itself, and how dire straits lead us to extremes of both cruelty and compassion." — @victormanibo.com about my upcoming novella!

Preorders are open! 🚀💀💰💉

Renan Bernardo @renanbernardo.com · Feb 14

DISGRACED RETURN OF THE KAP'S NEEDLE has a slightly updated cover now 👀

Preorders are already open for paperback and ebook with a release of April 29th! 🌌🚀

It's a dark space opera with revenge, moral ambiguous decisions, and fight for survival.

darkmattermagazine.shop/products/dis...

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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · Mar 10

Writers! Spread the word! Uncanny Magazine will be open for Flash Fiction submissions (750-1500 words) from March 24-28. www.uncannymagazine.com/submissions/

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Wole Talabi @wtalabi.bsky.social · Mar 11

Hey Worldconners, 5 days left to nominate for the Hugos. Nominate what you love y'all! As I finalize my own nominees, here's a reminder than I have a few things eligible, special shout out to my BSFA & Locus listed novelette "Encore", which has already been picked for a "best of the year" anthology.

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Naomi Eselojor @naomieselojor.bsky.social · Mar 1

You’re welcome!