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Olivia Kidula
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🇰🇪 SFFH Editor/Publisher.

EIC: @willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social

Not your mate!
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when i find the bulgarian who invented split squats
a white man threatening you with a steak knife
January 27, 2026 at 9:29 PM
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Purple Aki, the British boogeyman who touched and measured young men's muscles and forced them to squat with his weight on their shoulders. A teenager died while running away from him onto high voltage train tracks.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akinwal...
January 28, 2026 at 7:18 AM
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that penguin video made me bawl so hard this morning and then I come on here to see right wing arguments about it... I have so little internet left in me
January 28, 2026 at 5:55 AM
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Honored to see Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology on The 2025 Bram Stoker Awards® Preliminary Ballot for!!! Grateful to all the talented African writers who trusted us with their stories and made this anthology a reality. And a huge congratulations to other recognized works👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Superior Achievement in an Anthology Allingham, LCW and Eno, River — Vampire Hunters: An Incomplete Record of Personal Accounts (Speculation Publications) Armiento, Isabel, ed. — One Bad Night & Other Stories (Aardvark Book Club) Bissett, Carina, ed — Fractured Reveries: A Storied Imaginarium Salon (Storied Imaginarium) Day, Julie C.; Bissett, Carina; and Gidney, Craig Laurance, eds. — Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology (Essential Dreams Press) Golden, Christopher and Keene, Brian — The End of the World As We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King's The Stand (Gallery Books) Ihezue, Somto and Kidula, Olivia — Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology (Shilitza Publishing) Kulski, Kristy Park — Silk & Sinew: A Collection of Folk Horror from the Asian Diaspora (Bad Hand Books) Murray, Lee and Jeffery, Dave — This Way Lies Madness: Stories from the Edge of Darkness (Flame Tree Publishing) Pascale, Elaine — Darkness Most Fowl (The Godmother of Horror Press) Ryan, Lindy and Wytovich, Stephanie M., ed. - HOWL: An Anthology of Werewolves from Women-in-Horror (Black Spot Books)
January 27, 2026 at 3:38 PM
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globalvoices.org/2026/01/26/m...
Morocco, AFCON, and the controversies that trailed Africa’s biggest football event
“This isn’t ‘passion,’ it’s medieval conduct wearing a modern jersey, enabled by CAF.”
globalvoices.org
January 26, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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Honoured to see my novelette “We Begin Where Infinity Ends” published in @clarkesworldmagazine.com on the BSFA Longlist for Best Shorter Fiction✨🌿
January 26, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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And here's the BSFA longlisted essay that my editor @danhartland.bsky.social and I laboured over:

Strange Horizons - Collective Dreaming: The Schrödinger’s Cat Approach to Framing Futures By Jacqueline Nyathi

strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
January 26, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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The English leaving my brain the minute I have to express any emotion
A solitary child running in a bizarre T post on a dark street in the middle of the night (a still from the 2025 film Weapons)
January 26, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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"I feel happy, I feel grateful, and I feel fulfilled. I'm happy because I never esperredit."
January 26, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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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!
The Preliminary Ballot of the Bram Stoker Awards - Superior Achievement in an Anthology Allingham, LCW and Eno, River - Vampire Hunters: An Incomplete Record of Personal Accounts (Speculation Publications) Armiento, Isabel ed. - One Bad Night & Other Stories (Aardvark Book Club) Bissett, Carina ed. - Fractured Reveries: A Storied Imaginarium Salon (Storied Imaginarium) Day, Julie C; Bissett, Carina; and Gidney, Craig Laurence eds. - Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology (Essential Dreams Press) Golden, Christopher and Keene Brian - The End Of The World As We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King's The Stand (Gallery Books) Iheuze, Somto and Olivia Kidula (that's me!) - Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology (Shilitza Publishing) Kulski, Kristy Park - Silk and Sinew: A Collection of Folk Horror From The Asian Diaspora (Bad Hand Books) Murray, Lee and Jeffery, Dave — This Way Lies Madness: Stories from the Edge of Darkness (Flame Tree Publishing) Pascale, Elaine — Darkness Most Fowl (The Godmother of Horror Press) Ryan, Lindy and Wytovich, Stephanie M., ed. — HOWL: An Anthology of Werewolves from Women-in-Horror (Black Spot Books)
January 26, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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Spotlight: @bsfa.bsky.social Awards Longlist!

We are delighted to have 2 entries on this year’s BSFA awards longlist, courtesy of Peter Nena's novelette and Peter Marco's artwork! A big thank you to everyone who nominated us, and congrats to all African creators recognised.

#AfricanSFF 🪐📚💙
A promotional graphic set in a dark blue background with wavy line patterns. At the centre, inside a circular frame, bold text reads “Spotlight: African Works Longlisted for the 2026 BSFA Awards”. The WTBAP logo appears at the top, and a website link is placed at the bottom. The overall design highlights a spotlight theme. Dark blue textured background with the heading “Spotlight: African Works Longlisted for the 2026 BSFA Awards” on a red banner. The main text reads: The British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) has announced the longlist for the BSFA Awards, recognising work published in 2025. The list includes titles by African writers and artists, and Will This Be A Problem? is delighted to have two entries longlisted this year. Peter Nena’s Babies Don’t Grow in People has been longlisted for Best Shorter Fiction, while Peter Marco’s Grasps of the Forgotten has been longlisted for Best Artwork. Presented annually since 1970, these are fan-voted awards that not only seek to honour the most worthy examples in each category, but also to promote the genre of science fiction and get people reading, talking about and enjoying all that contemporary science fiction has to offer. The awards are voted on by members of the BSFA and by the members of this year’s Eastercon, the national science fiction convention, held since 1955. Longlists comprise all works nominated by at least one BSFA member. Voting is open to all BSFA members, who may select up to four works per category, and closes on February 19. Winners will be announced at this year’s Eastercon, Iridescence, taking place on April 3-6, at the Hilton Lanyon Place and the Birmingham Metropole. Thank you to everyone who nominated us, and congratulations to all who made the categories. We’re honoured to be in such great company. The WTBAP logo appears at the top, and a website link is placed at the bottom.
January 26, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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Sinners (2025)
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Do you know where I can find any locals? you know, where the Democrat are
some user named patriotmocha in yet another reply, which is literally all this account ever does: Do you know any locals' Signal group chat? I'm kind of antisocial and I'm quite nervous to ask. Like, is there a group chat, maybe like a Democrat group chat or an anti-ice group chat? Thank you. Would you like to move this toward message so nobody else can see it?
January 26, 2026 at 8:22 AM
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In the town of WHAT
January 26, 2026 at 9:53 AM
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There is a freaky frog in the #IndustryHBO writer's room and I'm here for it
January 26, 2026 at 9:47 AM
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omg they did the thing
american *sees something american happening americanly in america*: what are we a bunch of ASIANS?!?!???
January 25, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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YouTube has been trying to poison me with "this is obviously copaganda but me I like it" videos
January 25, 2026 at 4:46 AM
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I feel honored to have been longlisted for the BSFA Awards for my short story, "Ancestor's Gift."

Thank you to everyone who nominated my story.

www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

You can read it here if you wish to vote it for the shortlist.
www.tractorbeam.earth/story/ancest...
January 22, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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My first story of 2026 is out now in Lightspeed Magazine @lightspeedmagazine.com

Read "Hunter, Hunter" now: www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/hunt...
Hunter, Hunter - Lightspeed Magazine
Today, like every other day, I wake up expecting to die before night comes. No, I’m not suicidal and I don’t have a death wish. I am just a Hunter. The life expectancy of the average Hunter in the Sec...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:23 PM
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🚀 Congratulations to all those longlisted for BSFA Awards!

Check out the complete list here 👇and enjoy this celebration of diverse and exciting works!

bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
Vote for the BSFA Awards
bsfa.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 6:22 PM
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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!
January 23, 2026 at 6:34 AM
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Harper consistently being there for Yas' most awful moments >>>>>

I cackled so hard when the camera panned to her at that disastrous dinner and her face was like 😃
January 22, 2026 at 5:21 AM
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bus saga
Meme of guy on bus looking out of window, but edited so the Yes Ha Ha Ha Sicko is driving the bus. All the passengers are sad. The Musicology Duck icon is in the back row
January 21, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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Stop everything you're doing and grab a copy of LONELY CROWDS by Stephanie Wambugu
January 21, 2026 at 4:46 AM
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I’m sharing this video again because people don’t really get what these data centers and ai are doing to our planet and our communities. Especially Black communities because they were strategically placed there.

I need you to listen to these people.
STOP USING AI. STOP SUPPORTING AI.
January 20, 2026 at 11:16 PM
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Tag yourself, I'm "Timothy had an ulcer"
catholicgeekery.bsky.social CatholicGeekery @catholicgeekery.bsky.social · 9d
Reminds me of this really cringy poster that hangs in the entrance of my in-laws' church.
An extremely cringy Christian poster. Sorry, I'm not typing all of it out. Just trust me.
January 20, 2026 at 8:17 AM