Moustapha Mbacké Diop
@mdmoustaf.bsky.social
🇸🇳 || Medical Doctor || SFF/H Writer || FR/ENG/WO || Words in Omenana, ITAL, Fractured Lit, Haven Spec. The Year's Best African Spec Fic (2021). Africa Risen. Blackened Roots. F&SF. The Dark.|| he/him
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This year I’d like to highlight this story for your consideration: The Ndayaan Sea is 4000 words, and it’s Dark Fantasy/Horror inspired by a Senegalese folktale. It’s been published in the Winter issue of F&SF. Thank you so much 🤍
#africansff
This year I’d like to highlight this story for your consideration: The Ndayaan Sea is 4000 words, and it’s Dark Fantasy/Horror inspired by a Senegalese folktale. It’s been published in the Winter issue of F&SF. Thank you so much 🤍
#africansff
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What an Amazing Book Launch in London, UK! 🚀💫
Even with the cold and rain, London did not disappoint with all the love & support for Sauúti Terrors. Editors @genni.bsky.social Cheryl S. Ntumy,
& @stephenembleton.bsky.social were joined by fellow Sauúti Jude Umeh reading excerpts and great Q&A.
Even with the cold and rain, London did not disappoint with all the love & support for Sauúti Terrors. Editors @genni.bsky.social Cheryl S. Ntumy,
& @stephenembleton.bsky.social were joined by fellow Sauúti Jude Umeh reading excerpts and great Q&A.
February 6, 2026 at 7:07 AM
What an Amazing Book Launch in London, UK! 🚀💫
Even with the cold and rain, London did not disappoint with all the love & support for Sauúti Terrors. Editors @genni.bsky.social Cheryl S. Ntumy,
& @stephenembleton.bsky.social were joined by fellow Sauúti Jude Umeh reading excerpts and great Q&A.
Even with the cold and rain, London did not disappoint with all the love & support for Sauúti Terrors. Editors @genni.bsky.social Cheryl S. Ntumy,
& @stephenembleton.bsky.social were joined by fellow Sauúti Jude Umeh reading excerpts and great Q&A.
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Organically inclusive reader? Fan of speculative fiction? Want to judge the 2026 Ignyte Awards? Judges compose our longlist before we open up to public voting. Applications are currently open thru 2/14.
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/wanna-judge/
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Wanna Judge? - The Ignyte Awards
For the 2026 cycle, we are opening up our longlist judging cohort to folks who may be a good fit (interested, available, organically well-read in a diverse and inclusive titles in sffh whether profess...
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February 5, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Organically inclusive reader? Fan of speculative fiction? Want to judge the 2026 Ignyte Awards? Judges compose our longlist before we open up to public voting. Applications are currently open thru 2/14.
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/wanna-judge/
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/wanna-judge/
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Thanks to @brittlepaper.bsky.social for this Sauúti Terrors feature: 🔥💫🙏
We cover building a shared African sci-fi/fantasy world from scratch, the five planets, two suns, sound magic, and our Story Bible that lets writers step in and create. ✨
brittlepaper.com/2026/01/weve...
We cover building a shared African sci-fi/fantasy world from scratch, the five planets, two suns, sound magic, and our Story Bible that lets writers step in and create. ✨
brittlepaper.com/2026/01/weve...
Inventing a Shared-World African Speculative Universe: Interview with Sauúti Terrors Editors
We had the incredible opportunity to talk to the editors of the Sauúti Collective, Eugen Bacon, Cheryl S. Ntumy, and Stephen Embleton, about their forthcoming anthology, Sauúti Terrors. They shared wi...
brittlepaper.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Thanks to @brittlepaper.bsky.social for this Sauúti Terrors feature: 🔥💫🙏
We cover building a shared African sci-fi/fantasy world from scratch, the five planets, two suns, sound magic, and our Story Bible that lets writers step in and create. ✨
brittlepaper.com/2026/01/weve...
We cover building a shared African sci-fi/fantasy world from scratch, the five planets, two suns, sound magic, and our Story Bible that lets writers step in and create. ✨
brittlepaper.com/2026/01/weve...
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Thanks to Ainehi Edoro and @brittlepaper.bsky.social (from the start of this Sauúti journey) for this Sauúti Terrors feature and the opportunity to go into @sauutiverse.bsky.social more deeply.
🙏🏼🔥💫
brittlepaper.com/2026/01/weve...
🙏🏼🔥💫
brittlepaper.com/2026/01/weve...
Inventing a Shared-World African Speculative Universe: Interview with Sauúti Terrors Editors
We had the incredible opportunity to talk to the editors of the Sauúti Collective, Eugen Bacon, Cheryl S. Ntumy, and Stephen Embleton, about their forthcoming anthology, Sauúti Terrors. They shared wi...
brittlepaper.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Thanks to Ainehi Edoro and @brittlepaper.bsky.social (from the start of this Sauúti journey) for this Sauúti Terrors feature and the opportunity to go into @sauutiverse.bsky.social more deeply.
🙏🏼🔥💫
brittlepaper.com/2026/01/weve...
🙏🏼🔥💫
brittlepaper.com/2026/01/weve...
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New review! Thanks to Flame Tree Press for the beautiful copy!
www.candacenolaauthor.com/post/01-25-2...
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01/25/2026 Recent Reads & Reviews: SAUUTI TERRORS
SAUUTI TERRORS Short Stories from the Unique Universe created by Contemporary African Writers. Edited by Eugen Bacon, Cheryl Ntumy, and Stephen Embleton.SAUUTI TERRORS, by its own description, is an a...
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January 25, 2026 at 5:41 PM
New review! Thanks to Flame Tree Press for the beautiful copy!
www.candacenolaauthor.com/post/01-25-2...
www.candacenolaauthor.com/post/01-25-2...
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So excited and honoured to be in this anthology with SUCH great authors!! Thank you so much to @shereereneethomas.bsky.social for this opportunity ❤️
And to @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social for the initial publication of this story!
And to @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social for the initial publication of this story!
PRESS RELEASE
Announcing the Afterlives 2024 Table of Contents!!
curated by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social
"This Afterlives collection has some very powerful, gifted voices that explore liminal spaces, the veil between this world and the possible next."
thread/
psychopomp.com/announcing-t...
Announcing the Afterlives 2024 Table of Contents!!
curated by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social
"This Afterlives collection has some very powerful, gifted voices that explore liminal spaces, the veil between this world and the possible next."
thread/
psychopomp.com/announcing-t...
Announcing the Afterlives 2024 Table of Contents - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
You've been waiting for it, and now it is here, delivered hot and fresh to your browser, a table of contents for Afterlives 2024: The Year's Best Death
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July 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
So excited and honoured to be in this anthology with SUCH great authors!! Thank you so much to @shereereneethomas.bsky.social for this opportunity ❤️
And to @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social for the initial publication of this story!
And to @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social for the initial publication of this story!
So honored and ecstatic to see “Apostasy in Fruit” mentioned 🥹✨
Need something new to read? Here are my ten favorite short speculative fiction stories from May. reactormag.com/must-read-sh...
Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: May 2025 - Reactor
May's standout short fiction includes mermaids, vampires, 'droids, dukes, gods, devils, and more...
reactormag.com
June 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
So honored and ecstatic to see “Apostasy in Fruit” mentioned 🥹✨
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Need something new to read? Here are my ten favorite short speculative fiction stories from May. reactormag.com/must-read-sh...
Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: May 2025 - Reactor
May's standout short fiction includes mermaids, vampires, 'droids, dukes, gods, devils, and more...
reactormag.com
June 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Need something new to read? Here are my ten favorite short speculative fiction stories from May. reactormag.com/must-read-sh...
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Who shall become Mother of Beasts, ruler of all beings of the Ndayaan Sea? 2 witches, step sisters Coumba Siré and Coumba Fari fight for power in a djalla forest, a palace of death.
Electrifying, surreal. "The Ndayaan Sea" by @mdmoustaf.bsky.social
www.fandsf.com/toc2401.htm
Electrifying, surreal. "The Ndayaan Sea" by @mdmoustaf.bsky.social
www.fandsf.com/toc2401.htm
Fantasy and Science Fiction: Winter 2024 Table of Contents
The award-winning Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, founded in 1949. The original publisher of Stephen King's Dark Tower, Daniel Keyes's Flowers for Algernon, and Walter M. Miller's A Canticle f...
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May 10, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Who shall become Mother of Beasts, ruler of all beings of the Ndayaan Sea? 2 witches, step sisters Coumba Siré and Coumba Fari fight for power in a djalla forest, a palace of death.
Electrifying, surreal. "The Ndayaan Sea" by @mdmoustaf.bsky.social
www.fandsf.com/toc2401.htm
Electrifying, surreal. "The Ndayaan Sea" by @mdmoustaf.bsky.social
www.fandsf.com/toc2401.htm
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Awa's sister, Kana, disappears without a trace. To rescue Kana, Awa travels into the underworld and meets Her, a being with hooves and worm-hair. She agrees to free Kana but at a steep price...
Slimy gross horror 🪱 🐛 🩸 by @mdmoustaf.bsky.social
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Slimy gross horror 🪱 🐛 🩸 by @mdmoustaf.bsky.social
www.thedarkmagazine.com/apostasy-in-...
Apostasy in Fruit - The Dark Magazine
“Awa, did you see this?” My sister is holding out her phone for me to read. There are streaks of brown henna, which she has been trying to apply in preparation for a friend’s wedding, on the cracked s...
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May 4, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Awa's sister, Kana, disappears without a trace. To rescue Kana, Awa travels into the underworld and meets Her, a being with hooves and worm-hair. She agrees to free Kana but at a steep price...
Slimy gross horror 🪱 🐛 🩸 by @mdmoustaf.bsky.social
www.thedarkmagazine.com/apostasy-in-...
Slimy gross horror 🪱 🐛 🩸 by @mdmoustaf.bsky.social
www.thedarkmagazine.com/apostasy-in-...
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Contract signed, so I’m excited to announce that my flash story, Everything We Lost in the Apocalypse, will be published by Strange Horizons! You’ll be able to read it there in the next week or two.
Thank you @strangehorizons for accepting this story!
Thank you @strangehorizons for accepting this story!
May 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Contract signed, so I’m excited to announce that my flash story, Everything We Lost in the Apocalypse, will be published by Strange Horizons! You’ll be able to read it there in the next week or two.
Thank you @strangehorizons for accepting this story!
Thank you @strangehorizons for accepting this story!
Thank you so much, Eva 🤗✨
May 2, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Thank you so much, Eva 🤗✨
Super excited to share that I have a new story in Issue 120 of The Dark 🖤
It's a bizarre little thing with supernatural kidnappings and nameless horrors. You can read it here:
www.thedarkmagazine.com/apostasy-in-...
#africansff
It's a bizarre little thing with supernatural kidnappings and nameless horrors. You can read it here:
www.thedarkmagazine.com/apostasy-in-...
#africansff
May 1, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Super excited to share that I have a new story in Issue 120 of The Dark 🖤
It's a bizarre little thing with supernatural kidnappings and nameless horrors. You can read it here:
www.thedarkmagazine.com/apostasy-in-...
#africansff
It's a bizarre little thing with supernatural kidnappings and nameless horrors. You can read it here:
www.thedarkmagazine.com/apostasy-in-...
#africansff
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Full of doubts, Tumaani joins the initiation ceremony for the boys in his village to share what it means to be a man. An attack from a sutamo shows him his worth.
Action-packed #africanjujuism story by @mdmoustaf.bsky.social in @nightlightpod.bsky.social
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Action-packed #africanjujuism story by @mdmoustaf.bsky.social in @nightlightpod.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/3UtL...
502: Night Rites by Moustapha Mbacké Diop
NIGHTLIGHT: A Horror Fiction Podcast · Episode
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April 25, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Full of doubts, Tumaani joins the initiation ceremony for the boys in his village to share what it means to be a man. An attack from a sutamo shows him his worth.
Action-packed #africanjujuism story by @mdmoustaf.bsky.social in @nightlightpod.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/3UtL...
Action-packed #africanjujuism story by @mdmoustaf.bsky.social in @nightlightpod.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/3UtL...
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A woman ventures into the Bush of the Dead to bring back her dead daughter, 5-year-old Ramatou.
Soul-crushing flash fic by @mdmoustaf.bsky.social in @iftheresanyoneleft.bsky.social
www.iftheresanyoneleft.com/stories/mous...
Soul-crushing flash fic by @mdmoustaf.bsky.social in @iftheresanyoneleft.bsky.social
www.iftheresanyoneleft.com/stories/mous...
The Bush Took Them All — IfTheresAnyone
By Moustapha Mbacké Diop Puffs of smoke numbed my senses as I delivered myself to the Bush. They said this place was worse than death, and they weren’t wrong.
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April 25, 2025 at 1:41 AM
A woman ventures into the Bush of the Dead to bring back her dead daughter, 5-year-old Ramatou.
Soul-crushing flash fic by @mdmoustaf.bsky.social in @iftheresanyoneleft.bsky.social
www.iftheresanyoneleft.com/stories/mous...
Soul-crushing flash fic by @mdmoustaf.bsky.social in @iftheresanyoneleft.bsky.social
www.iftheresanyoneleft.com/stories/mous...
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I need help surviving this year.
If you're not in a position to donate, I understand.
Please help by reposting. Please share with your circles. Every little donation helps. Thank you.
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If you're not in a position to donate, I understand.
Please help by reposting. Please share with your circles. Every little donation helps. Thank you.
gofund.me/19bc02b6
Donate to Peace's Journey: Overcoming Job and Marriage Loss, organized by Peace Zodanou
[looking at the picture above reminds me of when I thought I could hol… Peace Zodanou needs your support for Peace's Journey: Overcoming Job and Marriage Loss
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April 8, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I need help surviving this year.
If you're not in a position to donate, I understand.
Please help by reposting. Please share with your circles. Every little donation helps. Thank you.
gofund.me/19bc02b6
If you're not in a position to donate, I understand.
Please help by reposting. Please share with your circles. Every little donation helps. Thank you.
gofund.me/19bc02b6
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we are officially one week out from the release of A PALACE NEAR THE WIND! Today’s blurb is from the awe-inspiring @pdjeliclark.bsky.social 😭🙇🏻♀️🙏🏼
forthcoming April 15 — @titanbooks.bsky.social 🏰🌬️🍃
forthcoming April 15 — @titanbooks.bsky.social 🏰🌬️🍃
April 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
we are officially one week out from the release of A PALACE NEAR THE WIND! Today’s blurb is from the awe-inspiring @pdjeliclark.bsky.social 😭🙇🏻♀️🙏🏼
forthcoming April 15 — @titanbooks.bsky.social 🏰🌬️🍃
forthcoming April 15 — @titanbooks.bsky.social 🏰🌬️🍃
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APEX MAGAZINE ISSUE 149 COVER REVEAL 👑🐺🌾
Starring the haunting, darkly fantastical "Queen in the Fields at Dusk, with Wolf" by @cotronis.bsky.social!
For more information on our upcoming issue, read "Apex in April 2025" here: www.patreon.com/posts/apex-i...
Starring the haunting, darkly fantastical "Queen in the Fields at Dusk, with Wolf" by @cotronis.bsky.social!
For more information on our upcoming issue, read "Apex in April 2025" here: www.patreon.com/posts/apex-i...
March 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
APEX MAGAZINE ISSUE 149 COVER REVEAL 👑🐺🌾
Starring the haunting, darkly fantastical "Queen in the Fields at Dusk, with Wolf" by @cotronis.bsky.social!
For more information on our upcoming issue, read "Apex in April 2025" here: www.patreon.com/posts/apex-i...
Starring the haunting, darkly fantastical "Queen in the Fields at Dusk, with Wolf" by @cotronis.bsky.social!
For more information on our upcoming issue, read "Apex in April 2025" here: www.patreon.com/posts/apex-i...
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Systemic hope. Radical change. Surviving and thriving in any conditions. Is the world ready for solarpunk noir? 🌃
Don't miss @brklyndragon.bsky.social's essay, "The City is Breathing: Solarpunk Noir. Please Don't Call it Cyberpunk," out now!
Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
Don't miss @brklyndragon.bsky.social's essay, "The City is Breathing: Solarpunk Noir. Please Don't Call it Cyberpunk," out now!
Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
March 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Systemic hope. Radical change. Surviving and thriving in any conditions. Is the world ready for solarpunk noir? 🌃
Don't miss @brklyndragon.bsky.social's essay, "The City is Breathing: Solarpunk Noir. Please Don't Call it Cyberpunk," out now!
Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
Don't miss @brklyndragon.bsky.social's essay, "The City is Breathing: Solarpunk Noir. Please Don't Call it Cyberpunk," out now!
Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
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After 10 years of being married to Ismaïla, Magar finally gives birth to a baby boy. But due to an old grudge, the baby is kidnapped by a djinné...
@mdmoustaf.bsky.social serving badass old woman fantasy action! 💪🏾💥👵🏾 10/10 #africansff 🪐📚💙
mythaxis.co.uk/issue-23/cur...
@mdmoustaf.bsky.social serving badass old woman fantasy action! 💪🏾💥👵🏾 10/10 #africansff 🪐📚💙
mythaxis.co.uk/issue-23/cur...
March 9, 2025 at 3:04 AM
After 10 years of being married to Ismaïla, Magar finally gives birth to a baby boy. But due to an old grudge, the baby is kidnapped by a djinné...
@mdmoustaf.bsky.social serving badass old woman fantasy action! 💪🏾💥👵🏾 10/10 #africansff 🪐📚💙
mythaxis.co.uk/issue-23/cur...
@mdmoustaf.bsky.social serving badass old woman fantasy action! 💪🏾💥👵🏾 10/10 #africansff 🪐📚💙
mythaxis.co.uk/issue-23/cur...
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The Terror is coming!
We're proud to announce the upcoming publication of our 2-book anthology "Sauúti Terrors: The Dark Side" w/ Flame Tree Publishing facilitated by African Literary Agency
😱💀👻
Editors: Cheryl S. Ntumy @genni.bsky.social & @stephenembleton.bsky.social
jaylit.com/flame-tree-t...
We're proud to announce the upcoming publication of our 2-book anthology "Sauúti Terrors: The Dark Side" w/ Flame Tree Publishing facilitated by African Literary Agency
😱💀👻
Editors: Cheryl S. Ntumy @genni.bsky.social & @stephenembleton.bsky.social
jaylit.com/flame-tree-t...
Flame Tree to Publish Two Books of Sauúti Terrors: The Dark Side - JAY Lit
Members of the Sauúti collective and co-editors of a new anthology, Eugen Bacon, Stephen Embleton and Cheryl S. Ntumy, are thrilled to announce that Bieke van Aggelen of the African Literary Agency ha...
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February 28, 2025 at 6:31 AM
The Terror is coming!
We're proud to announce the upcoming publication of our 2-book anthology "Sauúti Terrors: The Dark Side" w/ Flame Tree Publishing facilitated by African Literary Agency
😱💀👻
Editors: Cheryl S. Ntumy @genni.bsky.social & @stephenembleton.bsky.social
jaylit.com/flame-tree-t...
We're proud to announce the upcoming publication of our 2-book anthology "Sauúti Terrors: The Dark Side" w/ Flame Tree Publishing facilitated by African Literary Agency
😱💀👻
Editors: Cheryl S. Ntumy @genni.bsky.social & @stephenembleton.bsky.social
jaylit.com/flame-tree-t...
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We’re super excited to share with you the authors and poets in the first anthology, Sauúti Terrors: The Dark Side by Flame Tree Publishing, distributed by Simon and Schuster.
sauuti.com/sauuti-terro...
@genni.bsky.social @xanwriter.bsky.social @wtalabi.bsky.social @stephenembleton.bsky.social
sauuti.com/sauuti-terro...
@genni.bsky.social @xanwriter.bsky.social @wtalabi.bsky.social @stephenembleton.bsky.social
March 4, 2025 at 8:07 AM
We’re super excited to share with you the authors and poets in the first anthology, Sauúti Terrors: The Dark Side by Flame Tree Publishing, distributed by Simon and Schuster.
sauuti.com/sauuti-terro...
@genni.bsky.social @xanwriter.bsky.social @wtalabi.bsky.social @stephenembleton.bsky.social
sauuti.com/sauuti-terro...
@genni.bsky.social @xanwriter.bsky.social @wtalabi.bsky.social @stephenembleton.bsky.social
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The @havenspec.bsky.social kickstarter has only 4 days to go and is $806 away from funding. Can we give em a share? Maybe help them get there?
#IndieAuthor #Scifi #Fantasy #IndiePub
#IndieAuthor #Scifi #Fantasy #IndiePub
Haven Spec Magazine, 2025
A digital science fiction and fantasy magazine publishing five issues in 2025 and featuring fiction and poetry for the 21st century!
www.kickstarter.com
March 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The @havenspec.bsky.social kickstarter has only 4 days to go and is $806 away from funding. Can we give em a share? Maybe help them get there?
#IndieAuthor #Scifi #Fantasy #IndiePub
#IndieAuthor #Scifi #Fantasy #IndiePub