Mwenya S. Chikwa - Future Ancient 🇿🇲
@prisoner187.bsky.social
Zambian. Some times writer, all times reader. Impractical dreamer on the eternal journey. Living through apocalypse while learning to smile.
Work in Omenana magazine, Ubwali Literary Magazine & WTBAP?
My short stories: https://linktr.ee/Mwenya_S_Chikwa
Work in Omenana magazine, Ubwali Literary Magazine & WTBAP?
My short stories: https://linktr.ee/Mwenya_S_Chikwa
Pinned
Ubwali Literary Magazine
www.ubwali.com
Check out my new short. Planet hopping nomad meets terrestrial nomads when she falls out of a strange sky and gets stranded. Has dance as a form of long distance communications and space altering baobabs (sort of).
www.ubwali.com/you-can-alwa...
www.ubwali.com/you-can-alwa...
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Making sure y'all saw this upcoming workshop with NK Jemisin...learn from one of the greats 🔥🔥🔥 www.bluestoop.org/classes/p/nk...
Finding the Heart of Your Story, a masterclass with N.K. Jemisin — Blue Stoop
Building a character is building a world of one; defining them, shaping them, and changing them is what a story is for. In this craft-first virtual masterclass, award winning author N. K. Jemisin will...
www.bluestoop.org
December 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Making sure y'all saw this upcoming workshop with NK Jemisin...learn from one of the greats 🔥🔥🔥 www.bluestoop.org/classes/p/nk...
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@thedeadlands.com is open to fiction and poetry subs, so hop right on that, yeah?
December 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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@thedeadlands.com already has 50 submissions in the queue—can you imagine if all 50 people also signed up for our Patreon? $5/month supports our mission to explore death in all forms. It keeps us paying authors and staff.
www.patreon.com/the_deadlands
www.patreon.com/the_deadlands
Get more from The Deadlands on Patreon
a zine containing fiction, nonfiction, and poetry about Death
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December 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
@thedeadlands.com already has 50 submissions in the queue—can you imagine if all 50 people also signed up for our Patreon? $5/month supports our mission to explore death in all forms. It keeps us paying authors and staff.
www.patreon.com/the_deadlands
www.patreon.com/the_deadlands
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Dark, irregular cracks spread outward from the hole like seeking roots, penetrating the otherwise perfectly azure sky."
today, beloveds!! our final story of issue 40!
Liminalities of the Second Contraction by Scott Payne
read it here 🖤
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
today, beloveds!! our final story of issue 40!
Liminalities of the Second Contraction by Scott Payne
read it here 🖤
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
Liminalities of the Second Contraction - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
The dome’s interior is an endless summer sky. The eye is lured downward from the bright, cloudless horizon to the swaying bustle of wheat.
psychopomp.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Dark, irregular cracks spread outward from the hole like seeking roots, penetrating the otherwise perfectly azure sky."
today, beloveds!! our final story of issue 40!
Liminalities of the Second Contraction by Scott Payne
read it here 🖤
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
today, beloveds!! our final story of issue 40!
Liminalities of the Second Contraction by Scott Payne
read it here 🖤
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
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🍄 MY STORY, MY SONG 🍄
With THE BOOK OF SPORES Kickstarter wrapping up, we all wanted to share the songs that inspired our stories. For my introduction “On the Magic of Mushrooms,” @cosmosheldrake.bsky.social set the ideal tone.
Back the project HERE until Dec. 4: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...
With THE BOOK OF SPORES Kickstarter wrapping up, we all wanted to share the songs that inspired our stories. For my introduction “On the Magic of Mushrooms,” @cosmosheldrake.bsky.social set the ideal tone.
Back the project HERE until Dec. 4: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...
December 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
🍄 MY STORY, MY SONG 🍄
With THE BOOK OF SPORES Kickstarter wrapping up, we all wanted to share the songs that inspired our stories. For my introduction “On the Magic of Mushrooms,” @cosmosheldrake.bsky.social set the ideal tone.
Back the project HERE until Dec. 4: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...
With THE BOOK OF SPORES Kickstarter wrapping up, we all wanted to share the songs that inspired our stories. For my introduction “On the Magic of Mushrooms,” @cosmosheldrake.bsky.social set the ideal tone.
Back the project HERE until Dec. 4: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...
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It’s that time of year when I make mini versions of the books and magazines I had work in to add to my tree ornament. (At least the ones that had cover art). A tradition I look forward to all year. 📚🎄
December 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
It’s that time of year when I make mini versions of the books and magazines I had work in to add to my tree ornament. (At least the ones that had cover art). A tradition I look forward to all year. 📚🎄
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We publish many new & emerging authors; they deserve pro pay. Our First Readers write personalized comments in ALL replies; they deserve pay. If you read BCS & you're able to support, please consider it. If you have, THANK YOU. www.patreon.com/beneath_ceas... weightlessbooks.com/genre/fictio... 2/3
Get more from Beneath Ceaseless Skies on Patreon
creating an online fantasy magazine & podcast
www.patreon.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
We publish many new & emerging authors; they deserve pro pay. Our First Readers write personalized comments in ALL replies; they deserve pay. If you read BCS & you're able to support, please consider it. If you have, THANK YOU. www.patreon.com/beneath_ceas... weightlessbooks.com/genre/fictio... 2/3
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BCS parent co. is 501c3 nonprofit; donations are tax deductible. Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday! If you believe paying writers & First Readers a worthy cause, pls consider supporting us, recurring or one-time. THANK YOU. www.patreon.com/beneath_ceas... www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/support-bcs/... 3/3
Get more from Beneath Ceaseless Skies on Patreon
creating an online fantasy magazine & podcast
www.patreon.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
BCS parent co. is 501c3 nonprofit; donations are tax deductible. Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday! If you believe paying writers & First Readers a worthy cause, pls consider supporting us, recurring or one-time. THANK YOU. www.patreon.com/beneath_ceas... www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/support-bcs/... 3/3
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Featuring stories from @ammansabet.bsky.social, @apexmag.bsky.social, @augursociety.bsky.social, @reactorsff.bsky.social, @thedeadlands.com, @kaleidotrope.bsky.social, @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social, @onspecmag.bsky.social, @reckoningmag.bsky.social, and Fantasy Magazine
Just in time for the holiday weekend, my 10 favorite short science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories from October. reactormag.com/must-read-sh...
Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: October 2025 - Reactor
This month's short fiction recommendations include ghosts and grief, recipes and multiverses...
reactormag.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Featuring stories from @ammansabet.bsky.social, @apexmag.bsky.social, @augursociety.bsky.social, @reactorsff.bsky.social, @thedeadlands.com, @kaleidotrope.bsky.social, @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social, @onspecmag.bsky.social, @reckoningmag.bsky.social, and Fantasy Magazine
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✨2025 Eligibility Post✨
ZamaShort #6 'Sindi Fair' by Dare Segun Falowo @dsfalowo.bsky.social
1st October 2025.
Fantasy
ZamaShort #6 'Sindi Fair' by Dare Segun Falowo @dsfalowo.bsky.social
1st October 2025.
Fantasy
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
✨2025 Eligibility Post✨
ZamaShort #6 'Sindi Fair' by Dare Segun Falowo @dsfalowo.bsky.social
1st October 2025.
Fantasy
ZamaShort #6 'Sindi Fair' by Dare Segun Falowo @dsfalowo.bsky.social
1st October 2025.
Fantasy
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Small business Saturday, you say? Consider supporting FIYAH as we approach year ten of publishing Black SFF stories and poetry! Back issues, art, gift subscriptions, merch, and more! Tell a friend, you never know who is missing out 🔥🔥🔥 fiyahlitmag.com/shop/
November 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Small business Saturday, you say? Consider supporting FIYAH as we approach year ten of publishing Black SFF stories and poetry! Back issues, art, gift subscriptions, merch, and more! Tell a friend, you never know who is missing out 🔥🔥🔥 fiyahlitmag.com/shop/
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For the curious, this is the book.
I promise, no one gets stalked.
There's a pursuit though. Think Fury Road, but with two bodyguards who don't trust each other up against an enemy that can't die.
www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
I promise, no one gets stalked.
There's a pursuit though. Think Fury Road, but with two bodyguards who don't trust each other up against an enemy that can't die.
www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
The Nightward
Sturgeon, Nebula, Locus, and Ignyte awards finalist R.S.A. Garcia’s scifantasy debut novel—the first in a duology—in which Caribbean mythology meets The Wit...
www.harpercollins.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
For the curious, this is the book.
I promise, no one gets stalked.
There's a pursuit though. Think Fury Road, but with two bodyguards who don't trust each other up against an enemy that can't die.
www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
I promise, no one gets stalked.
There's a pursuit though. Think Fury Road, but with two bodyguards who don't trust each other up against an enemy that can't die.
www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
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A poignant story about a father and a son and a third person who needs so badly to be acknowledged. Just as much as any person in a society that ignores systemic issues and can crush the human spirit so easily. Still, we persist.
by @wiswell.bsky.social in @reactorsff.bsky.social
by @wiswell.bsky.social in @reactorsff.bsky.social
Phantom View - Reactor
A disabled son care-taking for a disabled father tries to understand the mysterious blur haunting them.
reactormag.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A poignant story about a father and a son and a third person who needs so badly to be acknowledged. Just as much as any person in a society that ignores systemic issues and can crush the human spirit so easily. Still, we persist.
by @wiswell.bsky.social in @reactorsff.bsky.social
by @wiswell.bsky.social in @reactorsff.bsky.social
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Please help Eslam's family survive Israel's continuing genocide in Gaza, which has left Palestinians homeless and starving as cold winter rains flood the camps. Donations are very slow since the 'ceasefire':
November 16, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Please help Eslam's family survive Israel's continuing genocide in Gaza, which has left Palestinians homeless and starving as cold winter rains flood the camps. Donations are very slow since the 'ceasefire':
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just sent ~270 form rejections for Fantasy Magazine - the mag is closing and issue 100 will not be published
Shingai & I felt this issue would be extremely important, particularly given the state of things in the US and the world
sending warmth & love to folks: keep going, keep shining!❤️🔥
Shingai & I felt this issue would be extremely important, particularly given the state of things in the US and the world
sending warmth & love to folks: keep going, keep shining!❤️🔥
November 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
just sent ~270 form rejections for Fantasy Magazine - the mag is closing and issue 100 will not be published
Shingai & I felt this issue would be extremely important, particularly given the state of things in the US and the world
sending warmth & love to folks: keep going, keep shining!❤️🔥
Shingai & I felt this issue would be extremely important, particularly given the state of things in the US and the world
sending warmth & love to folks: keep going, keep shining!❤️🔥
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No donations for 2 days. Thank you to everyone who's shared & donated for your generosity. But support has fallen a lot. Please help Archita reach her goal and get some semblance of security in this terrible time for her and her mother.
Fellow Calcuttan writer/editor Archita Mittra is in desperate need of financial help. She recently lost her father, her home was damaged in the recent rains, & her mother's in hospital. They don't have insurance, & she's a freelancer. I can vouch for her. Please share widely & donate:
Donate to Help Archita and Her Mom Rebuild Their Lives, organized by tehseen baweja
Hey Everyone! My name is Tehseen and I publish an online magazine called T… tehseen baweja needs your support for Help Archita and Her Mom Rebuild Their Lives
www.gofundme.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
No donations for 2 days. Thank you to everyone who's shared & donated for your generosity. But support has fallen a lot. Please help Archita reach her goal and get some semblance of security in this terrible time for her and her mother.
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Gaza Government Media Office says Israel fully responsible for humanitarian, security repercussions from its violations.
Israel has violated Gaza truce nearly 500 times in 44 days, killed hundreds
Gaza Government Media Office says Israel fully responsible for humanitarian, security repercussions from its violations.
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Gaza Government Media Office says Israel fully responsible for humanitarian, security repercussions from its violations.
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Can't wait until I'm allowed to tell you all about my next novelette that revisits our favorite (and only) space-faring fenox Chesirah (link if you've forgotten) in an entanglement with the fae.
podcastle.org/2018/07/03/p...
podcastle.org/2018/07/03/p...
PodCastle 529: Chesirah - PodCastle
Chesirah By L. D. Lewis “It is almost time.” Chesirah smiled despite her screaming fingers. They were a blur, working feverishly to finish lacing together the last of her dark braids before Nazar the ...
podcastle.org
November 22, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Can't wait until I'm allowed to tell you all about my next novelette that revisits our favorite (and only) space-faring fenox Chesirah (link if you've forgotten) in an entanglement with the fae.
podcastle.org/2018/07/03/p...
podcastle.org/2018/07/03/p...
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Getting some contributor's copies lately...! Fusion Fragment is up first - if you're up for a fascinating mixture of SFF short stories, I hope you give it a closer look! 💙
My cover illustration is based on the story by Cressida Roe.
My cover illustration is based on the story by Cressida Roe.
November 17, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Getting some contributor's copies lately...! Fusion Fragment is up first - if you're up for a fascinating mixture of SFF short stories, I hope you give it a closer look! 💙
My cover illustration is based on the story by Cressida Roe.
My cover illustration is based on the story by Cressida Roe.
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No donations for 2 days. Please help Archita reach her goal and get some semblance of security in this terrible time for her and her mother.
Fellow Calcuttan writer/editor Archita Mittra is in desperate need of financial help. She recently lost her father, her home was damaged in the recent rains, & her mother's in hospital. They don't have insurance, & she's a freelancer. I can vouch for her. Please share widely & donate:
Donate to Help Archita and Her Mom Rebuild Their Lives, organized by tehseen baweja
Hey Everyone! My name is Tehseen and I publish an online magazine called T… tehseen baweja needs your support for Help Archita and Her Mom Rebuild Their Lives
www.gofundme.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
No donations for 2 days. Please help Archita reach her goal and get some semblance of security in this terrible time for her and her mother.
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Will This Be A Problem? Issue V. Edited by Olivia Kidula and Somto Ihezue. hararereview.wordpress.com/2025/03/12/w...
Will This Be A Problem? Issue V. Edited by Olivia Kidula and Somto Ihezue.
308 pp. Published January 4, 2025. Anthology of short African fiction. Love African SFF! I’m a huge fan. The finished quality isn’t always even, and I confess I often get grumpy about editing quali…
hararereview.wordpress.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Will This Be A Problem? Issue V. Edited by Olivia Kidula and Somto Ihezue. hararereview.wordpress.com/2025/03/12/w...
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Embracer-owned Crystal Dynamics confirms another round of layoffs
Embracer-owned Crystal Dynamics confirms another round of layoffs
The Tomb Raider developer has now made three rounds of job cuts in 2025.
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Embracer-owned Crystal Dynamics confirms another round of layoffs