Busayo
@busayo.bsky.social
Writer. Doctor
Words in: SmokeLong, Gone Lawn, Augur Mag, Inner Worlds, etc.
Pushcart nominee. Wigleaf Top 50.
Just happy to be here.
https://busayomoji0.wixsite.com/a-busayo
Words in: SmokeLong, Gone Lawn, Augur Mag, Inner Worlds, etc.
Pushcart nominee. Wigleaf Top 50.
Just happy to be here.
https://busayomoji0.wixsite.com/a-busayo
Honoured to have my work be nominated for a Pushcart prize by Inner Worlds!
Awesome to have it alongside works I enjoyed reading as well.
Awesome to have it alongside works I enjoyed reading as well.
Read this year's Pushcart nominated stories!
Lungs by @busayo.bsky.social inner-worlds.ghost.io/lungs-by-bus...
Come F*** Yourself by @sylvie-althoff.bsky.social inner-worlds.ghost.io/come-f-yours...
Grand Mal by @marybuchanan.bsky.social inner-worlds.ghost.io/grand-mal-ma... 1/2
Lungs by @busayo.bsky.social inner-worlds.ghost.io/lungs-by-bus...
Come F*** Yourself by @sylvie-althoff.bsky.social inner-worlds.ghost.io/come-f-yours...
Grand Mal by @marybuchanan.bsky.social inner-worlds.ghost.io/grand-mal-ma... 1/2
Grand Mal by Mary Buchanan
You break them out of Building 826 around 6:30 that morning when the dew is at its most gluey and the sleep-bitten guards at the security check are oiling their throats with caffeine.
inner-worlds.ghost.io
November 16, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Honoured to have my work be nominated for a Pushcart prize by Inner Worlds!
Awesome to have it alongside works I enjoyed reading as well.
Awesome to have it alongside works I enjoyed reading as well.
Reposted by Busayo
🥁 It's Pushcart time! 🥁
Almost impossible to choose again, but here are our 2025 nominees:
Lungs by Busayo Akinmoju
Come F*** Yourself by Sylvie Althoff
Grand Mal by Mary Buchanan
Deliver by Safiya Cherfi
They Promised This Would Be Beautiful by Elena Sichrovsky
Strangler Fig by Katharine Tyndall
Almost impossible to choose again, but here are our 2025 nominees:
Lungs by Busayo Akinmoju
Come F*** Yourself by Sylvie Althoff
Grand Mal by Mary Buchanan
Deliver by Safiya Cherfi
They Promised This Would Be Beautiful by Elena Sichrovsky
Strangler Fig by Katharine Tyndall
November 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
🥁 It's Pushcart time! 🥁
Almost impossible to choose again, but here are our 2025 nominees:
Lungs by Busayo Akinmoju
Come F*** Yourself by Sylvie Althoff
Grand Mal by Mary Buchanan
Deliver by Safiya Cherfi
They Promised This Would Be Beautiful by Elena Sichrovsky
Strangler Fig by Katharine Tyndall
Almost impossible to choose again, but here are our 2025 nominees:
Lungs by Busayo Akinmoju
Come F*** Yourself by Sylvie Althoff
Grand Mal by Mary Buchanan
Deliver by Safiya Cherfi
They Promised This Would Be Beautiful by Elena Sichrovsky
Strangler Fig by Katharine Tyndall
Reposted by Busayo
It's FlashGiving! Follow @smokelong.bsky.social if you don't already, then like and share this post to get your name in the hat to win $200 holiday money. Deadline is midnight ET, November 26th! Winner chosen randomly on Nov 27th. Please tag @smokelong.bsky.social so that we know you've posted!
November 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
It's FlashGiving! Follow @smokelong.bsky.social if you don't already, then like and share this post to get your name in the hat to win $200 holiday money. Deadline is midnight ET, November 26th! Winner chosen randomly on Nov 27th. Please tag @smokelong.bsky.social so that we know you've posted!
Took a social media break and only got back recently.
So, I'm a little late in sharing the latest on the blog
Here's the story of the story
"The Belly Of The Rock" gets examined here: my thought process, my inspiration, everything!
Because... why not?
busayomoji0.wixsite.com/a-busayo/pos...
So, I'm a little late in sharing the latest on the blog
Here's the story of the story
"The Belly Of The Rock" gets examined here: my thought process, my inspiration, everything!
Because... why not?
busayomoji0.wixsite.com/a-busayo/pos...
The Belly Of The Rock: Notes On A Story
But really, there is something quite noble about how sacrificial love can be. How it will chase you to infinity, just to make sure you are okay. To convince you that you are worth fighting for.
busayomoji0.wixsite.com
October 13, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Took a social media break and only got back recently.
So, I'm a little late in sharing the latest on the blog
Here's the story of the story
"The Belly Of The Rock" gets examined here: my thought process, my inspiration, everything!
Because... why not?
busayomoji0.wixsite.com/a-busayo/pos...
So, I'm a little late in sharing the latest on the blog
Here's the story of the story
"The Belly Of The Rock" gets examined here: my thought process, my inspiration, everything!
Because... why not?
busayomoji0.wixsite.com/a-busayo/pos...
Throwing my hat into the ring for #AugurMicros2025
Here's my short piece titled "Garden"
@augursociety.bsky.social
Here's my short piece titled "Garden"
@augursociety.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Throwing my hat into the ring for #AugurMicros2025
Here's my short piece titled "Garden"
@augursociety.bsky.social
Here's my short piece titled "Garden"
@augursociety.bsky.social
Thank you for being ever so supportive!!
“That is what haunts us, keeping a thing that hurts alive. Without even asking who decided this is the way it must be done.”
Read the backstory and don’t me as the piece itself!
#EpistemicLitFamily
Read the backstory and don’t me as the piece itself!
#EpistemicLitFamily
Here's the (promised!) blog about my recent story.
I go into the thought-process behind the themes of my story "Lungs"
My notes on how a "ghost" story should be in conversation with the world it is written in/to/for.
And more!
busayomoji0.wixsite.com/a-busayo/pos...
I go into the thought-process behind the themes of my story "Lungs"
My notes on how a "ghost" story should be in conversation with the world it is written in/to/for.
And more!
busayomoji0.wixsite.com/a-busayo/pos...
September 18, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Thank you for being ever so supportive!!
Here's the (promised!) blog about my recent story.
I go into the thought-process behind the themes of my story "Lungs"
My notes on how a "ghost" story should be in conversation with the world it is written in/to/for.
And more!
busayomoji0.wixsite.com/a-busayo/pos...
I go into the thought-process behind the themes of my story "Lungs"
My notes on how a "ghost" story should be in conversation with the world it is written in/to/for.
And more!
busayomoji0.wixsite.com/a-busayo/pos...
Lungs: Notes On A Story
#ShortStory I do not like ghost stories, but I found myself writing one.
busayomoji0.wixsite.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Here's the (promised!) blog about my recent story.
I go into the thought-process behind the themes of my story "Lungs"
My notes on how a "ghost" story should be in conversation with the world it is written in/to/for.
And more!
busayomoji0.wixsite.com/a-busayo/pos...
I go into the thought-process behind the themes of my story "Lungs"
My notes on how a "ghost" story should be in conversation with the world it is written in/to/for.
And more!
busayomoji0.wixsite.com/a-busayo/pos...
Reposted by Busayo
Read 'Lungs' then read @busayo.bsky.social's excellent blog post exploring the opportunities and responsibilities facing writers when we summon phantoms in our work.
busayomoji0.wixsite.com/a-busayo/pos...
busayomoji0.wixsite.com/a-busayo/pos...
September 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Read 'Lungs' then read @busayo.bsky.social's excellent blog post exploring the opportunities and responsibilities facing writers when we summon phantoms in our work.
busayomoji0.wixsite.com/a-busayo/pos...
busayomoji0.wixsite.com/a-busayo/pos...
Wrote blog posts about my most recent pieces.
Because I love writing about the inspiration behind my works.
One of them drops tomorrow!
I'll be sharing the story behind the story of "Lungs" recently published in @innerworlds.bsky.social
Excited to share it!
Because I love writing about the inspiration behind my works.
One of them drops tomorrow!
I'll be sharing the story behind the story of "Lungs" recently published in @innerworlds.bsky.social
Excited to share it!
September 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Wrote blog posts about my most recent pieces.
Because I love writing about the inspiration behind my works.
One of them drops tomorrow!
I'll be sharing the story behind the story of "Lungs" recently published in @innerworlds.bsky.social
Excited to share it!
Because I love writing about the inspiration behind my works.
One of them drops tomorrow!
I'll be sharing the story behind the story of "Lungs" recently published in @innerworlds.bsky.social
Excited to share it!
Oof
Those lines came straight from the heart.
If you haven't read my piece titled "Lungs"
Catch up here.
Those lines came straight from the heart.
If you haven't read my piece titled "Lungs"
Catch up here.
"If a family was like an animal to be drawn and quartered, which side gets the heart? Does the blood ever ache for what could have been? The paths it used to know."
Read 'Lungs' by @busayo.bsky.social in our latest issue: inner-worlds.ghost.io/lungs-by-bus...
#SpeculativeFiction #SpecFic
Read 'Lungs' by @busayo.bsky.social in our latest issue: inner-worlds.ghost.io/lungs-by-bus...
#SpeculativeFiction #SpecFic
Lungs by Busayo Akinmoju
Fingers twisted from arthritis. A wet bandage over his right hand seeping a wound the local healer had inflicted. Trying, failing, to fix a hand only decade shy of a century.
inner-worlds.ghost.io
September 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Oof
Those lines came straight from the heart.
If you haven't read my piece titled "Lungs"
Catch up here.
Those lines came straight from the heart.
If you haven't read my piece titled "Lungs"
Catch up here.
Some days you're so productive.
Other days you avoid the blank page and scroll through socials on your laptop.
The duality of the writer's life ☺️
Other days you avoid the blank page and scroll through socials on your laptop.
The duality of the writer's life ☺️
September 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Some days you're so productive.
Other days you avoid the blank page and scroll through socials on your laptop.
The duality of the writer's life ☺️
Other days you avoid the blank page and scroll through socials on your laptop.
The duality of the writer's life ☺️
Reposted by Busayo
“Lungs” by @busayo.bsky.social in @innerworlds.bsky.social
Ghostly tale exploring what it means to be family
inner-worlds.ghost.io/lungs-by-bus...
Ghostly tale exploring what it means to be family
inner-worlds.ghost.io/lungs-by-bus...
August 31, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“Lungs” by @busayo.bsky.social in @innerworlds.bsky.social
Ghostly tale exploring what it means to be family
inner-worlds.ghost.io/lungs-by-bus...
Ghostly tale exploring what it means to be family
inner-worlds.ghost.io/lungs-by-bus...
Reposted by Busayo
Just read "Lungs" by @busayo.bsky.social in Issue 8 of @innerworlds.bsky.social! Very rich & vivid prose in this familial ghost-story
inner-worlds.ghost.io/lungs-by-bus...
inner-worlds.ghost.io/lungs-by-bus...
Lungs by Busayo Akinmoju
Fingers twisted from arthritis. A wet bandage over his right hand seeping a wound the local healer had inflicted. Trying, failing, to fix a hand only decade shy of a century.
inner-worlds.ghost.io
August 31, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Just read "Lungs" by @busayo.bsky.social in Issue 8 of @innerworlds.bsky.social! Very rich & vivid prose in this familial ghost-story
inner-worlds.ghost.io/lungs-by-bus...
inner-worlds.ghost.io/lungs-by-bus...
One of the best parts of these pubs is getting to read work by my issue mates.
Excited to get into it.
Excited to get into it.
August 31, 2025 at 6:34 PM
One of the best parts of these pubs is getting to read work by my issue mates.
Excited to get into it.
Excited to get into it.
"I was born with a tree branch on one side instead of an arm"
The opening line is so simple, and odd and brilliant, just like the rest of this piece.
And the part of the story with the little boy is painful in the most special way.
Read "Strangler fig" here
inner-worlds.ghost.io/strangler-fi...
The opening line is so simple, and odd and brilliant, just like the rest of this piece.
And the part of the story with the little boy is painful in the most special way.
Read "Strangler fig" here
inner-worlds.ghost.io/strangler-fi...
Strangler Fig by Katharine Tyndall
I was born with a tree branch on one side instead of an arm. The doctor diagnosed it as a kind of parasitic infection previously known only in plants; I was the first ever human carrier of a plant-par...
inner-worlds.ghost.io
August 31, 2025 at 6:29 PM
"I was born with a tree branch on one side instead of an arm"
The opening line is so simple, and odd and brilliant, just like the rest of this piece.
And the part of the story with the little boy is painful in the most special way.
Read "Strangler fig" here
inner-worlds.ghost.io/strangler-fi...
The opening line is so simple, and odd and brilliant, just like the rest of this piece.
And the part of the story with the little boy is painful in the most special way.
Read "Strangler fig" here
inner-worlds.ghost.io/strangler-fi...
Okayyy
My story in Inner Worlds is out now!
You can read "lungs" here (and some other great work too).
It's a story about spectres that trail in families. And daring to confront them, just as they confront you.
My story in Inner Worlds is out now!
You can read "lungs" here (and some other great work too).
It's a story about spectres that trail in families. And daring to confront them, just as they confront you.
💚💫 Issue Eight has landed! 💫💚
This one includes a larger-than-usual number of ghosts and doubles, and the usual dizzying range of emotions and experiences.
If you're ready for a rollercoaster ride through our inner lives, check out the issue now: inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-eight-...
#SFF #Horror
This one includes a larger-than-usual number of ghosts and doubles, and the usual dizzying range of emotions and experiences.
If you're ready for a rollercoaster ride through our inner lives, check out the issue now: inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-eight-...
#SFF #Horror
August 31, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Okayyy
My story in Inner Worlds is out now!
You can read "lungs" here (and some other great work too).
It's a story about spectres that trail in families. And daring to confront them, just as they confront you.
My story in Inner Worlds is out now!
You can read "lungs" here (and some other great work too).
It's a story about spectres that trail in families. And daring to confront them, just as they confront you.
It is raining publications this week!
And I'm excited to share another one.
And I'm excited to share another one.
August 31, 2025 at 6:09 PM
It is raining publications this week!
And I'm excited to share another one.
And I'm excited to share another one.
And my story is LIVE!!
Read my piece "The Belly Of The Rock" in Augur Magazine's brand new issue
A tale about mother-daughter angst, travelling through the cosmos
And how love will do anything, including chase after you even when you've given up all hope💗
Also, the Egba wars of 1800's Yorubaland
Read my piece "The Belly Of The Rock" in Augur Magazine's brand new issue
A tale about mother-daughter angst, travelling through the cosmos
And how love will do anything, including chase after you even when you've given up all hope💗
Also, the Egba wars of 1800's Yorubaland
🪶Augurians! Augur Issue 8.1 is NOW LIVE! 💫
Check out...
🤖 A disaster relief delivery robot
🧟 Touring a mall in a zombie apocalypse ⭐️ A love letter from a star
& plenty more!
& you can read two FREE pieces on our site NOW!
🔗 Link to Issue 8.1: augursociety.org/augur-issue-...
🧵
Check out...
🤖 A disaster relief delivery robot
🧟 Touring a mall in a zombie apocalypse ⭐️ A love letter from a star
& plenty more!
& you can read two FREE pieces on our site NOW!
🔗 Link to Issue 8.1: augursociety.org/augur-issue-...
🧵
August 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
And my story is LIVE!!
Read my piece "The Belly Of The Rock" in Augur Magazine's brand new issue
A tale about mother-daughter angst, travelling through the cosmos
And how love will do anything, including chase after you even when you've given up all hope💗
Also, the Egba wars of 1800's Yorubaland
Read my piece "The Belly Of The Rock" in Augur Magazine's brand new issue
A tale about mother-daughter angst, travelling through the cosmos
And how love will do anything, including chase after you even when you've given up all hope💗
Also, the Egba wars of 1800's Yorubaland
Need to crochet a cute little clutch bag soon 😊.
August 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Need to crochet a cute little clutch bag soon 😊.
Super excited!
My story "Lungs" is going to be out in the world soon.
My story "Lungs" is going to be out in the world soon.
⭐️ One week to go and it's Issue Eight TOC time! ⭐️
Featuring 14 fantastic stories by
@cindyphanauthor.com
@busayo.bsky.social
@jolantru.bsky.social
@catherinemccarthy.bsky.social
@katharinetyndall.bsky.social
@esichr.bsky.social
@chloehsmith.bsky.social
@lost-squonk.bsky.social
& more!
Featuring 14 fantastic stories by
@cindyphanauthor.com
@busayo.bsky.social
@jolantru.bsky.social
@catherinemccarthy.bsky.social
@katharinetyndall.bsky.social
@esichr.bsky.social
@chloehsmith.bsky.social
@lost-squonk.bsky.social
& more!
August 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Super excited!
My story "Lungs" is going to be out in the world soon.
My story "Lungs" is going to be out in the world soon.
Might really have two pieces published this month.
Crazy that they're my first this year.
(Is there a lesson somewhere in this- about sending your work out more widely? Who knows 😃)
Crazy that they're my first this year.
(Is there a lesson somewhere in this- about sending your work out more widely? Who knows 😃)
August 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Might really have two pieces published this month.
Crazy that they're my first this year.
(Is there a lesson somewhere in this- about sending your work out more widely? Who knows 😃)
Crazy that they're my first this year.
(Is there a lesson somewhere in this- about sending your work out more widely? Who knows 😃)
Okay....
Contract signed!
Expect my short story titled "Lungs" to be published in
@innerworlds.bsky.social
😊
Contract signed!
Expect my short story titled "Lungs" to be published in
@innerworlds.bsky.social
😊
August 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Okay....
Contract signed!
Expect my short story titled "Lungs" to be published in
@innerworlds.bsky.social
😊
Contract signed!
Expect my short story titled "Lungs" to be published in
@innerworlds.bsky.social
😊
Updated the 'published works' section of my website this weekend, and I was surprised at how many of the mags with my earlier poems are no longer in existence
Sigh
Might try to find a home again for one of my very favourites
But its been a whiille since I submitted a poem.
Any recommendations?
Sigh
Might try to find a home again for one of my very favourites
But its been a whiille since I submitted a poem.
Any recommendations?
August 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Updated the 'published works' section of my website this weekend, and I was surprised at how many of the mags with my earlier poems are no longer in existence
Sigh
Might try to find a home again for one of my very favourites
But its been a whiille since I submitted a poem.
Any recommendations?
Sigh
Might try to find a home again for one of my very favourites
But its been a whiille since I submitted a poem.
Any recommendations?
Yay!
Peep my story in the TOC
A tale about a fraught and complex mother-daughter relationship, a genius scientist who uses math to open up the cosmos, and using love to navigate unbearable grief.
Excited to share it later this week.
And the other stories here? Incredible.
Peep my story in the TOC
A tale about a fraught and complex mother-daughter relationship, a genius scientist who uses math to open up the cosmos, and using love to navigate unbearable grief.
Excited to share it later this week.
And the other stories here? Incredible.
August 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Yay!
Peep my story in the TOC
A tale about a fraught and complex mother-daughter relationship, a genius scientist who uses math to open up the cosmos, and using love to navigate unbearable grief.
Excited to share it later this week.
And the other stories here? Incredible.
Peep my story in the TOC
A tale about a fraught and complex mother-daughter relationship, a genius scientist who uses math to open up the cosmos, and using love to navigate unbearable grief.
Excited to share it later this week.
And the other stories here? Incredible.
Guess who wants to crochet another (mesh) sweater?
June 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Guess who wants to crochet another (mesh) sweater?