Osahon
@osahon4545.bsky.social
God first. writer. he/him. Alpha grad. Clarion ’23. Stories in The Rumpus, Clarkesworld, FIYAH. Enquiries: Osahon4545@yahoo.com
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How does depression feel like? Like a rock sitting on your head. Like a portal made of broken glass, that you created. In @nightmare-magazine.com is Body? Glass, a world where you can feel every pain. But what if you could feel more than just suffering? www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/body...
Body? Glass - Nightmare Magazine
My head. Let’s start with my hair, more specifically, follicle by follicle. Brown in color to match my eyes; curly like traps—I’m Black—see it now. My hair lies fluffy on my head, like a good wig for ...
www.nightmare-magazine.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
How does depression feel like? Like a rock sitting on your head. Like a portal made of broken glass, that you created. In @nightmare-magazine.com is Body? Glass, a world where you can feel every pain. But what if you could feel more than just suffering? www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/body...
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Story day! “O Mechfighter, O Starsinger” in @lightspeedmagazine.com is my epic space opera about lost ancestry that’s trying to be revived between a human trafficking survivor who sings to the stars and a soldier grappling with her complicity in war: www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/o-me...
O Mechfighter, O Starsinger - Lightspeed Magazine
The Starsinger, the Starsinger, the Starsinger, he sings. His histories have long been recorded—in every pit stop he has visited. In every station he has stayed. It may be just a minute of the traffic...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Story day! “O Mechfighter, O Starsinger” in @lightspeedmagazine.com is my epic space opera about lost ancestry that’s trying to be revived between a human trafficking survivor who sings to the stars and a soldier grappling with her complicity in war: www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/o-me...
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This is my second attempt at the series I've called The End is Nigh: A Review of Horror Media. This month, I've reviewed Body? Glass by Osahon Ize-Iyamu. I’m open to take suggestions for future months!
• www.osahonize.com
• short story can be found at: www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/body...
• www.osahonize.com
• short story can be found at: www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/body...
October 26, 2025 at 10:54 AM
This is my second attempt at the series I've called The End is Nigh: A Review of Horror Media. This month, I've reviewed Body? Glass by Osahon Ize-Iyamu. I’m open to take suggestions for future months!
• www.osahonize.com
• short story can be found at: www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/body...
• www.osahonize.com
• short story can be found at: www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/body...
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"Body? Glass" by @osahon4545.bsky.social
In two words, chilling and real
Brace yourself for this one
www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/body...
In two words, chilling and real
Brace yourself for this one
www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/body...
Body? Glass - Nightmare Magazine
My head. Let’s start with my hair, more specifically, follicle by follicle. Brown in color to match my eyes; curly like traps—I’m Black—see it now. My hair lies fluffy on my head, like a good wig for ...
www.nightmare-magazine.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
"Body? Glass" by @osahon4545.bsky.social
In two words, chilling and real
Brace yourself for this one
www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/body...
In two words, chilling and real
Brace yourself for this one
www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/body...
How does depression feel like? Like a rock sitting on your head. Like a portal made of broken glass, that you created. In @nightmare-magazine.com is Body? Glass, a world where you can feel every pain. But what if you could feel more than just suffering? www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/body...
Body? Glass - Nightmare Magazine
My head. Let’s start with my hair, more specifically, follicle by follicle. Brown in color to match my eyes; curly like traps—I’m Black—see it now. My hair lies fluffy on my head, like a good wig for ...
www.nightmare-magazine.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
How does depression feel like? Like a rock sitting on your head. Like a portal made of broken glass, that you created. In @nightmare-magazine.com is Body? Glass, a world where you can feel every pain. But what if you could feel more than just suffering? www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/body...
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ICYMI - read all about it
Story day! “O Mechfighter, O Starsinger” in @lightspeedmagazine.com is my epic space opera about lost ancestry that’s trying to be revived between a human trafficking survivor who sings to the stars and a soldier grappling with her complicity in war: www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/o-me...
O Mechfighter, O Starsinger - Lightspeed Magazine
The Starsinger, the Starsinger, the Starsinger, he sings. His histories have long been recorded—in every pit stop he has visited. In every station he has stayed. It may be just a minute of the traffic...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
October 9, 2025 at 7:45 PM
ICYMI - read all about it
ICYMI - read all about it
Story day! “O Mechfighter, O Starsinger” in @lightspeedmagazine.com is my epic space opera about lost ancestry that’s trying to be revived between a human trafficking survivor who sings to the stars and a soldier grappling with her complicity in war: www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/o-me...
O Mechfighter, O Starsinger - Lightspeed Magazine
The Starsinger, the Starsinger, the Starsinger, he sings. His histories have long been recorded—in every pit stop he has visited. In every station he has stayed. It may be just a minute of the traffic...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
October 9, 2025 at 7:45 PM
ICYMI - read all about it
Story day! “O Mechfighter, O Starsinger” in @lightspeedmagazine.com is my epic space opera about lost ancestry that’s trying to be revived between a human trafficking survivor who sings to the stars and a soldier grappling with her complicity in war: www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/o-me...
O Mechfighter, O Starsinger - Lightspeed Magazine
The Starsinger, the Starsinger, the Starsinger, he sings. His histories have long been recorded—in every pit stop he has visited. In every station he has stayed. It may be just a minute of the traffic...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Story day! “O Mechfighter, O Starsinger” in @lightspeedmagazine.com is my epic space opera about lost ancestry that’s trying to be revived between a human trafficking survivor who sings to the stars and a soldier grappling with her complicity in war: www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/o-me...
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Very loaded month, as I have two short stories coming out from @lightspeedmagazine.com @nightmare-magazine.com that could not be more different. Space opera about lost cultural history vs horror about existing
October 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Very loaded month, as I have two short stories coming out from @lightspeedmagazine.com @nightmare-magazine.com that could not be more different. Space opera about lost cultural history vs horror about existing
Very loaded month, as I have two short stories coming out from @lightspeedmagazine.com @nightmare-magazine.com that could not be more different. Space opera about lost cultural history vs horror about existing
October 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Very loaded month, as I have two short stories coming out from @lightspeedmagazine.com @nightmare-magazine.com that could not be more different. Space opera about lost cultural history vs horror about existing
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New story out! “Dad went out to Get the Milk” in @LightspeedMag is a fantasy piece about the costs of being an absent yet ‘providing’ parent, while also dealing with monsters from other worlds. Tune in if that’s your thing:
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/dad-...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/dad-...
August 16, 2025 at 12:14 PM
New story out! “Dad went out to Get the Milk” in @LightspeedMag is a fantasy piece about the costs of being an absent yet ‘providing’ parent, while also dealing with monsters from other worlds. Tune in if that’s your thing:
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/dad-...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/dad-...
New story out! “Dad went out to Get the Milk” in @LightspeedMag is a fantasy piece about the costs of being an absent yet ‘providing’ parent, while also dealing with monsters from other worlds. Tune in if that’s your thing:
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/dad-...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/dad-...
August 16, 2025 at 12:14 PM
New story out! “Dad went out to Get the Milk” in @LightspeedMag is a fantasy piece about the costs of being an absent yet ‘providing’ parent, while also dealing with monsters from other worlds. Tune in if that’s your thing:
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/dad-...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/dad-...
Two of my favourite stories come out in October, and coincidentally both in Lightspeed and Nightmare
August 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Two of my favourite stories come out in October, and coincidentally both in Lightspeed and Nightmare
I have a story out in Lightspeed this month that’s about…wanting your parent to leave you alone after they finish fighting monsters, so you can play on your Nintendo?
Don’t ask me too many questions
Don’t ask me too many questions
August 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I have a story out in Lightspeed this month that’s about…wanting your parent to leave you alone after they finish fighting monsters, so you can play on your Nintendo?
Don’t ask me too many questions
Don’t ask me too many questions
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New story day! “They Bought a House” in @nightmare-magazine.com is an unhinged haunted house set in Benin city. There are ghosts making ccoconut rice, there are people living in walls, and most importantly, there is Nothing 🤗. Read here: www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/they...
They Bought a House - Nightmare Magazine
The idea for this story began in my final week at the Clarion Writers Workshop. I wanted to write a haunted house horror story using stripped language, but unsurprisingly, it became strange and detail...
www.nightmare-magazine.com
January 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
New story day! “They Bought a House” in @nightmare-magazine.com is an unhinged haunted house set in Benin city. There are ghosts making ccoconut rice, there are people living in walls, and most importantly, there is Nothing 🤗. Read here: www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/they...
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All the World’s a Prison @failedarchitect.bsky.social Osahon Ize-Iyamu In not-so-distant-future Lagos, a young man finds himself locked out of his own apartment after being away due to a public mental breakdown, losing exclusive ownership of the apartment
All the World’s a Prison - Failed Architecture
In not-so-distant-future Lagos, a young man finds himself locked out of his own apartment after being away due to a public mental breakdown, losing ex...
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May 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
All the World’s a Prison @failedarchitect.bsky.social Osahon Ize-Iyamu In not-so-distant-future Lagos, a young man finds himself locked out of his own apartment after being away due to a public mental breakdown, losing exclusive ownership of the apartment
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Story day! What if Jack from Jack and Jill was used for rice + chicken? Or Mary’s little lamb was used for efo riro? “The Revised Version” is all about cooking nursery rhymes, but also the weight of family responsibility. Read here: theorangebee.substack.com/p/the-revise...
The Revised Version
Issue five: short fiction by Osahon Ize-Iyamu
theorangebee.substack.com
April 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Story day! What if Jack from Jack and Jill was used for rice + chicken? Or Mary’s little lamb was used for efo riro? “The Revised Version” is all about cooking nursery rhymes, but also the weight of family responsibility. Read here: theorangebee.substack.com/p/the-revise...
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Story day! For Failed Architecture, “All the World’s a Prison” is science fiction about the horrors of Lagos housing, but worse. What makes you eligible to possess a space? What if it’s taken from you? Read here: failedarchitecture.com/all-the-worl...
All the World’s a Prison - Failed Architecture
In not-so-distant-future Lagos, a young man finds himself locked out of his own apartment after being away due to a public mental breakdown, losing ex...
failedarchitecture.com
May 12, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Story day! For Failed Architecture, “All the World’s a Prison” is science fiction about the horrors of Lagos housing, but worse. What makes you eligible to possess a space? What if it’s taken from you? Read here: failedarchitecture.com/all-the-worl...
Story day! For Failed Architecture, “All the World’s a Prison” is science fiction about the horrors of Lagos housing, but worse. What makes you eligible to possess a space? What if it’s taken from you? Read here: failedarchitecture.com/all-the-worl...
All the World’s a Prison - Failed Architecture
In not-so-distant-future Lagos, a young man finds himself locked out of his own apartment after being away due to a public mental breakdown, losing ex...
failedarchitecture.com
May 12, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Story day! For Failed Architecture, “All the World’s a Prison” is science fiction about the horrors of Lagos housing, but worse. What makes you eligible to possess a space? What if it’s taken from you? Read here: failedarchitecture.com/all-the-worl...
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fun and creepy, with a real gut-punch at the end
Story day! What if Jack from Jack and Jill was used for rice + chicken? Or Mary’s little lamb was used for efo riro? “The Revised Version” is all about cooking nursery rhymes, but also the weight of family responsibility. Read here: theorangebee.substack.com/p/the-revise...
The Revised Version
Issue five: short fiction by Osahon Ize-Iyamu
theorangebee.substack.com
May 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
fun and creepy, with a real gut-punch at the end
Story day! What if Jack from Jack and Jill was used for rice + chicken? Or Mary’s little lamb was used for efo riro? “The Revised Version” is all about cooking nursery rhymes, but also the weight of family responsibility. Read here: theorangebee.substack.com/p/the-revise...
The Revised Version
Issue five: short fiction by Osahon Ize-Iyamu
theorangebee.substack.com
April 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Story day! What if Jack from Jack and Jill was used for rice + chicken? Or Mary’s little lamb was used for efo riro? “The Revised Version” is all about cooking nursery rhymes, but also the weight of family responsibility. Read here: theorangebee.substack.com/p/the-revise...
SPOILERS but I think there’s such an interesting parallel re: Remmick in Sinners and the Peoples Temple aka ‘Jonestown’ irl. Charismatic leader promising Black people that freedom can only exist in the confines of death.
Where are the essays on this or do I need to open laptop?
Where are the essays on this or do I need to open laptop?
April 28, 2025 at 5:35 AM
SPOILERS but I think there’s such an interesting parallel re: Remmick in Sinners and the Peoples Temple aka ‘Jonestown’ irl. Charismatic leader promising Black people that freedom can only exist in the confines of death.
Where are the essays on this or do I need to open laptop?
Where are the essays on this or do I need to open laptop?
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The protagonist is on the run from a Fox that tricked him into sacrificing himself to save his underground mining community from the end of the world. But he grows tired. He must outwit the fox.
By @osahon4545.bsky.social in @lightspeedmagazine.com
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/we-t...
By @osahon4545.bsky.social in @lightspeedmagazine.com
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/we-t...
We the People Excluding I - Lightspeed Magazine
We were in the mines when the world was falling apart. I remember, the earth was cracking, and the plants were going limp, and the world looked dark blue, less full of life. Everyone tried to group to...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
April 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The protagonist is on the run from a Fox that tricked him into sacrificing himself to save his underground mining community from the end of the world. But he grows tired. He must outwit the fox.
By @osahon4545.bsky.social in @lightspeedmagazine.com
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/we-t...
By @osahon4545.bsky.social in @lightspeedmagazine.com
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/we-t...
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Ever since Ogbe's mother became the soil in his garden, he's been pretty reclusive. He only focuses on tending to her. Weeding, watering, killing pests. An eternal penance.
Heartwrenching metaphorical fantasy by @osahon4545.bsky.social
www.sanspress.com/the-archive-...
Heartwrenching metaphorical fantasy by @osahon4545.bsky.social
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There's Never Time to Be — Sans. PRESS
In this speculative story by Osahon Ize-Iyamu, a son toils at the garden of his mother in an endless attempt to expunge his guilt and grief.
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April 21, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Ever since Ogbe's mother became the soil in his garden, he's been pretty reclusive. He only focuses on tending to her. Weeding, watering, killing pests. An eternal penance.
Heartwrenching metaphorical fantasy by @osahon4545.bsky.social
www.sanspress.com/the-archive-...
Heartwrenching metaphorical fantasy by @osahon4545.bsky.social
www.sanspress.com/the-archive-...
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Glad to see this pop up on my feed from a few months ago. It was a delight then, and it is a delight now.
New story day! “They Bought a House” in @nightmare-magazine.com is an unhinged haunted house set in Benin city. There are ghosts making ccoconut rice, there are people living in walls, and most importantly, there is Nothing 🤗. Read here: www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/they...
They Bought a House - Nightmare Magazine
The idea for this story began in my final week at the Clarion Writers Workshop. I wanted to write a haunted house horror story using stripped language, but unsurprisingly, it became strange and detail...
www.nightmare-magazine.com
April 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Glad to see this pop up on my feed from a few months ago. It was a delight then, and it is a delight now.