Suyi
@suyidavies.com
Author. He/him. Barely here.
Latest: SEASON OF THE SERPENT (August 2026) & LOST ARK DREAMING (Ignyte winner; Nebula finalist).
https://suyidavies.com/links
Latest: SEASON OF THE SERPENT (August 2026) & LOST ARK DREAMING (Ignyte winner; Nebula finalist).
https://suyidavies.com/links
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Lost Ark Dreaming wins the 2025 Ignyte Award for Outstanding Novella (full acceptance speech) — Suyi Davies Okungbowa
Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa wins the 2025 Ignyte Award for Outstanding Novella. Full acceptance speech follows.
suyidavies.com
Nobody asked me for an acceptance speech, but I have one anyway, because what the heck; because I respect the thankless work the @theignyteawards.bsky.social does each year; because I'm glad for good trouble; because I'm honoured to be honoured.
suyidavies.com/updates/lost... #2025IgnyteAwards
suyidavies.com/updates/lost... #2025IgnyteAwards
The number of messages I've failed to respond to this year must be a personal record. If I never* responded to you, I apologize.
*chances are that I still might, but you maybe want to take that with a grain of salt, lol.
*chances are that I still might, but you maybe want to take that with a grain of salt, lol.
November 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The number of messages I've failed to respond to this year must be a personal record. If I never* responded to you, I apologize.
*chances are that I still might, but you maybe want to take that with a grain of salt, lol.
*chances are that I still might, but you maybe want to take that with a grain of salt, lol.
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@niadavenport.bsky.social has been an incredible part of the SSF community. She's someone who has helped many others, including myself.
Please donate, if you can, to help her and her family through this awful loss.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ni...
Please donate, if you can, to help her and her family through this awful loss.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ni...
Donate to Support Nia and Her Children After Tragic Loss, organized by Lindsey Hart
Our hearts are with Nia, a beloved friend, author and advocate who has pou… Lindsey Hart needs your support for Support Nia and Her Children After Tragic Loss
www.gofundme.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
@niadavenport.bsky.social has been an incredible part of the SSF community. She's someone who has helped many others, including myself.
Please donate, if you can, to help her and her family through this awful loss.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ni...
Please donate, if you can, to help her and her family through this awful loss.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ni...
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SFF author Nia Davenport has tragically lost her husband; please consider contributing to her GoFundMe www.gofundme.com/f/support-ni...
Donate to Support Nia and Her Children After Tragic Loss, organized by Lindsey Hart
Our hearts are with Nia, a beloved friend, author and advocate who has pou… Lindsey Hart needs your support for Support Nia and Her Children After Tragic Loss
www.gofundme.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:13 AM
SFF author Nia Davenport has tragically lost her husband; please consider contributing to her GoFundMe www.gofundme.com/f/support-ni...
Process > product.
Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
November 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Process > product.
"The AI industry’s most important product at this moment is not a chatbot or a video generator; it’s the story the AI industry is telling about itself." www.theringer.com/2025/11/04/t...
How Catastrophic Is It If the AI Bubble Bursts? An FAQ.
The AI industry's most important product is not a chatbot or a video generator; it's the story the AI industry is telling about itself
www.theringer.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
"The AI industry’s most important product at this moment is not a chatbot or a video generator; it’s the story the AI industry is telling about itself." www.theringer.com/2025/11/04/t...
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The Treasury of British Comics Annual is out on the 12th November, featuring MYTEK THE MIGHTY, by:
📝 Script: @suyidavies.com
✏️ Pencils: @neocomicart.bsky.social
🎨 Colours: Barbara Nosenzo
🗨️ Letters: Jonathan Stevenson
Available to pre-order now: https://bit.ly/44E9Eib
📝 Script: @suyidavies.com
✏️ Pencils: @neocomicart.bsky.social
🎨 Colours: Barbara Nosenzo
🗨️ Letters: Jonathan Stevenson
Available to pre-order now: https://bit.ly/44E9Eib
November 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The Treasury of British Comics Annual is out on the 12th November, featuring MYTEK THE MIGHTY, by:
📝 Script: @suyidavies.com
✏️ Pencils: @neocomicart.bsky.social
🎨 Colours: Barbara Nosenzo
🗨️ Letters: Jonathan Stevenson
Available to pre-order now: https://bit.ly/44E9Eib
📝 Script: @suyidavies.com
✏️ Pencils: @neocomicart.bsky.social
🎨 Colours: Barbara Nosenzo
🗨️ Letters: Jonathan Stevenson
Available to pre-order now: https://bit.ly/44E9Eib
Says a lot about my current state of affairs that after I spent months trying to write and send a single newsletter, I managed to still mess it up by stating the incorrect month. This week's vibe: Big Yikes.
suyidavies.com/campaigns/vi...
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November 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Says a lot about my current state of affairs that after I spent months trying to write and send a single newsletter, I managed to still mess it up by stating the incorrect month. This week's vibe: Big Yikes.
suyidavies.com/campaigns/vi...
suyidavies.com/campaigns/vi...
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What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
October 28, 2025 at 2:23 AM
What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
My state of mind over the past few weeks:
October 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
My state of mind over the past few weeks:
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Congratulations to Guelph MFA alum @teresempierre.bsky.social on the release of #ASTHEEARTHDREAMS (House of Anansi), out now!
Edited by Terese Mason Pierre, this groundbreaking anthology of speculative fiction uplifts the spectacular imaginings, reflections, and hopes of Black writers in Canada.
Edited by Terese Mason Pierre, this groundbreaking anthology of speculative fiction uplifts the spectacular imaginings, reflections, and hopes of Black writers in Canada.
![[Image description: The book cover of AS THE EARTH DREAMS: BLACK CANADIAN SPECULATIVE STORIES is centered against a vibrant purple background with bees decorating the corners of the image. At the top, turquoise text reads “OUT NOW WITH HOUSE OF ANANSI.”]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vn4nljhzwixh6tnp4oktlg5v/bafkreie6zdbduhi6maxnkljizlmlk6zczteurik3j4xbo6aicznzwo53fy@jpeg)
October 16, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Congratulations to Guelph MFA alum @teresempierre.bsky.social on the release of #ASTHEEARTHDREAMS (House of Anansi), out now!
Edited by Terese Mason Pierre, this groundbreaking anthology of speculative fiction uplifts the spectacular imaginings, reflections, and hopes of Black writers in Canada.
Edited by Terese Mason Pierre, this groundbreaking anthology of speculative fiction uplifts the spectacular imaginings, reflections, and hopes of Black writers in Canada.
Wake up, babe. We ordered a second moon from Temu.
Red alert, poets! We now have two moons! I repeat: we now have two moons
October 22, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Wake up, babe. We ordered a second moon from Temu.
Major congrats to @vajra.me & RAKESFALL for winning the 2025 Ursula Le Guin prize. Happy days for SFF!
Congratulations to Vajra Chandrasekera (@vajra.me), recipient of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction for Rakesfall!
Chandrasekera's book was chosen by authors Matt Bell, Indra Das, Kelly Link, Sequoia Nagamatsu, and Rebecca Roanhorse.
Chandrasekera's book was chosen by authors Matt Bell, Indra Das, Kelly Link, Sequoia Nagamatsu, and Rebecca Roanhorse.
October 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Major congrats to @vajra.me & RAKESFALL for winning the 2025 Ursula Le Guin prize. Happy days for SFF!
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"Peak Day", 2025. A new employee at a fulfillment centre gets an orientation from the only other human employee in their unit.
Edited by @teresempierre.bsky.social. Published by @houseofanansi.bsky.social. On shelves now. (Hopefully on literally any other shelf than the Bad River's).
Edited by @teresempierre.bsky.social. Published by @houseofanansi.bsky.social. On shelves now. (Hopefully on literally any other shelf than the Bad River's).
October 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
"Peak Day", 2025. A new employee at a fulfillment centre gets an orientation from the only other human employee in their unit.
Edited by @teresempierre.bsky.social. Published by @houseofanansi.bsky.social. On shelves now. (Hopefully on literally any other shelf than the Bad River's).
Edited by @teresempierre.bsky.social. Published by @houseofanansi.bsky.social. On shelves now. (Hopefully on literally any other shelf than the Bad River's).
Books are really, really expensive right now. A much touted SFF hardcover release this week ran me ~$50 Canadian. I don't know how that's sustainable for a readership struggling with a crisis of affordability. I know there are ~reasons~ for this, but none of them reduces the sting.
The death of the mass market paperback means the cheapest book options are now 50% more expensive. Welcome to the book affordability crisis.
💙📚 #booksky
bookriot.com/were-in-a-bo...
💙📚 #booksky
bookriot.com/were-in-a-bo...
We're in a Book Affordability Crisis
The death of the mass market paperback means the cheapest book options are now 50% more expensive. Welcome to the book affordability crisis.
bookriot.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Books are really, really expensive right now. A much touted SFF hardcover release this week ran me ~$50 Canadian. I don't know how that's sustainable for a readership struggling with a crisis of affordability. I know there are ~reasons~ for this, but none of them reduces the sting.
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We up! In a day FULL of stellar releases to celebrate, behold our latest issue of FIYAH! Gods and Monsters. Six stories. Three poems. All we're missing are your grabby hands! 🥰
fiyahlitmag.com/shop/issues/...
fiyahlitmag.com/shop/issues/...
October 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
We up! In a day FULL of stellar releases to celebrate, behold our latest issue of FIYAH! Gods and Monsters. Six stories. Three poems. All we're missing are your grabby hands! 🥰
fiyahlitmag.com/shop/issues/...
fiyahlitmag.com/shop/issues/...
Happy book publication day to @tashasuri.bsky.social and The Isle in the Silver Sea!
October 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Happy book publication day to @tashasuri.bsky.social and The Isle in the Silver Sea!
"Peak Day", 2025. A new employee at a fulfillment centre gets an orientation from the only other human employee in their unit.
Edited by @teresempierre.bsky.social. Published by @houseofanansi.bsky.social. On shelves now. (Hopefully on literally any other shelf than the Bad River's).
Edited by @teresempierre.bsky.social. Published by @houseofanansi.bsky.social. On shelves now. (Hopefully on literally any other shelf than the Bad River's).
October 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
"Peak Day", 2025. A new employee at a fulfillment centre gets an orientation from the only other human employee in their unit.
Edited by @teresempierre.bsky.social. Published by @houseofanansi.bsky.social. On shelves now. (Hopefully on literally any other shelf than the Bad River's).
Edited by @teresempierre.bsky.social. Published by @houseofanansi.bsky.social. On shelves now. (Hopefully on literally any other shelf than the Bad River's).
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PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE is out today!
This is a Southern Gothic fantasy with family secrets, Gullah funeral traditions, a beautifully strange house, and a generous sprinkling of magic.
In hardcover, eBook, & audiobook
Available wherever books are sold.
#booksky #Blackbooksky
This is a Southern Gothic fantasy with family secrets, Gullah funeral traditions, a beautifully strange house, and a generous sprinkling of magic.
In hardcover, eBook, & audiobook
Available wherever books are sold.
#booksky #Blackbooksky
October 21, 2025 at 11:57 AM
PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE is out today!
This is a Southern Gothic fantasy with family secrets, Gullah funeral traditions, a beautifully strange house, and a generous sprinkling of magic.
In hardcover, eBook, & audiobook
Available wherever books are sold.
#booksky #Blackbooksky
This is a Southern Gothic fantasy with family secrets, Gullah funeral traditions, a beautifully strange house, and a generous sprinkling of magic.
In hardcover, eBook, & audiobook
Available wherever books are sold.
#booksky #Blackbooksky
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Getting to actually sit in on a panel this morning at @canconsffh.bsky.social, listening to the insightful @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social @suyidavies.com Luke R.J. Maynard and Sienna Tristen talk the intricacies of Slow Fiction.
#CanCon2025
#CanCon2025
October 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Getting to actually sit in on a panel this morning at @canconsffh.bsky.social, listening to the insightful @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social @suyidavies.com Luke R.J. Maynard and Sienna Tristen talk the intricacies of Slow Fiction.
#CanCon2025
#CanCon2025
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Colossal congrats to the amazing @suyidavies.com and LOST ARK DREAMING!!! And to everyone nominated and who took away an Ignyte Award today. Always an amazing ballot.
That's it! Congratulations winners and thank you for your contributions to such a beautiful SFFH landscape and community.
#2025IgnyteAwards
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/2025-results/
#2025IgnyteAwards
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/2025-results/
2025 Results - The Ignyte Awards
OUTSTANDING NOVEL: ADULT for novel-length work (40k words) Works intended for an adult audience BLACKHEART MAN – Nalo Hopkinson (S&S/Saga Press) METAL FROM HEAVEN – August Clarke (Erewhon Books) THE E...
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October 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Colossal congrats to the amazing @suyidavies.com and LOST ARK DREAMING!!! And to everyone nominated and who took away an Ignyte Award today. Always an amazing ballot.
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Lost Ark Dreaming was one of just two nominees I sent in for the Hugo Awards in the Best Novella category. I gave it a strong recommendation in my review in 2024:
skiffyandfanty.com/blog/book-re...
I'm very happy to see its excellence recognized by the Ignyte Awards!
skiffyandfanty.com/blog/book-re...
I'm very happy to see its excellence recognized by the Ignyte Awards!
The winner of the #2025IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Novella? LOST ARK DREAMING by @suyidavies.com
October 13, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Lost Ark Dreaming was one of just two nominees I sent in for the Hugo Awards in the Best Novella category. I gave it a strong recommendation in my review in 2024:
skiffyandfanty.com/blog/book-re...
I'm very happy to see its excellence recognized by the Ignyte Awards!
skiffyandfanty.com/blog/book-re...
I'm very happy to see its excellence recognized by the Ignyte Awards!
This week: basking in welcome good news & positive outcomes; swimming in anxiety over looming demands borne of said positive outcomes; feeling a bone-deep tiredness from the bodily work of managing said anxiety.
Looking forward to this weekend's Can*Con to alleviate some of that.
Looking forward to this weekend's Can*Con to alleviate some of that.
It's @canconsffh.bsky.social next weekend! I'm excited for: snazzy new venue; time with friends old & new; dope panels & events + fave Toronto bookstore @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social; the thrill of enthusiastic readers; copious beers; etc.
Thankfully, I have a slim schedule this year. See below!
Thankfully, I have a slim schedule this year. See below!
October 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This week: basking in welcome good news & positive outcomes; swimming in anxiety over looming demands borne of said positive outcomes; feeling a bone-deep tiredness from the bodily work of managing said anxiety.
Looking forward to this weekend's Can*Con to alleviate some of that.
Looking forward to this weekend's Can*Con to alleviate some of that.
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Jubilation!
Nobody asked me for an acceptance speech, but I have one anyway, because what the heck; because I respect the thankless work the @theignyteawards.bsky.social does each year; because I'm glad for good trouble; because I'm honoured to be honoured.
suyidavies.com/updates/lost... #2025IgnyteAwards
suyidavies.com/updates/lost... #2025IgnyteAwards
Lost Ark Dreaming wins the 2025 Ignyte Award for Outstanding Novella (full acceptance speech) — Suyi Davies Okungbowa
Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa wins the 2025 Ignyte Award for Outstanding Novella. Full acceptance speech follows.
suyidavies.com
October 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Jubilation!
Nobody asked me for an acceptance speech, but I have one anyway, because what the heck; because I respect the thankless work the @theignyteawards.bsky.social does each year; because I'm glad for good trouble; because I'm honoured to be honoured.
suyidavies.com/updates/lost... #2025IgnyteAwards
suyidavies.com/updates/lost... #2025IgnyteAwards
Lost Ark Dreaming wins the 2025 Ignyte Award for Outstanding Novella (full acceptance speech) — Suyi Davies Okungbowa
Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa wins the 2025 Ignyte Award for Outstanding Novella. Full acceptance speech follows.
suyidavies.com
October 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Nobody asked me for an acceptance speech, but I have one anyway, because what the heck; because I respect the thankless work the @theignyteawards.bsky.social does each year; because I'm glad for good trouble; because I'm honoured to be honoured.
suyidavies.com/updates/lost... #2025IgnyteAwards
suyidavies.com/updates/lost... #2025IgnyteAwards
Holy shit, what????
The winner of the #2025IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Novella? LOST ARK DREAMING by @suyidavies.com
October 12, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Holy shit, what????