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A Kenyan-based SFFH literary journal showcasing the very best in African fantastika.

Issue V of WTBAP? The Anthology now available: https://willthisbeaproblem.co.ke/issue-5/

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Will This Be A Problem? @willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social · Aug 27
ICYMI: The Future Ancients by Mwenya S. Chikwa is a 2025 Nommo Award finalist in the Short Story category

Chikwa's work was aptly described as “a wildly imaginative and enjoyable Africanfuturist space opera” by Reactor Mag.

So well deserved. Congratulations, @prisoner187.bsky.social
Story cover of “The Future Ancients” by Mwenya S. Chikwa published in Issue 1 of WTBAP? The Magazine. The artwork shows three futuristic figures in stylised armour standing on rocky terrain under a purple sky, with a massive spacecraft hovering behind them. Text on the cover reads: The Future Ancients. The Nommo Nominated Short Story. A red badge notes: Nommo Finalist 2025. A review quote by Wole Talabi says: “…a wildly imaginative and enjoyable Africanfuturist space opera.” Shilitza Publishing Group logo is displayed at the bottom.
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Author Spotlight: Mwenya S. Chikwa (@prisoner187.bsky.social)

Meet one of the most exciting new voices in African speculative fiction! The Zambian writer’s work has appeared or is forthcoming in Asimov’s, Omenana, Flame Tree Press, Ubwali Literary Magazine, WTBAP, and more.
A promotional graphic for Will This Be A Problem’s Author Spotlight. The design features a circular photo of Zambian writer Mwenya S. Chikwa set against a dark teal patterned background with wavy line patterns. Below the photo, his name, “Mwenya S. Chikwa,” is displayed in golden lettering. The WTBAP logo appears at the top, the 2025 Nommo Awards badge and a website link are placed at the bottom. Teal textured background titled “Spotlight: Mwenya S. Chikwa" on a parchment-style banner at the top. The main text introduces him as a Zambian writer and a new voice in African speculative fiction. It highlights his published works in various publications, key award recognitions and forthcoming works. The WTBAP logo appears at the top, and a website link is placed at the bottom.
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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ICYMI: We’re sending out copies of our latest anthology to speculative fiction reviewers around the world.

If you’re in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, the US, UK, Canada, France, Australia or India, email us to request a copy. We can’t wait to hear your thoughts!

More here 👇🏿
Graphic poster set on an orange textured background with the WTBAP logo at the top. Main heading reads: Calling SFFH Book Reviewers. Main message reads: WTBAP? is inviting science fiction, fantasy and horror book reviewers to review our fifth issue of Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology. We can send physical copies to Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, the US, the UK, Canada, France, Australia and India. Note that you don’t have to be African/BIPOC. If you aren’t, we ask that you have a significant following or write for a decent-sized publication. Below is a contact email highlighted in red. The website address is at the bottom. A promotional graphic with the cover of Issue V of Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology is set on an orange textured background, with the WTBAP logo at the top and the website address at the bottom. Below, in large letters: Now Available. The cover illustration shows a regal figure in a red cape and blue suit standing on a reflective ground with mountains and stormy skies in the background.
November 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Author Spotlight: @gabbyharry.bsky.social

Meet the award-winning Nigerian writer behind some of our favourite speculative fiction. Her words have appeared in Strange Horizons, Omenana, Isele, Apparition, Flame Tree Press, The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction Volume 3, WTBAP and more.
A promotional graphic for Will This Be A Problem's Author Spotlight. The design features a circular photo of Nigerian writer Gabrielle Emem Harry set against a dark teal patterned background with wavy line patterns. Below the photo, her name, “Gabrielle Emem Harry,” is displayed in golden lettering. The WTBAP logo appears at the top, and a website link is placed at the bottom. Teal textured background titled “Spotlight: Gabrielle Emem Harry” on a parchment-style banner at the top. The main text introduces him as a Nigerian writer and avid reader. It highlights his published works in various publications, as well as his stort, Horror’s Many Sounds and Faces, a finalist for the 2020 Awele Creative Trust Award. The WTBAP logo appears at the top, and a website link is placed at the bottom.
November 7, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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In Stock at Shilitza Publishing: Issue V of WTBAP? The Anthology.

This collection gathers sixteen stories that confront the fractured truth head-on. You can order the ebook (Ksh 1000) or paperback (Ksh 1950) through our publisher website.

🔗 shilitzapublishing.com/product/will...

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Introduction by Olivia Kidula for Issue V of Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology. Displayed on an orange background with teal and grey accents, the WTBAP logo and stylised quote marks. Main text reads: These stories emerge from a continent where history’s scars still burn and alternate futures feel tantalisingly close. They were written against a backdrop of crises: genocides unfolding just beyond artificial borders; social media feeds tattooed by increasingly horrific images—ruined cities, ruined lives, ruined people and their cries for help lost in the cacophony of capitalism’s interruptions. A promotional graphic with the cover of Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: Issue V is set on an orange background. Below, in large letters: Available Now An arrow points to the book cover with a list of contributors. The cover illustration shows a regal figure in a red cape and blue suit standing on a reflective ground with mountains and stormy skies in the background. The website address appears at the bottom of the graphic and the WTBAP logo at the top.
November 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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In “Nonchalant,” Cheryl S. Ntumy builds a dystopian world through the intimate lens of a medicated woman and her detached partner, exposing what happens when society won’t let people be themselves.

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Excerpt from “Nonchalant” by Cheryl S. Ntumy, published in Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: 10th Anniversary Edition. Design is set on a textured teal background with abstract circular accents, spiral motifs and the WTBAP logo. The excerpt text reads: My face has an ashiness to it that I can’t place. The skin is smooth, creased by sleep but otherwise flawless. No spots. Not even one. Pride surges within, muffled only a little by the weakening drugs in my system. I’ll be taking another dose in a few hours and the next time I look in a mirror I’ll feel nothing. I relish this moment of dampened emotion and the flicker of anxiety that comes with it, and then the guilt sneaks in. I’m rotten. How does she stand me, useless as I am? I can’t stay one night without a fix. I have to look, I have to make sure my profile is perfect, my hair sits just so, my nightdress skims my thighs at the most flattering angle. A promotional graphic featuring a textured teal background with elegant grey and teal curved accents in the corners. The WTBAP logo appears at the top, while the website's URL sits at the bottom. Prominently displayed in the centre is the cover of "Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: 10th Anniversary Edition."
November 4, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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“Mushrooms Grow in the Dark” by @formerlykevin.bsky.social in Ojuju Magazine’s Halloween Issue

When ancient stone pillars begin to collapse across the world, they unearth that these monuments may have served a far darker purpose than history admits.

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Promotional graphic for “Mushrooms Grow in the Dark” by Kevin Rigathi, featured in Ojugu Magazine's Halloween Issue and shared by Will This Be A Problem? The background features a warm, brown texture with subtle, mushroom-like patterns. The title text is in teal and red, with the author’s name in green. Below is an illustrated cover showing a glowing, monstrous baby figure with outstretched hands and green eyes, set against a dark, earthy backdrop. Halloween-themed pumpkins decorate the bottom corners. WTBAP’s logo appears at the top, while the website link is displayed at the bottom. Excerpt graphic for “Mushrooms Grow in the Dark” by Kevin Rigathi, published in Ojugu Magazine’s Halloween Issue and shared by Will This Be A Problem? The background features a warm, brown texture with abstract storm-cloud effects and subtle mushroom illustrations. Halloween-themed pumpkins decorate the bottom corners. WTBAP’s logo appears at the top, while Ojuju Magazine’s website link is displayed at the bottom. The excerpt reads: When I was a child, my cousins delighted in scaring me. They were older, with claims to secret knowledge that they, unlike the adults, would share with me. Once, during a visit, they told me something about our neighbour. The man would die, they said, because his compound was rotten with mushrooms. If you saw mushrooms in such numbers in a home, death always followed. Everyone, according to them, knew this. They were playing with me, of course. Teasing in the time-honoured tradition of older cousins. Yet, our neighbour died the following week when they were gone and could not take back their words, and the story calcified into a kind of truth in my young mind. In the face of this creature, my mind dug up this old story and named the thing Obuoba. Mushroom. Because of its skin. Because it broke things down and absorbed them. Because it had been growing all this time, in the dark. Because it was a harbinger of death.
November 3, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Excerpt reading: Azure Arther’s “Do The Bop Bop” by Ken Nderitu.

While analog horror is usually associated with found footage on grainy VHS tapes, @litgalz.bsky.social skillfully manages to evoke the same feeling on the page with this short.

Listen here:
November 1, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Spotlight: #2025IgnyteAwards

Huge congratulations to African writers recognised at @theignyteawards.bsky.social, which continue to celebrate excellence in speculative fiction!
Digital graphic set in a purple background with wavy line patterns. At the centre, inside a circular frame, bold text reads “Spotlight: African Writers Excel at Ignyte Awards 2025.” The #2025IgnyteAwards logo appears in the center over an illustration of a person surrounded by flames. The WTBAP logo appears at the top, and a website link is placed at the bottom. The overall design highlights a spotlight theme. Purple textured background with the heading “African Writers Excel at the 20205 Ignyte Awards” on a blue banner. The main text reads: The winners of the 2025 Ignyte Awards, presented by FIYAH Literary Magazine, were announced earlier this month. Several African writers were among those celebrated across major categories, earning multiple wins and nominations. Their strong presence underscores the continent’s growing influence in global speculative fiction. Among the winners were Kenyan writer Shingai Njeri Kagunda, who won Outstanding Novelette for We Who Will Not Die, Nigerian writer Suyi Davies Okungbowa, who won Outstanding Novella for Lost Ark Dreaming and Nigerian poet Fasasi Ridwan, who took home Outstanding Speculative Poetry for Reliving: Post Trauma of the Lekki Tollgate Massacre. The Outstanding Creative Nonfiction award went to Afro-Centered Futurisms in Our Speculative Fiction, edited by Eugen Bacon (Tanzania/Australia). The collection features works by Aline-Mwezi Niyonsenga (Rwanda), Cheryl S. Ntumy (Ghana), Dilman Dila (Uganda), Nerine Dorman (South Africa), Nuzo Onoh (Nigeria), Shingai Njeri Kagunda (Kenya), Stephen Embleton (South Africa), Tobi Ogundiran (Nigeria) and Xan van Rooyen (South Africa). The WTBAP logo appears at the top, and a website link is placed at the bottom.
October 31, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Matseliso Motsoane's “Baby Potion” lays bare the simmering tensions between a woman who spends her marriage waiting for the other shoe to drop and the suspicious in-laws who keep her guessing.

Read the full story in Issue V of WTBAP? The Anthology
Excerpt from Matseliso Motsoane’s “Baby Potion” published in Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: Issue V. Displayed on a reddish background with abstract circular accents and the WTBAP logo. The excerpt reads: The potion came in its clay bowl, dark as night, reeking of roots from all manner of plant life. Lebo took one big gulp, and it hit the back of her throat, her face contorted from the bitterness, her eyes pinched closed, and she arrived. She landed on a shiny wooden surface. The polished finish could only be the diligent work of an ageing woman armed with Furniglos furniture oil. The smell sparked a brief nostalgia for Saturday mornings spent cleaning her mother's house. She had landed on Mama's dresser, appearing as small as an insect in between the patterns of her white crotchet doily. Across the room, Mama kneeled on one side of the bed, holding a small and aged leather pouch. She whispered something to the pouch, which, when Moleboheng strained her ears, became faintly audible. Introduction by Olivia Kidula for "Baby Potion” by Matseliso Motsoane, published in Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: Issue V. Displayed on a red background with teal and grey accents, the WTBAP logo and stylised quote marks. Main text reads: For some characters, the weight of change fractures their reality. In Matseliso Motsoane’s “Baby Potion”, circumstances force a woman to reexamine the seemingly commonplace details of her life, uncovering truths that force her to reconcile with a reality she was never meant to understand.
October 29, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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ICYMI: Our October newsletter is out! Catch up on highlights from Worldcon 2025, this year’s Nommo Awards shortlist (featuring one of our own!), the Baltimore Book Festival, a Strange Horizons review, and much more.

Read it here:
Our Worldcon 2025 Recap
Worldcon Highlights, Nommo Awards Shortlist, Baltimore Book Fest, Strange Horizons Review & A Call For Submissions
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October 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Michelle Angwenyi’s “What Happens When It Rains” follows a young girl whose encounter with otherworldly figures unravels the secrets of her bloodline and reveals the rain’s deep supernatural pull.

Read the full story here: willthisbeaproblem.co.ke/2017/04/04/w...
Excerpt from “What Happens When It Rains” by Michelle Angwenyi, published in Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: 10th Anniversary Edition. Design is set on a textured teal background with abstract circular accents, spiral motifs and the WTBAP logo. The excerpt text reads: My grandmother was carrying me out of the house on the day my mother died. The rain around us glittered in all the colours I knew – reds, yellows, and blues. The village people stood under the house roof, shivering, looking terrified. Some of the men and women were sobbing loudly. An old man sat by himself in the corner, looking unbearably sad. His face almost folded into itself with grief. I saw myself in my grandmother’s house a while after my mother’s death. The elementals around me were now dull and lifeless. I saw them now when I could not see them then. Trips into the forest lost their excitement; the animals became hard to find. The elementals stayed up in the trees, watching me. They could no longer play with me because they had to protect me. We stopped going for walks in the village. I noticed a certain darkness permeate the village. There were malevolent forces at work, and I had a sense of that. A promotional graphic featuring a textured teal background with elegant grey and teal curved accents in the corners. The WTBAP logo appears at the top, while the website's URL sits at the bottom. Prominently displayed in the centre is the cover of "Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: 10th Anniversary Edition."
October 28, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Our 10th Anniversary Edition is now available at Nuria! This special anthology celebrates the remarkable voices from across the continent that have helped shape WTBAP into what it is today.

You can order online or visit the shop to get your copy.

nuriakenya.com/product/10-y...
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October 27, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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The past two months were filled with major milestones and unforgettable moments for WTBAP. We recap everything in our latest newsletter!

Read it here: willthisbeaproblem.substack.com/p/our-worldc...
A teal-toned graphic featuring a confident Black woman with long braids, dark clothing and layered necklaces seated beside a black cat at the bottom right and the WTBAP logo at the top. In the centre, bold text reads: New in Our Newsletter. Below, a tagline says: Worldcon Highlights, Nommo Awards Shortlist, Baltimore Book Fest, Strange Horizons Review & A Call For Submissions A teal-toned graphic promoting *Will This Be A Problem?* newsletter featuring a seated Black woman with long braids, wearing layered jewellery and a dark off-shoulder outfit. The headline reads: Subscribe to the Newsletter” in large, stylised fonts. Main text says: Don't miss out on the latest from Will This Be A Problem? newsletter. Sign up today for early access, deep dives, exclusive merch and special offers straight to your inbox. A call-to-action button says: Sign Up via Link in Bio, and the URL at the bottom reads: willthisbeaproblem.substack.com/subscribe.
October 12, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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“Dinosaurs Once Lived Here” by @yvettel.bsky.social recounts when a planet called earth met its demise as told by Anansi’s cousin, the spirit of drunkenness.

Read the full story in Issue V of Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology.
Excerpt from Yvette Lisa Ndlovu’s ”Dinosaurs Once Lived Here”, published in Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: Issue V. Displayed on a reddish background with abstract circular accents and the WTBAP logo. The excerpt reads: The earth grows mouths and swallows cities whole. This is how the world ends. I lived on earth as a human, and it is this voice through which I tell this story. The teething, as it is come to be known, begins at the borders like molars breaking through a toddler's gums. The earth gazes upon borders, scrolling at the invention. How absurd to partition it's body into little hateful segments, putting up grotesque gates and barricades when the planet belongs to everyone and no one at once. The earth's rage bubbles to the surface from its core, there were many on the planet who had never experienced some of its corners. Only those with blue and red booklets were granted the leave to go where they wished, the ones with green booklets caged like birds longing to fly south. Introduction by Olivia Kidula for "Dinosaurs Once Lived Here" by Yvette Lisa Ndlovu, published in Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: Issue V. Displayed on a red background with teal and grey accents, the WTBAP logo and stylised quote marks. Main text reads: And, of course, speculative fiction revels in pushing the boundaries of reality beyond our own. We see this in Victor Forna’s “Mr. Original Swag,” where an offer to escape the ordinary comes with strings attached. Say yes to Mr. Original Swag, and he will hold your hand, fit his rust-orange fedora on his head, and dance you out of the world. Take you to his arena, outside space and time.
October 9, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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Author Spotlight: @ephraimorji.bsky.social

The Nigerian writer’s fiction has appeared in Omenana Magazine, Eboquills, Flame Tree’s African Ghost Story Collection, Kaleiodotrope, Will This Be a Problem? The Anthology and more.
A promotional graphic for Will This Be A Problem? Author Spotlight. The design features a circular photo of Nigerian writer Ephraim N. Orji set against a dark teal patterned background with wavy line patterns. The WTBAP logo appears at the top, and a website link is placed at the bottom. Heading reads: Author Spotlight. Below the photo, his name, “Ephraim N. Orji,” is displayed in golden lettering. Teal textured background titled “Spotlight: Ephraim N. Orji on a parchment-style banner at the top. The main text introduces him as a Nigerian writer and avid reader. It highlights his published works in various publications, as well as his stort, Horror’s Many Sounds and Faces, a finalist for the 2020 Awele Creative Trust Award. The WTBAP logo appears at the top, and a website link is placed at the bottom.
October 5, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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“The Soulless” by Peter Nena explores what happens when a man wagers his soul for survival and discovers the futility of dealing with powers beyond human grasp.

Full story in Issue I of Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology:

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Excerpt from “The Soulless” by Peter Nena, published in Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: Issue III. Displayed on a textured reddish background with starry & planet designs and the WTBAP logo. Main excerpt reads: There was a place in Karen where the Devil sometimes came through to Nairobi. It was an open field of about a quarter of an acre with a few tall trees, sporadic thickets, and patches of stunted grass. The trees and the thickets had yellow, sickly leaves and the grass was mostly burnt. But a building usually appeared there just moments before the Devil stepped out of a wall. It was an enormous building and it disappeared as soon as the Devil was gone. I had thought once that perhaps I should set traps there with massive chains, hooks and barbed wire—or even with a modified rat trap intended for something his size—and catch him unawares and torture him until he surrendered my soul. But I did not know what could hold him. He was a gigantic thing, and as heartless as only he could be. If he overcame the traps, he’d find me and squish me underneath his feet. Or worse, he would give my soul to Moloch. He had said that if I did not fulfil my end of the bargain, he would give my soul to Moloch. At the bottom, the website link appears. A promotional graphic with the cover of Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: Issue I. The background is deep red with abstract circles, planets and stars. Below, in large letters: Available on Website An arrow points to the book cover with a list of contributors. The cover illustration shows a regal figure in a red cape and blue suit standing on a reflective ground with mountains and stormy skies in the background. The website address appears at the bottom of the graphic.
October 2, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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“Mr Original Swag” by Victor Forna follows a flamboyant otherworldly being who will dance you out of the world. He offers an escape from the mundane, but at a steep price.

The story is published in our fifth anthology. Get a copy here: amazon.com/dp/B0DSPNNLRB

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Excerpt from Victor Forna’s “Mr. Original Swag”, published in Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: Issue V. Displayed on a reddish background with abstract circular accents and the WTBAP logo. The excerpt reads: I only put it together when I returned to blood and flesh. Mr. Original Swag and the mysterious statuary around Freetown. They started showing up way before he came to me. Correct me if I am wrong, but has this not been ongoing for four years? I didn’t see the connection that day at Kroo Town Road, but this is what I learned while away and since I came back—when Mr. Original Swag walks off with you, it is your soul and not your body that he travels lightyears with, that he takes across dimensions and quantum fields. Your soul. Or whatever energy lives beyond the physical. You want to know more about that? Okay. Too much description could affect the pacing of the interview. Nevermind. You know better than me, anyway. Introduction by Olivia Kidula for "Mr. Original Swag” by Victor Forna, published in Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: Issue V. Displayed on a red background with teal and grey accents, the WTBAP logo and stylised quote marks. Main text reads: And, of course, speculative fiction revels in pushing the boundaries of reality beyond our own. We see this in Victor Forna’s “Mr. Original Swag,” where an offer to escape the ordinary comes with strings attached. Say yes to Mr. Original Swag, and he will hold your hand, fit his rust-orange fedora on his head, and dance you out of the world. Take you to his arena, outside space and time.
October 1, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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This special tenth-anniversary edition presents the crème de la crème of our past decade’s publications. Each narrative in this volume is a unique testament to the anthology’s mission.

Get a copy from our bookstore or place your order here: shilitzapublishing.com/product/will...
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September 29, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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We’re kicking off our Author Spotlight series with Nigerian writer @nkereuwxm.bsky.social, whose debut novel, The Bone River, has just been released! Huge congratulations!

His work has been published in various outlets, including Omenana, Fusion Fragment, FIYAH, Vector Magazine, WTBAP and more.
A promotional graphic for Will This Be A Problem? Author Spotlight. The design features a circular photo of Nigerian writer Nkereuwem Albert set against a dark teal patterned background with wavy line patterns. The WTBAP logo appears at the top, and a website link is placed at the bottom. Heading reads: Author Spotlight. Below the photo, his name, “Nkereuwem Albert,” is displayed in golden lettering. Teal textured background titled “Spotlight: Nkereuwem Albert on a parchment-style banner at the top. The main text introduces him as a Nigerian speculative fiction writer and dentist, born in Lagos and his works shaped by his years in Calabar. It highlights his published short fiction and essays in various publications, as well as his prize-winning story, The House of Old Marian. It also mentions his sapphic urban fantasy debut novel, The Bone River. The WTBAP logo appears at the top, and a website link is placed at the bottom.
September 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Peter Nena’s “I Shot The Cheating Bastard” explores the unravelling of a mind pushed to the edge by love and loss, showing how life slips into chaos despite our attempts to hold it together.

Read full story here: willthisbeaproblem.co.ke/2015/11/28/i...
He had been an unequalled companion ever since she got dumped like an excess load. There was a book she had read about living with animals. It said that living with animals helped you to discover your humanity. But that was bullshit. You were already a human. You couldn’t find out what you were intrinsically, for even the process of that discovery was characteristic of your humanity. She had learnt from living with Q.O. that being an animal wasn’t bad. It was great. People thought animals were terrible because people were terrible. Being an animal was perhaps the best thing to happen to you, especially if you could keep off the clever know-it-all humans, who were perpetually on fire even if they thought they were underwater. Being a human meant that assholes and elbows surrounded you for the rest of your life, ruled (and overruled) by them. And your heart was breakfast for the goblins. A promotional graphic featuring a textured beige background with elegant orange and teal curved accents in the corners. The WTBAP logo appears at the top, while the website's URL sits at the bottom. Prominently displayed in the center is the cover of "Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: 10th Anniversary Edition."
September 25, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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In Mark Lekan Lalude’s “The Mortuary Man”, the dead are not always silent. A night attendant’s grip on reality frays and the descent into the macabre unfolds with chilling precision.

Full story in Issue III of Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology:

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Excerpt from “The Mortuary Man” by Mark Lekan Lalude, published in Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: Issue III. Displayed on a textured reddish background with starry & planet designs and the WTBAP logo. Main excerpt reads: The gurney was the vehicle that brought in the dead. Limp, silent and unresisting; the dead laid covered in blue rumpled sheets. Sometimes their flesh quivered in the careless abandon of death. The men that wheeled the gurneys to the room where the bodies were kept had little to say. In their blue, numbered work cloths, in the unhealthy darkness of their flesh and with tired yellow eyes, they presented a near picture of morbidness. At certain periods, a straggly crowd arrived with a hearse to take away an aged father, or a mother who died of brief illnesses, or a young son who was caught in fraternity violence at the university. All the bodies were said to be the same when taken for burial; ashen and stiff. At the bottom, the website link appears. A promotional graphic with the cover of Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: Issue III. The background is deep red with abstract circles, planets and stars. Below, in large letters: Available on Website An arrow points to the book cover with a list of contributors. The cover illustration shows a stylised figure of a child in red clothing, wearing aviator goggles and holding a spear, standing beside a large wolf-like creature. Behind them is a cloudy sky and a dark planet or moon. The website address appears at the bottom of the graphic.
September 24, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Do you read and review science fiction, fantasy or horror? We’d love to send you a copy of Issue V. We have physical copies available if you're in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, the US, UK, Canada, France, Australia or India.

More info here >
Graphic poster set on a dark teal textured background with floral accents and the WTBAP logo at the top. Main heading reads: Calling SFFH Book Reviewers. Main message reads: Will This Be A Problem? is inviting science fiction, fantasy and horror book reviewers to review our fifth issue of Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology. We can send physical copies to Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, the US, the UK, Canada, France, Australia and India. Note that you don’t have to be African/BIPOC. If you aren’t, we ask that you have a significant following or write for a decent-sized publication. Below is a contact email highlighted in red. The website address is at the bottom.
September 23, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Will always be grateful for the day I submitted to WTBAP? Anthology!

Go read us!🙈
willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social Will This Be A Problem? @willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social · Sep 22
“Why Donkeys Have 44 Teeth” by Peter Nena

“Commensalism, or the Labyrinth’s Vessels” by @nkereuwxm.bsky.social

“Acceptance” by Khaya Maseko

“Ash Baby” by Andrew Dakalira

“The Sirangoi Fey Market” by @ephraimorji.bsky.social
Excerpt from Strange Horizons Review of Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: Issue V. Design is set on a teal background with curved orange and teal circular accents, the WTBAP logo at the top and the website's URL at the bottom. Main text reads: And amidst all the commentary and the sensibilities, the anthology resists categorisation throughout. It refuses to be cramped inside boxes. It never consents to one definition. Peter Nena’s “Why Donkeys Have 44 Teeth,” for example, features creatures with donkey-human-bat traits that are cursed by an ancient witch preying on kids through their dreams; Albert Nkereuwem’s “Commensalism, or the Labyrinth’s Vessels” has a sentient slime trying to understand humanity after having taken it over and Khaya Maseko’s “Acceptance” destroys time itself, removing the present from the past, the many versions of reality colliding, co-existing, co-forming simultaneously. Elsewhere, Andrew Dakalira’s “Ash Baby” imagines the Biblical tale of Job as a never-ending chain of cruelty and endless victims; and “The Sirangoi Fey Market” by Ephraim Orji is located in a bazaar existing on the cusp of the sane and the mystical, the worldly and the otherworldly, as a woman seeks a shaman to execute. A promotional graphic with a textured teal background, orange and teal circular accents, the WTBAP logo at the top and the website's URL at the bottom. At the centre is WTBAP’s anthology cover for Issue V.
September 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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@strangehorizons.bsky.social describes Issue V as a chaotic, genre-defying constellation of stories that resists categorisation and models a form of narrative rebellion 🧵

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Graphic set on a teal background with curved orange and teal circular accents and the WTBAP logo. Below the logo, teal text reads: What reviewers are saying about. Followed by bold black text: Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: Issue V. In the centre stands a man wearing a bright orange patterned suit, surrounded by a trail of colourful stars and sparkles flowing across the bottom. Website URL appears at the bottom, with three red swipe arrows pointing right in the lower corner. Excerpt from Strange Horizons Review of Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: Issue V. Design is set on a teal background with curved orange and teal circular accents, the WTBAP logo at the top and the website's URL at the bottom. Text reads: The book is the latest product of a thriving speculative fiction ecosystem across the African continent. Over the last decade, African writers have been reclaiming genre spaces, building their own speculative traditions rooted in local myth and anti-colonial politics. Many of these writers consciously draw on Africanfuturism, a term coined by Nnedi Okorafor, a mode of imagining that keeps its gaze rooted in Africa—its cultures and its histories—rather than relying on Western filters.
September 22, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Kevin Rigathi’s “War of Harmony” tells of a music teacher turned god, whose every act of creation is shadowed by destruction, forcing him to confront the inseparability of the two.

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Excerpt from “Where The Gods Go” by Kevin Rigathi published in Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: 10th Anniversary Edition. Design is set on a textured beige and orange background with abstract circular accents, spiral motifs and the WTBAP logo. The excerpt text reads: Nairobi was, once again, gone. Where the city had stood just hours before, it was little more than an extended cinder. The skyline hadn’t just been altered… there wasn’t one. Previously existing skyscrapers had collapsed, entire streets levelled—an entire city reduced to mounds of debris and dark clouds of smoke within mere minutes. Ikinya looked over it all, waiting for something to happen, but there was only silence. There were no screams of pain or cries for help out in the smoke; there was just a quiet, fallen city. This time, there were no survivors. Power was already surging through him; he wanted to rebuild the city but decided against it. What would have been the point? Rebuilding Nairobi would have just been a cosmetic change then. No one was in the city, and nobody would be willing to venture in for some days. It could wait. A promotional graphic with a textured beige background with curved orange and teal corner accents, the WTBAP logo at the top and the website's URL at the bottom. At the centre is the cover of Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: 10th Anniversary Edition.
September 22, 2025 at 6:42 AM