I'm attending #SeattleWorldcon2025 virtually and I'm a panelist on 2 sessions. Hope I bump into y'all (I'm in the discord as well)

"The first Negro tooth purchased for George Washington came from a blacksmith, who died that very year at Mount Vernon of the flux."

Fascinating alternative history with a healthy sprinkling of fantasy elements by @pdjeliclark.bsky.social

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Rumour has it that the landlord's wife, Iya Latifah, changes into 3 black cats that lurk around the Well. No one is allowed to fetch water past 7 pm. One day, when the protagonist does, she wakes up to a death...

By Delight Ejiaka in @iskanchipress.bsky.social

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Cho Abi Sorocaba, broker of planets, acquires an unknown object from a long-dead spacefaring civilisational in the far reaches of the universe. They were bipedal beings, warm-blooded with at least two sexes...

Amazing sci-fi by Adam Oyebanji in @baenbooks.bsky.social

www.baen.com/Chapters/A97...

2 herdsmen attack Woppa Diallo and her sister Awa as they're going home late from school. They get away but an unusually heavy rain falls & the herdsmen are found half-eaten...

Social commentary horror by @mamebougouma.bsky.social & Woppa Diallo

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A machinist android works on 2 patients who have lost some memory and need cyberized brains constructed to be restored. But along the way, the machinist realizes itself gaining individuality.

🤖🤯 Sci-fi by @tochitruestory.bsky.social in @asimovssfmag.bsky.social

www.asimovs.com/wp-content/u...

Aminata's longing for Moussa takes her back to the Festival in the Dessert in Essakane, Mali where she meets him and her grandmother Néné.

"Let your voice shake the world."

Melancholic, jazzy, afrosurreal story by @aishatuado.bsky.social

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It's 2037. Sex work is legal in Kenya but might be recriminalized in the upcoming elections. 35-year-old Mandy gets caught up in the moral battleground.

Sex robots & heartbreak in this dramatic near-future spec fic by Noni R. Mwangi in @iskanchipress.bsky.social

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When an explosion cuts off communication between the Mars N-12 surface exploration crew and Nerio station, Folake Adeyemi knows she needs to go and help. Her brother Femi is down there...

Touching #africanfuturism by @wtalabi.bsky.social in @analogsf.bsky.social

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Chika lost her baby brother, Olisa, to a car accident. Against the advice of her witch coven, she enlists Prof. Nwokolo's help to bring his double back from a parallel dimension.

Intriguing, moving science fantasy by @izom-chisom.bsky.social in @mythaxis.bsky.social

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Living the life of a were leopard has erased Odinaka's memories. He lives alone in a once occupied village. He meets a female shifter who shows him hiding away isn't sustainable...

Thrilling action-drama by @ephraimorji.bsky.social in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social 🪐📚💙

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An extramarital affair goes awry when Nonso's wife sets him & Joseph up to be beaten. Joseph seeks revenge from the most powerful ritualist in Abuja.

Drama, passion, and #africanjujuism in this story by @plangdineple.bsky.social in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social 🪐📚💙

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One fateful night in 1919, Ben, a young company clerk, had an encounter with Mami Wota, Lady of the River Niger. He remembers it like it was yesterday...

Urban fantasy story by Chinua Achebe

People are turning into trees spontaneously. The Children of Gaea believe it's a curse from Mother Earth for destroying the planet. A family in Lagos deal with the loss of their father.

Gripping sci-fi by H. B. Asari in Adda Stories @cwfcreatives.bsky.social 🪐📚💙

www.addastories.org/arboretum/

Our narrator is gravely ill with an unknown disease. She contemplates her life. Is the pain of living worth it? Or should she join her ancestors in Roratha the Spirit World?

Heartbreaking story by @vf12.bsky.social in @apexmag.bsky.social #africansff 🪐📚💙

www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...

After 10 years of being married to Ismaïla, Magar finally gives birth to a baby boy. But due to an old grudge, the baby is kidnapped by a djinné...

@mdmoustaf.bsky.social serving badass old woman fantasy action! 💪🏾💥👵🏾 10/10 #africansff 🪐📚💙

mythaxis.co.uk/issue-23/cur...