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Chisom Umeh
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Spec Fic Writer | Time traveler | Entrepreneur | Words in @Omenana @Clarkesworld @Apex Mag, and elsewhere
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Chisom Umeh @chisomumeh.bsky.social · Dec 21
Happy to see that my story has now been published in audio, narrated by the wonderful Kate Baker. Please do listen, if you haven't already 😊
clarkesworldmagazine.com Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · Dec 20
Now on the Clarkesworld podcast:
"From Across Time" by Chisom Umeh, narrated by Kate Baker
Audio: clarkesworldmagazine.com/audio_12_24a/
Text: clarkesworldmagazine.com/umeh_12_24/
"Dear Adaeze," the dark woman in the video says, "if you're watching this, then I no longer exist. At least to you." Cover art by Alex Ries is titled "Water's Edge." Two aliens make their way to the edge of the water. Sand dunes occupy the background under a blue sky. Aliens resemble raptors in form, but with fur, six limbs and four eye stalks.
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aliettedebodard.com
Twitter absolutely sold books for me--directly when I mentioned my books and also less directly because I connected to people who then read my books
And the other way round I found out about tons of books through twitter and bought them.
karidru.bsky.social Kari Dru @karidru.bsky.social · Dec 30
I feel like if you are Stephen King, any book selling twitter may have done for you might go unnoticed but for everybody else, everything I've read for like the past decade is because somebody I think is nice said "hey, I or my friend wrote a book about stuff you like and it's cheap."
ritabriar.bsky.social Rita Briar she/they @ritabriar.bsky.social · Dec 27
I think it's been drummed into us that "twitter doesn't sell books" and that's maybe carrying over
December 30, 2024 at 9:20 AM
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renanbernardo.com
I've made this thread with some great short fic I've read this year, but I think it's weirdly structured now. People's answers seem all mixed up and in a confusing order, so I think threads are still not working so fine around here.
renanbernardo.com Renan Bernardo @renanbernardo.com · Nov 11
Eligibility season is coming up and it's time to celebrate the wonderful short fiction I've read this year (in no particular order). There's more to come so keep an eye on this thread!

(It doesn't include everything I've read and liked. Otherwise it would be an endless list.)
December 29, 2024 at 1:04 PM
chisomumeh.bsky.social
BlueSky's been acting funny with my account for a while now, but I'm glad I'm finally here and can find other African writers through this thread. Thanks for putting this together, @somtoihezue.bsky.social
somtoihezue.bsky.social Somto Ihezue @somtoihezue.bsky.social · Nov 10
For new authors and readers migrating from the bad place, here’s a starter pack of African Speculative Fiction writers you can read and follow✨
go.bsky.app/TVLxXew
December 30, 2024 at 8:44 AM
chisomumeh.bsky.social
Do it!
prisoner187.bsky.social Mwenya S. Chikwa - Future Ancient 🇿🇲 @prisoner187.bsky.social · Dec 27
Spoil yourself and enjoy some amazing #africansff
chisomumeh.bsky.social Chisom Umeh @chisomumeh.bsky.social · Dec 21
Happy to see that my story has now been published in audio, narrated by the wonderful Kate Baker. Please do listen, if you haven't already 😊
December 29, 2024 at 8:29 PM
chisomumeh.bsky.social
I'm really happy you enjoyed reading it.
hawajande.bsky.social Fahngeh 🇱🇷 @hawajande.bsky.social · Dec 27
African writers, yor a whole ✨️wawu✨️. What a story! @izom-chisom.bsky.social
clarkesworldmagazine.com Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · Dec 20
Now on the Clarkesworld podcast:
"From Across Time" by Chisom Umeh, narrated by Kate Baker
Audio: clarkesworldmagazine.com/audio_12_24a/
Text: clarkesworldmagazine.com/umeh_12_24/
December 29, 2024 at 8:27 PM
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clarkesworldmagazine.com
Now on the Clarkesworld podcast:
"The Coffee Machine" by Celia Corral-Vázquez, translated by Sue Burke, narrated by Kate Baker
Audio: clarkesworldmagazine.com/audio_12_24f/
Text: clarkesworldmagazine.com/corral-vazqu...
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"# Unit COFFEE_VENDOR.06 # Notification of new update 09:00 A.M. [Installing update_Exp.42] Process: 100% complete Self-execute (update_Exp.42);" Cover art by Alex Ries is titled "Water's Edge." Two aliens make their way to the edge of the water. Sand dunes occupy the background under a blue sky. Aliens resemble raptors in form, but with fur, six limbs and four eye stalks.
December 29, 2024 at 7:42 PM
chisomumeh.bsky.social
Enjoyed reading this. Quite brilliant, Liam.
December 29, 2024 at 4:14 PM
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aliettedebodard.com
I hate doing that but with the current state of crisis (loved one in hospital + other stuff I won't go into), I'd love to have some income.
If looking for last minute Xmas presents, please consider my book? It has space jellyfish and martial arts and sapphic romance
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Navigational Entanglements
A "Best of" Pick by Lit Hub | Amazon | New Scientist!Award-winning author of The Red Scholar’s Wake Aliette de Bodard comes for your heart with a compellin...
us.macmillan.com
December 21, 2024 at 1:13 PM
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premeemohamed.com
Aaaaaaa delighted to see THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST on @bookriot.bsky.social 's best dang horror reads of the year (after it made the 'Best Books of 2024 So Far' list)!!!

There is some SCARY STUFF IN HERE!

bookriot.com/the-best-dan...
The Best Dang Horror Reads of 2024
Read your way into eight of the scariest and most compelling horror novels of 2024.
bookriot.com
December 21, 2024 at 3:28 AM
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drawmanley.bsky.social
December 19, 2024 at 8:39 PM
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wiswell.bsky.social
Unveiling my second novel: WEARING THE LION.

This himbo hero Heracles, Hera's biggest fan, collects a menagerie of monsters in pursuit of the god who destroyed his family.

The trouble? Hera is responsible, and she'll do anything to hide the truth.

Coming June, 2025!
A book cover! The art is by Tyler Miles Lockett. A twinkling night sky and verdant set of hills part to reveal some unusual figures. Heracles, in the middle of a wardrobe malfunction, struggles to keep a giant lion aloft on his shoulders. The lion nuzzles and licks at him like a house cat, while Heracles looks befuddled. In the distance, night casts shadows over a giant statue of Hera, standing over her house of worship, almost like she is watching Heracles and the lion. Text on the cover reads: JOHN WISWELL. WEARING THE LION.
November 19, 2024 at 2:57 PM
chisomumeh.bsky.social
Happy to see that my story has now been published in audio, narrated by the wonderful Kate Baker. Please do listen, if you haven't already 😊
clarkesworldmagazine.com Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · Dec 20
Now on the Clarkesworld podcast:
"From Across Time" by Chisom Umeh, narrated by Kate Baker
Audio: clarkesworldmagazine.com/audio_12_24a/
Text: clarkesworldmagazine.com/umeh_12_24/
"Dear Adaeze," the dark woman in the video says, "if you're watching this, then I no longer exist. At least to you." Cover art by Alex Ries is titled "Water's Edge." Two aliens make their way to the edge of the water. Sand dunes occupy the background under a blue sky. Aliens resemble raptors in form, but with fur, six limbs and four eye stalks.
December 21, 2024 at 3:11 AM
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astrokatie.com
A new analysis of data from the Juno spacecraft suggests that the ice shell covering the ocean on Jupiter's moon Europa might be WAY thicker than anticipated. (With comments from @theplanetaryguy.bsky.social)

Possibly bad news for any hope of life signs from Europa Clipper, currently en route. 🧪🔭
Surprisingly thick ice on Jupiter’s moon Europa complicates hunt for life
Revelation is blow to hopes for habitability and future space missions
www.science.org
December 19, 2024 at 7:17 PM
chisomumeh.bsky.social
Hello, just opened this new account.
December 19, 2024 at 11:05 PM