Dare
@dsfalowo.bsky.social
earthworker • chronic ills & portals • neurodivergent scribe • author of CAGED OCEAN DUB • work in F&SF, The Dark, Omenana, Baffling, Africa Risen etc • of Codex & the Sauutiverse 🏳️🌈
my debut collection is officially out in Nigeria today! after being born in the US & the UK in 2023, it came here to meet me halfway. i am fizzing with gratitude to the Supreme Being, to the publisher, to kindest friends, and to all future readers.
Welcome to the weird.👹
Welcome to the weird.👹
October 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
my debut collection is officially out in Nigeria today! after being born in the US & the UK in 2023, it came here to meet me halfway. i am fizzing with gratitude to the Supreme Being, to the publisher, to kindest friends, and to all future readers.
Welcome to the weird.👹
Welcome to the weird.👹
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Publication Day! ZamaShort #6 'Sindi Fair' by Dare Segun Falowo @dsfalowo.bsky.social
In the mythical African Kingdom of Uju, Chief Len and his son Fren must undertake a journey to find a cure. A tale of magic, achillean romance and finding one’s true self.
#booksky #fantasy #lgbtq #AfricanSFF
In the mythical African Kingdom of Uju, Chief Len and his son Fren must undertake a journey to find a cure. A tale of magic, achillean romance and finding one’s true self.
#booksky #fantasy #lgbtq #AfricanSFF
October 1, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Publication Day! ZamaShort #6 'Sindi Fair' by Dare Segun Falowo @dsfalowo.bsky.social
In the mythical African Kingdom of Uju, Chief Len and his son Fren must undertake a journey to find a cure. A tale of magic, achillean romance and finding one’s true self.
#booksky #fantasy #lgbtq #AfricanSFF
In the mythical African Kingdom of Uju, Chief Len and his son Fren must undertake a journey to find a cure. A tale of magic, achillean romance and finding one’s true self.
#booksky #fantasy #lgbtq #AfricanSFF
I'VE GOT NEWS FOR YOU HONEY: am so excited for you all to read this short story and enter the world of Uju. Loosely inspired by fairytales, esp. Cinderella and the myth of Persephone + a first exploration of queer romance in my ouevre.
Out October 1!
Out October 1!
ZamaShort 6 ‘Sindi Fair’ by Dare Segun Falowo @dsfalowo.bsky.social
In the mythical African Kingdom of Uju, Chief Len and his son Fren must undertake a journey to find a cure. A tale of magic, achillean romance and finding one’s true self.
#AfricanSFF #booksky #fantasy #lgbtq
In the mythical African Kingdom of Uju, Chief Len and his son Fren must undertake a journey to find a cure. A tale of magic, achillean romance and finding one’s true self.
#AfricanSFF #booksky #fantasy #lgbtq
September 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I'VE GOT NEWS FOR YOU HONEY: am so excited for you all to read this short story and enter the world of Uju. Loosely inspired by fairytales, esp. Cinderella and the myth of Persephone + a first exploration of queer romance in my ouevre.
Out October 1!
Out October 1!
/so excited for my zamashort to hit the digital shelves/
September 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
/so excited for my zamashort to hit the digital shelves/
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Fantastic story by the excellent Dare Segun Falowo @dsfalowo.bsky.social acquired, will release 1st Oct. 2025 (we have been working on it a while, just finalised everything).
#AfricanSFF #booksky 🪐📚💙
#AfricanSFF #booksky 🪐📚💙
September 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Fantastic story by the excellent Dare Segun Falowo @dsfalowo.bsky.social acquired, will release 1st Oct. 2025 (we have been working on it a while, just finalised everything).
#AfricanSFF #booksky 🪐📚💙
#AfricanSFF #booksky 🪐📚💙
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Yeyo
Digital and acrylic on paper
2012
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One of my faves from the archive. It set the stage for how I see & envision my paintings. Embodied, archetypal, ancestral, futurist, jewel tones anchored in the dust and browns of the earth, mythological.
Inspired by Erkyah Badu's Yeyo (and mom trauma lol)
Digital and acrylic on paper
2012
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One of my faves from the archive. It set the stage for how I see & envision my paintings. Embodied, archetypal, ancestral, futurist, jewel tones anchored in the dust and browns of the earth, mythological.
Inspired by Erkyah Badu's Yeyo (and mom trauma lol)
September 5, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Yeyo
Digital and acrylic on paper
2012
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One of my faves from the archive. It set the stage for how I see & envision my paintings. Embodied, archetypal, ancestral, futurist, jewel tones anchored in the dust and browns of the earth, mythological.
Inspired by Erkyah Badu's Yeyo (and mom trauma lol)
Digital and acrylic on paper
2012
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One of my faves from the archive. It set the stage for how I see & envision my paintings. Embodied, archetypal, ancestral, futurist, jewel tones anchored in the dust and browns of the earth, mythological.
Inspired by Erkyah Badu's Yeyo (and mom trauma lol)
COVER REVEAL
Hi all!
I am excited to share the cover of my debut collection of short stories, "Caged Ocean Dub", which will be published in Nigeria, by Masobe Books. I look forward to the book finding a fresh audience in its home country, and am honored to be a new member of the Masobe family.
🐉🌊🌞
Hi all!
I am excited to share the cover of my debut collection of short stories, "Caged Ocean Dub", which will be published in Nigeria, by Masobe Books. I look forward to the book finding a fresh audience in its home country, and am honored to be a new member of the Masobe family.
🐉🌊🌞
July 12, 2025 at 7:51 AM
COVER REVEAL
Hi all!
I am excited to share the cover of my debut collection of short stories, "Caged Ocean Dub", which will be published in Nigeria, by Masobe Books. I look forward to the book finding a fresh audience in its home country, and am honored to be a new member of the Masobe family.
🐉🌊🌞
Hi all!
I am excited to share the cover of my debut collection of short stories, "Caged Ocean Dub", which will be published in Nigeria, by Masobe Books. I look forward to the book finding a fresh audience in its home country, and am honored to be a new member of the Masobe family.
🐉🌊🌞
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hi
currently in a too-narrow place, destabilized. chronically ill. still in the process of finding a new home + safe nook, after surviving a mob and losing my living space to prejudice, in September of last year.
aid, boost.
pls. everything helps.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-ds-fa...
currently in a too-narrow place, destabilized. chronically ill. still in the process of finding a new home + safe nook, after surviving a mob and losing my living space to prejudice, in September of last year.
aid, boost.
pls. everything helps.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-ds-fa...
Donate to Help D.S. Falowo Create a New Home and Heal, organized by Ranti Olaose
*Help D.S. Falowo Create a New Home and Heal*
Update 1: an MRI of my s… Ranti Olaose needs your support for Help D.S. Falowo Create a New Home and Heal
www.gofundme.com
December 6, 2024 at 10:19 AM
hi
currently in a too-narrow place, destabilized. chronically ill. still in the process of finding a new home + safe nook, after surviving a mob and losing my living space to prejudice, in September of last year.
aid, boost.
pls. everything helps.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-ds-fa...
currently in a too-narrow place, destabilized. chronically ill. still in the process of finding a new home + safe nook, after surviving a mob and losing my living space to prejudice, in September of last year.
aid, boost.
pls. everything helps.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-ds-fa...
Happy New Year all. May this new cycle be good to us. ✨ 🎇 ✨
January 1, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Happy New Year all. May this new cycle be good to us. ✨ 🎇 ✨
hi
currently in a too-narrow place, destabilized. chronically ill. still in the process of finding a new home + safe nook, after surviving a mob and losing my living space to prejudice, in September of last year.
aid, boost.
pls. everything helps.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-ds-fa...
currently in a too-narrow place, destabilized. chronically ill. still in the process of finding a new home + safe nook, after surviving a mob and losing my living space to prejudice, in September of last year.
aid, boost.
pls. everything helps.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-ds-fa...
Donate to Help D.S. Falowo Create a New Home and Heal, organized by Ranti Olaose
*Help D.S. Falowo Create a New Home and Heal*
Update 1: an MRI of my s… Ranti Olaose needs your support for Help D.S. Falowo Create a New Home and Heal
www.gofundme.com
December 6, 2024 at 10:19 AM
hi
currently in a too-narrow place, destabilized. chronically ill. still in the process of finding a new home + safe nook, after surviving a mob and losing my living space to prejudice, in September of last year.
aid, boost.
pls. everything helps.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-ds-fa...
currently in a too-narrow place, destabilized. chronically ill. still in the process of finding a new home + safe nook, after surviving a mob and losing my living space to prejudice, in September of last year.
aid, boost.
pls. everything helps.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-ds-fa...
Bodies of Sand and Blood by @plangdineple.bsky.social is rich in possibility. A look at what it takes to create a truer self, against all odds.
www.castofwonders.org/2024/04/cast...
www.castofwonders.org/2024/04/cast...
Cast of Wonders 580: Bodies of Sand and Blood | Cast of Wonders
Sneaking into your father’s shrine is one of the most stupid things you have ever done, yet you feel entirely at home among the hanging masks and horsetails. Lanterns beside the doorway and at the…
www.castofwonders.org
December 3, 2024 at 10:35 AM
Bodies of Sand and Blood by @plangdineple.bsky.social is rich in possibility. A look at what it takes to create a truer self, against all odds.
www.castofwonders.org/2024/04/cast...
www.castofwonders.org/2024/04/cast...
Cast of Wonders 580: Bodies of Sand and Blood | Cast of Wonders
Sneaking into your father’s shrine is one of the most stupid things you have ever done, yet you feel entirely at home among the hanging masks and horsetails. Lanterns beside the doorway and at the…
www.castofwonders.org
November 27, 2024 at 8:37 AM
Bodies of Sand and Blood by @plangdineple.bsky.social is rich in possibility. A look at what it takes to create a truer self, against all odds.
www.castofwonders.org/2024/04/cast...
www.castofwonders.org/2024/04/cast...
This is my first ever book, a collection called "CAGED OCEAN DUB". Released June 2023. It contains a rich collage of big and small stories across a variety of textures and genres, all set in Nigeria. It is published on Android Press in the US.
#africansff
#africansff
November 25, 2024 at 8:12 AM
This is my first ever book, a collection called "CAGED OCEAN DUB". Released June 2023. It contains a rich collage of big and small stories across a variety of textures and genres, all set in Nigeria. It is published on Android Press in the US.
#africansff
#africansff
today is my birthday 🎂 i am honored to have lived this long to experience being and beauty on this earth.
November 15, 2024 at 1:02 PM
today is my birthday 🎂 i am honored to have lived this long to experience being and beauty on this earth.
welcome to all who are gathered in following.
not the most adept of Internet users but I'll try to share things I like / find and all keep u up to date with what I work on.
enjoy being alive!
not the most adept of Internet users but I'll try to share things I like / find and all keep u up to date with what I work on.
enjoy being alive!
November 14, 2024 at 3:37 PM
welcome to all who are gathered in following.
not the most adept of Internet users but I'll try to share things I like / find and all keep u up to date with what I work on.
enjoy being alive!
not the most adept of Internet users but I'll try to share things I like / find and all keep u up to date with what I work on.
enjoy being alive!
the general tone of global leadership seems more slippery, and 'off' than it has ever been. or maybe it's social media exposures letting us see just how bad we've always had it with men in power.
November 6, 2024 at 5:06 PM
the general tone of global leadership seems more slippery, and 'off' than it has ever been. or maybe it's social media exposures letting us see just how bad we've always had it with men in power.
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Hello everyone. Please read, share and comment on my first non fiction publication. Thank you!
One of this year's Milford Bursary recipients, @naomieselojor.bsky.social, reports on her week at the writing workshop at @gladlib.bsky.social in Sept: "I had always had such reckless optimism that my writing would literally take me places. And it has." milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com/2024/09/24/m...
Milford Report 2024 from Naomi Eselojor
I had just finished an exam at my university and was on my way home when my phone buzzed. I checked and it was a notification from Jacey. The subject of the email read: ‘Milford Acceptance’. Tears …
milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com
November 4, 2024 at 9:22 PM
Hello everyone. Please read, share and comment on my first non fiction publication. Thank you!
As a Nigerian writer of speculative fiction and a recipient of the ODE-organized Emeka Walter Dinjos Memorial Award for Disability in Speculative Fiction, I feel obliged to say something about what has been brought to the surface about Ekpeki's behaviour.
Here is my report on my experience with unethical behavior and bad faith dealings of Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki.
ethicsreport.tiiny.site
ethicsreport.tiiny.site
ODE_Ethics Report
ODE_Ethics Report
ethicsreport.tiiny.site
October 30, 2024 at 9:25 AM
As a Nigerian writer of speculative fiction and a recipient of the ODE-organized Emeka Walter Dinjos Memorial Award for Disability in Speculative Fiction, I feel obliged to say something about what has been brought to the surface about Ekpeki's behaviour.
hi.
Dare Segun Falowo, here. I'm author of Caged Ocean Dub and many other things. Looking for the spec fic arm of this here site.
Looking forward to wonderful new things.
Dare Segun Falowo, here. I'm author of Caged Ocean Dub and many other things. Looking for the spec fic arm of this here site.
Looking forward to wonderful new things.
October 29, 2024 at 7:30 AM
hi.
Dare Segun Falowo, here. I'm author of Caged Ocean Dub and many other things. Looking for the spec fic arm of this here site.
Looking forward to wonderful new things.
Dare Segun Falowo, here. I'm author of Caged Ocean Dub and many other things. Looking for the spec fic arm of this here site.
Looking forward to wonderful new things.
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August 8, 2023 at 4:28 PM
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