Innocent Chizaram Ilo (The Yassification of Chinua Achebe)
@etherealilo.bsky.social
Dreamer. Recovering writer. Failed cat parent. Nwunye Jess. (They/Them, Crow Marinated in Rage)
I host #ShortStoryoftheWeek on here, every Friday.
Website: iamilocent.me
I host #ShortStoryoftheWeek on here, every Friday.
Website: iamilocent.me
Pinned
www.narrativemagazine.com
The #ShortStoryoftheWeek is "The Dishwashing Women" by Tryphena Yeboah. Ms. Yeboah weaves a searing tale that explores migration (physical and emotional), friendship, motherhood, and class. The language is lyrical and crisp.
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Breaking my hiatus on here with the announcement that my story "Bridge Gringo" had been published by Adi Magazine. You can read it here:
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Bridge Gringo
adimagazine.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Breaking my hiatus on here with the announcement that my story "Bridge Gringo" had been published by Adi Magazine. You can read it here:
adimagazine.com/articles/bri...
adimagazine.com/articles/bri...
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"Every year, the Nigerian government, through the Nigerian Christian Pilgrimage Commission (NCPC), spends taxpayer money to sponsor Nigerians to pilgrimages in Jerusalem to keep this idea of Jerusalem as home alive." ~ @etherealilo.bsky.social in @proteanmag.com
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The Propaganda of My Nigerian Childhood • Protean Magazine
Innocent Chizaram Ilo writes on his childhood in southern Nigeria, where the influence of conservative Christianity, intermingled with the traditional practices of the Igbo people, has created a recep...
proteanmag.com
April 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"Every year, the Nigerian government, through the Nigerian Christian Pilgrimage Commission (NCPC), spends taxpayer money to sponsor Nigerians to pilgrimages in Jerusalem to keep this idea of Jerusalem as home alive." ~ @etherealilo.bsky.social in @proteanmag.com
proteanmag.com/2021/09/01/t...
proteanmag.com/2021/09/01/t...
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Nwakaego's mother decides to renounce motherhood. Tired of her ungrateful husband and endless thankless work of rearing & feeding 4 children, she's eager to go through the renouncement ritual.
Piercing use of spec fic by @etherealilo.bsky.social in @grantamag.bsky.social
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Piercing use of spec fic by @etherealilo.bsky.social in @grantamag.bsky.social
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When A Woman Renounces Motherhood
Innocent Chizaram Ilo’s ‘When a Woman Renounces Motherhood’ is the 2020 Commonwealth Writers Short Story Prize regional winner from Africa.
granta.com
April 29, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Nwakaego's mother decides to renounce motherhood. Tired of her ungrateful husband and endless thankless work of rearing & feeding 4 children, she's eager to go through the renouncement ritual.
Piercing use of spec fic by @etherealilo.bsky.social in @grantamag.bsky.social
granta.com/when-a-woman...
Piercing use of spec fic by @etherealilo.bsky.social in @grantamag.bsky.social
granta.com/when-a-woman...
I wrote something and I want you to read it:
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January 2, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I wrote something and I want you to read it:
open.substack.com/pub/audacity...
open.substack.com/pub/audacity...
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I can finally let slip that I have a story coming out in the next issue of Omenana Speculative Fiction Magazine! And look at that ToC! Some awesome names there.
December 12, 2024 at 7:16 PM
I can finally let slip that I have a story coming out in the next issue of Omenana Speculative Fiction Magazine! And look at that ToC! Some awesome names there.
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the CEO of United Healthcare died and they started the investor meeting on time anyway.
He died thinking of claim denial percentages. Powerpoints. His contribution to society while denying claims to stage 4 cancer patients.
Work doesn't matter. Your contribution to humanity does. Remember that.
He died thinking of claim denial percentages. Powerpoints. His contribution to society while denying claims to stage 4 cancer patients.
Work doesn't matter. Your contribution to humanity does. Remember that.
December 5, 2024 at 1:49 AM
the CEO of United Healthcare died and they started the investor meeting on time anyway.
He died thinking of claim denial percentages. Powerpoints. His contribution to society while denying claims to stage 4 cancer patients.
Work doesn't matter. Your contribution to humanity does. Remember that.
He died thinking of claim denial percentages. Powerpoints. His contribution to society while denying claims to stage 4 cancer patients.
Work doesn't matter. Your contribution to humanity does. Remember that.
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Honored to have co-edited this exciting anthology alongside @dontcallmeliv.bsky.social and the @_WTBAP team. Working with these brilliant writers from all over Africa was utterly inspiring, and I’m grateful they trusted us with their work. These stories will stay with me—and you—forever✨
November 5, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Honored to have co-edited this exciting anthology alongside @dontcallmeliv.bsky.social and the @_WTBAP team. Working with these brilliant writers from all over Africa was utterly inspiring, and I’m grateful they trusted us with their work. These stories will stay with me—and you—forever✨
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I'm totally OK with being called woke. It just means that I'm showing off my green flags. Happy to follow others with green flags.
#woke
#woke
November 21, 2024 at 1:23 PM
I'm totally OK with being called woke. It just means that I'm showing off my green flags. Happy to follow others with green flags.
#woke
#woke
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Now is the time to remember that we've been here many times before. Hope and determination are the key to preserving everything we hold dear.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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Opinion | I wrote about a future American dystopia. But in real life, I’m full of hope.
Over and again in America, we've learned that the frightening changes that initially seemed to be permanent turned out to be temporary.
www.msnbc.com
November 20, 2024 at 4:25 AM
Now is the time to remember that we've been here many times before. Hope and determination are the key to preserving everything we hold dear.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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Hi all, I created a Science Fiction and Speculative Fiction Studies starter pack. This is for the academic study of SFFH :) The list is still tiny as I don't know who is here. Please let me know if you'd like to be added!
go.bsky.app/TDrfKpu
go.bsky.app/TDrfKpu
November 13, 2024 at 11:08 PM
Hi all, I created a Science Fiction and Speculative Fiction Studies starter pack. This is for the academic study of SFFH :) The list is still tiny as I don't know who is here. Please let me know if you'd like to be added!
go.bsky.app/TDrfKpu
go.bsky.app/TDrfKpu
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🚨Millions of people in this country are living in poverty, destitution & using food banks. It’s barely getting a mention.
I’m joining forces with @bigissue.bsky.social in calling for a POVERTY ZERO LAW - a statutory duty for every gov’t to set POVERTY REDUCTION TARGETS
youtu.be/uAr58YqXW7I?...
I’m joining forces with @bigissue.bsky.social in calling for a POVERTY ZERO LAW - a statutory duty for every gov’t to set POVERTY REDUCTION TARGETS
youtu.be/uAr58YqXW7I?...
🚨Millions of people are living in poverty, destitution & using food banks - It’s barely mentioned
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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November 16, 2024 at 8:30 AM
🚨Millions of people in this country are living in poverty, destitution & using food banks. It’s barely getting a mention.
I’m joining forces with @bigissue.bsky.social in calling for a POVERTY ZERO LAW - a statutory duty for every gov’t to set POVERTY REDUCTION TARGETS
youtu.be/uAr58YqXW7I?...
I’m joining forces with @bigissue.bsky.social in calling for a POVERTY ZERO LAW - a statutory duty for every gov’t to set POVERTY REDUCTION TARGETS
youtu.be/uAr58YqXW7I?...
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Trump Nods Vacantly As Elon Musk Rattles Off 10th Consecutive Video Game Recommendation
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November 15, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Trump Nods Vacantly As Elon Musk Rattles Off 10th Consecutive Video Game Recommendation
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Took this on the Space Needle in Seattle.
November 15, 2024 at 8:57 AM
Took this on the Space Needle in Seattle.
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What @bsky.app needs is a clearer verification process for organisations and media. Strongly suspect that is what is stopping those big beasts coming here - but if that is provided I can totally see this App eclipsing Twitter for good.
November 15, 2024 at 10:16 AM
What @bsky.app needs is a clearer verification process for organisations and media. Strongly suspect that is what is stopping those big beasts coming here - but if that is provided I can totally see this App eclipsing Twitter for good.
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Ty, a 13-year-old with autism and an intellectual disability, put a bunny in his backpack to show his friends.
Scared his toy would be confiscated, he told his teacher the school would “blow up” if anyone looked inside his bag.
He was arrested and charged with a felony — @propublica.org
Scared his toy would be confiscated, he told his teacher the school would “blow up” if anyone looked inside his bag.
He was arrested and charged with a felony — @propublica.org
A 13-year-old with autism got arrested after his backpack sparked fear. Only his stuffed bunny was inside.
Disability rights advocates said kids like Ty should not be getting arrested under Tennessee’s school threats law.
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November 14, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Ty, a 13-year-old with autism and an intellectual disability, put a bunny in his backpack to show his friends.
Scared his toy would be confiscated, he told his teacher the school would “blow up” if anyone looked inside his bag.
He was arrested and charged with a felony — @propublica.org
Scared his toy would be confiscated, he told his teacher the school would “blow up” if anyone looked inside his bag.
He was arrested and charged with a felony — @propublica.org
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GET ALL OF YOUR VACCINES NOW PEOPLE.
November 14, 2024 at 9:39 PM
GET ALL OF YOUR VACCINES NOW PEOPLE.
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This cabinet would be very funny if each idiot wasn’t going to harm lots of people in different but equally terrible ways.
November 14, 2024 at 9:26 PM
This cabinet would be very funny if each idiot wasn’t going to harm lots of people in different but equally terrible ways.
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Today's story recommendation on #BogiReads!
"Handala. The Olive, the Storm, and the Sea" by @soniasulaiman.bsky.social in @podcastle.org (originally in Sonia's short story collection - see below)
podcastle.org/2024/11/12/p...
Also the cool cover art in the embed is by @deltahead.bsky.social!
"Handala. The Olive, the Storm, and the Sea" by @soniasulaiman.bsky.social in @podcastle.org (originally in Sonia's short story collection - see below)
podcastle.org/2024/11/12/p...
Also the cool cover art in the embed is by @deltahead.bsky.social!
PodCastle 865: Handala. The Olive, The Storm, and the Sea - PodCastle
Handala. The Olive, the Storm, and the Sea by Sonia Sulaiman The little boy raised an umbrella over his head and looked out over the sea. His clothes were tattered, loose stitches of what had been a...
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November 15, 2024 at 2:36 AM
Today's story recommendation on #BogiReads!
"Handala. The Olive, the Storm, and the Sea" by @soniasulaiman.bsky.social in @podcastle.org (originally in Sonia's short story collection - see below)
podcastle.org/2024/11/12/p...
Also the cool cover art in the embed is by @deltahead.bsky.social!
"Handala. The Olive, the Storm, and the Sea" by @soniasulaiman.bsky.social in @podcastle.org (originally in Sonia's short story collection - see below)
podcastle.org/2024/11/12/p...
Also the cool cover art in the embed is by @deltahead.bsky.social!
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Red Lobster CEO says endless shrimp is never coming back because ‘I know how to do math’
Red Lobster CEO says endless shrimp is never coming back because 'I know how to do math'
Instead, Damola Adamolekun is going back to what made the company successful in the first place.
fortune.com
November 15, 2024 at 3:47 AM
Red Lobster CEO says endless shrimp is never coming back because ‘I know how to do math’
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Im about to buy more rocks for D&D
November 14, 2024 at 10:04 PM
Im about to buy more rocks for D&D