Omenana Speculative Fiction Magazine
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Omenana is a speculative fiction magazine that features stories by writers from Africa and those with African heritage.
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Lastly, “Gecko Girl” by Hussani Abdulrahim takes us on a body-horror ride that begins as a childhood game and spirals into a chilling transformation. omenana.com/2025/07/31/g...
Gecko Girl | Hussani Abdulrahim - omenana.com
Habiba is submerged in an ocean of geckos. She is drowning. She can’t breathe. She opens her mouth for air but geckos wrestle into the new space. When she finally bobs up, she sucks in an atmosphere o...
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August 7, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Lastly, “Gecko Girl” by Hussani Abdulrahim takes us on a body-horror ride that begins as a childhood game and spirals into a chilling transformation. omenana.com/2025/07/31/g...
“Dust and Echoes” by Amani Mosi is an ethereal journey into cultural loss and memory. Here, they stole Africa’s dreams and her songs, and buried them in your sleep; but the time has come for an ancient griot release the secrets and their melody. omenana.com/2025/07/31/d...
Dust and Echoes | Amani Mosi - omenana.com
Then the sound died. A silence fell. And one by one, the lanterns blinked out. He turned to run but the city dissolved underneath his feet — like sand slipping from a gourd. He woke up choking on
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August 7, 2025 at 7:49 AM
“Dust and Echoes” by Amani Mosi is an ethereal journey into cultural loss and memory. Here, they stole Africa’s dreams and her songs, and buried them in your sleep; but the time has come for an ancient griot release the secrets and their melody. omenana.com/2025/07/31/d...
In “Metempsukhōsis” by Chiemeka Akaigwe, a bold and unrepentant Gen Z influencer believes she’s cornered the art of control, until a supernatural reckoning takes her down a path of revelation. omenana.com/2025/07/31/m...
Metempsukhōsis | Chiemeka Akaigwe - omenana.com
Bala waits until her breathing is even before the smile leaves his face. He runs his hands softly through her hair, staring at her. His eyes, brightening until they are a fiery orange.“I told you, you...
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August 7, 2025 at 7:49 AM
In “Metempsukhōsis” by Chiemeka Akaigwe, a bold and unrepentant Gen Z influencer believes she’s cornered the art of control, until a supernatural reckoning takes her down a path of revelation. omenana.com/2025/07/31/m...
“Drum Call” by Seun Lari-Williams revisits the harrowing myth of the Abiku child—doomed to return again and again through the veil of life and death. omenana.com/2025/07/31/d...
Drum Call | Seun Lari-Williams - omenana.com
I had left her five times before, in seasons she named after hope: Joko, Bamidele, Durotimi, Bamitale. I watched each name wither on her tongue. But the sixth time, I paused.
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August 7, 2025 at 7:49 AM
“Drum Call” by Seun Lari-Williams revisits the harrowing myth of the Abiku child—doomed to return again and again through the veil of life and death. omenana.com/2025/07/31/d...
In Oyelude Jomiloju’s “The Things They Buried With the First Wife”, tradition digs up the past—literally. omenana.com/2025/07/31/t...
The Things They Buried With the First Wife | Oyelude Jomiloju - omenana.com
Omenana Speculative fiction magazine is a tri-monthly magazine that is open to submission from speculative fiction writers from across Africa and the African Diaspora.
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August 7, 2025 at 7:49 AM
In Oyelude Jomiloju’s “The Things They Buried With the First Wife”, tradition digs up the past—literally. omenana.com/2025/07/31/t...
We open with “The Return” by Jen Thorpe, a story set in a post-apocalyptic world where, with many things from the old world banned or extinct, a couple join the ranks of others who attempt to re-enact ancient ways of family life with the help of a robot. omenana.com/2025/07/31/t...
The Return | Jen Thorpe - omenana.com
"Once they hit the market everyone wanted one, and I mean everyone. It had been decades since anyone had a real one, so the idea that we could all have a try and see what it had been like in the old d...
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August 7, 2025 at 7:49 AM
We open with “The Return” by Jen Thorpe, a story set in a post-apocalyptic world where, with many things from the old world banned or extinct, a couple join the ranks of others who attempt to re-enact ancient ways of family life with the help of a robot. omenana.com/2025/07/31/t...
In this 33rd edition, our contributors once again challenge form, embrace myth, and confront the complex realities that live at the edge of the known.
August 7, 2025 at 7:49 AM
In this 33rd edition, our contributors once again challenge form, embrace myth, and confront the complex realities that live at the edge of the known.
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December 27, 2024 at 10:22 PM
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