Mwenya S. Chikwa - Future Ancient 🇿🇲
@prisoner187.bsky.social
Zambian. Some times writer, all times reader. Impractical dreamer on the eternal journey. Living through apocalypse while learning to smile.
Work in Omenana magazine, Ubwali Literary Magazine & WTBAP?
My short stories: https://linktr.ee/Mwenya_S_Chikwa
Work in Omenana magazine, Ubwali Literary Magazine & WTBAP?
My short stories: https://linktr.ee/Mwenya_S_Chikwa
Pinned
Ubwali Literary Magazine
www.ubwali.com
Check out my new short. Planet hopping nomad meets terrestrial nomads when she falls out of a strange sky and gets stranded. Has dance as a form of long distance communications and space altering baobabs (sort of).
www.ubwali.com/you-can-alwa...
www.ubwali.com/you-can-alwa...
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For the curious, this is the book.
I promise, no one gets stalked.
There's a pursuit though. Think Fury Road, but with two bodyguards who don't trust each other up against an enemy that can't die.
www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
I promise, no one gets stalked.
There's a pursuit though. Think Fury Road, but with two bodyguards who don't trust each other up against an enemy that can't die.
www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
The Nightward
Sturgeon, Nebula, Locus, and Ignyte awards finalist R.S.A. Garcia’s scifantasy debut novel—the first in a duology—in which Caribbean mythology meets The Wit...
www.harpercollins.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
For the curious, this is the book.
I promise, no one gets stalked.
There's a pursuit though. Think Fury Road, but with two bodyguards who don't trust each other up against an enemy that can't die.
www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
I promise, no one gets stalked.
There's a pursuit though. Think Fury Road, but with two bodyguards who don't trust each other up against an enemy that can't die.
www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
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A poignant story about a father and a son and a third person who needs so badly to be acknowledged. Just as much as any person in a society that ignores systemic issues and can crush the human spirit so easily. Still, we persist.
by @wiswell.bsky.social in @reactorsff.bsky.social
by @wiswell.bsky.social in @reactorsff.bsky.social
Phantom View - Reactor
A disabled son care-taking for a disabled father tries to understand the mysterious blur haunting them.
reactormag.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A poignant story about a father and a son and a third person who needs so badly to be acknowledged. Just as much as any person in a society that ignores systemic issues and can crush the human spirit so easily. Still, we persist.
by @wiswell.bsky.social in @reactorsff.bsky.social
by @wiswell.bsky.social in @reactorsff.bsky.social
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Please help Eslam's family survive Israel's continuing genocide in Gaza, which has left Palestinians homeless and starving as cold winter rains flood the camps. Donations are very slow since the 'ceasefire':
November 16, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Please help Eslam's family survive Israel's continuing genocide in Gaza, which has left Palestinians homeless and starving as cold winter rains flood the camps. Donations are very slow since the 'ceasefire':
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just sent ~270 form rejections for Fantasy Magazine - the mag is closing and issue 100 will not be published
Shingai & I felt this issue would be extremely important, particularly given the state of things in the US and the world
sending warmth & love to folks: keep going, keep shining!❤️🔥
Shingai & I felt this issue would be extremely important, particularly given the state of things in the US and the world
sending warmth & love to folks: keep going, keep shining!❤️🔥
November 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
just sent ~270 form rejections for Fantasy Magazine - the mag is closing and issue 100 will not be published
Shingai & I felt this issue would be extremely important, particularly given the state of things in the US and the world
sending warmth & love to folks: keep going, keep shining!❤️🔥
Shingai & I felt this issue would be extremely important, particularly given the state of things in the US and the world
sending warmth & love to folks: keep going, keep shining!❤️🔥
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No donations for 2 days. Thank you to everyone who's shared & donated for your generosity. But support has fallen a lot. Please help Archita reach her goal and get some semblance of security in this terrible time for her and her mother.
Fellow Calcuttan writer/editor Archita Mittra is in desperate need of financial help. She recently lost her father, her home was damaged in the recent rains, & her mother's in hospital. They don't have insurance, & she's a freelancer. I can vouch for her. Please share widely & donate:
Donate to Help Archita and Her Mom Rebuild Their Lives, organized by tehseen baweja
Hey Everyone! My name is Tehseen and I publish an online magazine called T… tehseen baweja needs your support for Help Archita and Her Mom Rebuild Their Lives
www.gofundme.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
No donations for 2 days. Thank you to everyone who's shared & donated for your generosity. But support has fallen a lot. Please help Archita reach her goal and get some semblance of security in this terrible time for her and her mother.
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Gaza Government Media Office says Israel fully responsible for humanitarian, security repercussions from its violations.
Israel has violated Gaza truce nearly 500 times in 44 days, killed hundreds
Gaza Government Media Office says Israel fully responsible for humanitarian, security repercussions from its violations.
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Gaza Government Media Office says Israel fully responsible for humanitarian, security repercussions from its violations.
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Can't wait until I'm allowed to tell you all about my next novelette that revisits our favorite (and only) space-faring fenox Chesirah (link if you've forgotten) in an entanglement with the fae.
podcastle.org/2018/07/03/p...
podcastle.org/2018/07/03/p...
PodCastle 529: Chesirah - PodCastle
Chesirah By L. D. Lewis “It is almost time.” Chesirah smiled despite her screaming fingers. They were a blur, working feverishly to finish lacing together the last of her dark braids before Nazar the ...
podcastle.org
November 22, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Can't wait until I'm allowed to tell you all about my next novelette that revisits our favorite (and only) space-faring fenox Chesirah (link if you've forgotten) in an entanglement with the fae.
podcastle.org/2018/07/03/p...
podcastle.org/2018/07/03/p...
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Getting some contributor's copies lately...! Fusion Fragment is up first - if you're up for a fascinating mixture of SFF short stories, I hope you give it a closer look! 💙
My cover illustration is based on the story by Cressida Roe.
My cover illustration is based on the story by Cressida Roe.
November 17, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Getting some contributor's copies lately...! Fusion Fragment is up first - if you're up for a fascinating mixture of SFF short stories, I hope you give it a closer look! 💙
My cover illustration is based on the story by Cressida Roe.
My cover illustration is based on the story by Cressida Roe.
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No donations for 2 days. Please help Archita reach her goal and get some semblance of security in this terrible time for her and her mother.
Fellow Calcuttan writer/editor Archita Mittra is in desperate need of financial help. She recently lost her father, her home was damaged in the recent rains, & her mother's in hospital. They don't have insurance, & she's a freelancer. I can vouch for her. Please share widely & donate:
Donate to Help Archita and Her Mom Rebuild Their Lives, organized by tehseen baweja
Hey Everyone! My name is Tehseen and I publish an online magazine called T… tehseen baweja needs your support for Help Archita and Her Mom Rebuild Their Lives
www.gofundme.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
No donations for 2 days. Please help Archita reach her goal and get some semblance of security in this terrible time for her and her mother.
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Will This Be A Problem? Issue V. Edited by Olivia Kidula and Somto Ihezue. hararereview.wordpress.com/2025/03/12/w...
Will This Be A Problem? Issue V. Edited by Olivia Kidula and Somto Ihezue.
308 pp. Published January 4, 2025. Anthology of short African fiction. Love African SFF! I’m a huge fan. The finished quality isn’t always even, and I confess I often get grumpy about editing quali…
hararereview.wordpress.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Will This Be A Problem? Issue V. Edited by Olivia Kidula and Somto Ihezue. hararereview.wordpress.com/2025/03/12/w...
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Embracer-owned Crystal Dynamics confirms another round of layoffs
Embracer-owned Crystal Dynamics confirms another round of layoffs
The Tomb Raider developer has now made three rounds of job cuts in 2025.
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Embracer-owned Crystal Dynamics confirms another round of layoffs
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I want to say that I don’t know why I haven’t been writing post Clarion West Writers Workshop but that isn’t true. Not having enough to keep my mom and me afloat is really stressing me out.
November 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I want to say that I don’t know why I haven’t been writing post Clarion West Writers Workshop but that isn’t true. Not having enough to keep my mom and me afloat is really stressing me out.
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Sssssooooo... yeah. (Wow!) 😳🤗
✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
November 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Sssssooooo... yeah. (Wow!) 😳🤗
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My horror debut LESSER HUNGERS is out today!
A haunted Chicago janitor discovers sentient mold is spreading cannibalistic urges through the city, one loving relationship at a time.
AMZ & KU: www.amazon.com/Lesser-Hunge...
Non-AMZ: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/lesser-hun...
A haunted Chicago janitor discovers sentient mold is spreading cannibalistic urges through the city, one loving relationship at a time.
AMZ & KU: www.amazon.com/Lesser-Hunge...
Non-AMZ: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/lesser-hun...
November 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
My horror debut LESSER HUNGERS is out today!
A haunted Chicago janitor discovers sentient mold is spreading cannibalistic urges through the city, one loving relationship at a time.
AMZ & KU: www.amazon.com/Lesser-Hunge...
Non-AMZ: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/lesser-hun...
A haunted Chicago janitor discovers sentient mold is spreading cannibalistic urges through the city, one loving relationship at a time.
AMZ & KU: www.amazon.com/Lesser-Hunge...
Non-AMZ: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/lesser-hun...
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Tinker by Wen Spencer
Extremely competent chaos goblin inventor, extremely dangerous wildlife, and Pittsburg transported to an elven world. This cemented my love of urban fantasy. Tinker is an absolute favourite character, and each book expands the world enormously.
Extremely competent chaos goblin inventor, extremely dangerous wildlife, and Pittsburg transported to an elven world. This cemented my love of urban fantasy. Tinker is an absolute favourite character, and each book expands the world enormously.
November 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Tinker by Wen Spencer
Extremely competent chaos goblin inventor, extremely dangerous wildlife, and Pittsburg transported to an elven world. This cemented my love of urban fantasy. Tinker is an absolute favourite character, and each book expands the world enormously.
Extremely competent chaos goblin inventor, extremely dangerous wildlife, and Pittsburg transported to an elven world. This cemented my love of urban fantasy. Tinker is an absolute favourite character, and each book expands the world enormously.
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A surprise drop for your weekend reading pleasure! Check out our special reprint issue: SINNERS, SAINTS & HAINTS! Guest editors: @edenroyce.bsky.social + @shakeemasmalls.bsky.social Cover by @goblinprincete.bsky.social
Black authors been IN these genre streets, don't let anyone say otherwise 🔥🔥🔥
Black authors been IN these genre streets, don't let anyone say otherwise 🔥🔥🔥
November 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
A surprise drop for your weekend reading pleasure! Check out our special reprint issue: SINNERS, SAINTS & HAINTS! Guest editors: @edenroyce.bsky.social + @shakeemasmalls.bsky.social Cover by @goblinprincete.bsky.social
Black authors been IN these genre streets, don't let anyone say otherwise 🔥🔥🔥
Black authors been IN these genre streets, don't let anyone say otherwise 🔥🔥🔥
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Behold*! The audio version of my science fiction novella THE APOLOGISTS read by Kate Baker.
[*Or some archaism that means to listen. Heed? Hark? 🤷🏾♂️]
[*Or some archaism that means to listen. Heed? Hark? 🤷🏾♂️]
The Apologists by Tade Thompson (audio)
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
clarkesworldmagazine.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Behold*! The audio version of my science fiction novella THE APOLOGISTS read by Kate Baker.
[*Or some archaism that means to listen. Heed? Hark? 🤷🏾♂️]
[*Or some archaism that means to listen. Heed? Hark? 🤷🏾♂️]
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The Patience of the Equator
by Brishbhanu Baruah
"A cat prancing across the solar system
re-arranging
the planets"
Link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
#poetry #speculativepoetry #specpo #sff
by Brishbhanu Baruah
"A cat prancing across the solar system
re-arranging
the planets"
Link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
#poetry #speculativepoetry #specpo #sff
November 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The Patience of the Equator
by Brishbhanu Baruah
"A cat prancing across the solar system
re-arranging
the planets"
Link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
#poetry #speculativepoetry #specpo #sff
by Brishbhanu Baruah
"A cat prancing across the solar system
re-arranging
the planets"
Link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
#poetry #speculativepoetry #specpo #sff
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In our latest Q&A, find out how how Allen M. Steele's insatiable curiosity drove him turn one story about a lost spacecraft into an entire trilogy that concludes in our Nov/Dec issue
fromearthtothestars.com/2025/11/11/q...
fromearthtothestars.com/2025/11/11/q...
Q&A With Allen M. Steele
In our [November/December issue, on sale now], Allen M. Steele concludes the story of the missing crew behind the Lemuria 7, which vanished on the moon. Read our latest interview with Allen to lear…
fromearthtothestars.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:57 PM
In our latest Q&A, find out how how Allen M. Steele's insatiable curiosity drove him turn one story about a lost spacecraft into an entire trilogy that concludes in our Nov/Dec issue
fromearthtothestars.com/2025/11/11/q...
fromearthtothestars.com/2025/11/11/q...
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DEI is so 2023, apparently
This on the Future Class page on TGA website being removed...
“Not only are they discontinuing the programme, but they’ve also eliminated any way for us to claim the honour that they provided,” Checo said.
As Class of 21 💩
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
This on the Future Class page on TGA website being removed...
“Not only are they discontinuing the programme, but they’ve also eliminated any way for us to claim the honour that they provided,” Checo said.
As Class of 21 💩
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
‘We were effectively props’: young stars of game development feel let down by the ‘gaming Oscars’
Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry’s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
DEI is so 2023, apparently
This on the Future Class page on TGA website being removed...
“Not only are they discontinuing the programme, but they’ve also eliminated any way for us to claim the honour that they provided,” Checo said.
As Class of 21 💩
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
This on the Future Class page on TGA website being removed...
“Not only are they discontinuing the programme, but they’ve also eliminated any way for us to claim the honour that they provided,” Checo said.
As Class of 21 💩
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
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3LBE Issue 46 debuts today with new original short fiction of weird, wonder, and horror by K.S. Walker, Brian Evenson, Nadia Bulkin, Corey Farrenkopf, Premee Mohamed, and Katie McIvor. Read three stories online, buy the full ebook, or become a patron subscriber. www.3lobedmag.com/issue46/
November 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
3LBE Issue 46 debuts today with new original short fiction of weird, wonder, and horror by K.S. Walker, Brian Evenson, Nadia Bulkin, Corey Farrenkopf, Premee Mohamed, and Katie McIvor. Read three stories online, buy the full ebook, or become a patron subscriber. www.3lobedmag.com/issue46/
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His short story “The Future Ancients”, published in our first magazine issue is nominated for the 2025 #nommoawards!
ASFS members, kindly consider voting for this trippy sci-fi adventure in the Short Story category. We’d be so grateful!
🔗 Read it here: willthisbeaproblem.co.ke/2024/11/05/t...
ASFS members, kindly consider voting for this trippy sci-fi adventure in the Short Story category. We’d be so grateful!
🔗 Read it here: willthisbeaproblem.co.ke/2024/11/05/t...
November 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
His short story “The Future Ancients”, published in our first magazine issue is nominated for the 2025 #nommoawards!
ASFS members, kindly consider voting for this trippy sci-fi adventure in the Short Story category. We’d be so grateful!
🔗 Read it here: willthisbeaproblem.co.ke/2024/11/05/t...
ASFS members, kindly consider voting for this trippy sci-fi adventure in the Short Story category. We’d be so grateful!
🔗 Read it here: willthisbeaproblem.co.ke/2024/11/05/t...
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His story “Haunting Justice” is among those published in the Flame Tree Gothic Fantasy collection. Expect legendary ghosts and spiritual healers.
🔗 www.simonandschuster.com/books/Africa...
🔗 www.simonandschuster.com/books/Africa...
November 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
His story “Haunting Justice” is among those published in the Flame Tree Gothic Fantasy collection. Expect legendary ghosts and spiritual healers.
🔗 www.simonandschuster.com/books/Africa...
🔗 www.simonandschuster.com/books/Africa...