ZamaShort
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ZamaShort is solely focused on the amazing powerhouse that is the single short story. We champion and add to the ever-growing multi-genre canon of African literature excellence and diversity.
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I've been following these coming out and bookmarking for when I have time to read and I think that time has come!! (Particularly excited about Piss Corpse as an RPCV and critical scholar of aid & development work...)
Thank you for doing this publishing labor and getting these stories out there!
Thank you for doing this publishing labor and getting these stories out there!
November 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I've been following these coming out and bookmarking for when I have time to read and I think that time has come!! (Particularly excited about Piss Corpse as an RPCV and critical scholar of aid & development work...)
Thank you for doing this publishing labor and getting these stories out there!
Thank you for doing this publishing labor and getting these stories out there!
As per the StoryTime Publishing mandate initialised in 2007, ZamaShort continues to champion and add to the ever-growing canon of African literature excellence and diversity.
November 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
As per the StoryTime Publishing mandate initialised in 2007, ZamaShort continues to champion and add to the ever-growing canon of African literature excellence and diversity.
The ZamaShort imprint series is solely focused on the amazing powerhouse that is the short story. We give each short story its own publication so that it may be read and enjoyed fully as a stand-alone publication.
November 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The ZamaShort imprint series is solely focused on the amazing powerhouse that is the short story. We give each short story its own publication so that it may be read and enjoyed fully as a stand-alone publication.
Kobo: www.kobo.com/se/en/ebook/...
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Vivlio: shop.vivlio.com/product/9789...
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Fable: fable.co/book/x-97891...
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Vivlio: shop.vivlio.com/product/9789...
November 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Get ‘When Two Sorcerers Collide’ here:
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Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FX2KBC5Z
(Also Amazon UK, DE, FR, ES, IT, NL, JP, BR, CA, MX, AU, IN)
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Direct from ZamaShort in our Bundle or by Subscription: selfany.com/s/ZamaShort
Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FX2KBC5Z
(Also Amazon UK, DE, FR, ES, IT, NL, JP, BR, CA, MX, AU, IN)
Apple: books.apple.com/us/book/when...
Libby: libbyapp.com/search/lerum...
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The ZamaShort imprint publishes excellent multi-genre single short stories by African authors, monthly.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Get ‘When Two Sorcerers Collide’ here:
Direct from ZamaShort in our Bundle or by Subscription: selfany.com/s/ZamaShort
Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FX2KBC5Z
(Also Amazon UK, DE, FR, ES, IT, NL, JP, BR, CA, MX, AU, IN)
Apple: books.apple.com/us/book/when...
Libby: libbyapp.com/search/lerum...
Direct from ZamaShort in our Bundle or by Subscription: selfany.com/s/ZamaShort
Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FX2KBC5Z
(Also Amazon UK, DE, FR, ES, IT, NL, JP, BR, CA, MX, AU, IN)
Apple: books.apple.com/us/book/when...
Libby: libbyapp.com/search/lerum...
I can only hope you, dear reader, will enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. — Tendai.
November 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I can only hope you, dear reader, will enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. — Tendai.
But in this story, I get to play around with the characters, this time placing them in the city of Harare where spooky things are happening. It was a lot of fun to work on and a panacea to the saudade that I’ve been dealing with since finishing the series.
November 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
But in this story, I get to play around with the characters, this time placing them in the city of Harare where spooky things are happening. It was a lot of fun to work on and a panacea to the saudade that I’ve been dealing with since finishing the series.
This story recounts their first ever encounter and I write it, not as the creator of the Edinburgh Nights series, but in the spirit of fanfiction. The series is done now—it’s set in stone.
November 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
This story recounts their first ever encounter and I write it, not as the creator of the Edinburgh Nights series, but in the spirit of fanfiction. The series is done now—it’s set in stone.
So, when I finished Secrets of the First School and Ivor, editor of ZamaShort, suggested I might do a piece on Melsie Mhondoro and Ian Callander, I jumped at the idea.
November 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
So, when I finished Secrets of the First School and Ivor, editor of ZamaShort, suggested I might do a piece on Melsie Mhondoro and Ian Callander, I jumped at the idea.
In 2024 in Stockholm, I was shown a fanfiction website where a reader of the series had written three of the most delightful tales, which expanded the world and filled in little gaps in the series.
November 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
In 2024 in Stockholm, I was shown a fanfiction website where a reader of the series had written three of the most delightful tales, which expanded the world and filled in little gaps in the series.
This world I’d so lovingly created, these characters I’d conjured from thin air, these stories some readers were as passionate as I was about were coming to an end. Even before I finished the last book, I could feel a large void in my heart.
November 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
This world I’d so lovingly created, these characters I’d conjured from thin air, these stories some readers were as passionate as I was about were coming to an end. Even before I finished the last book, I could feel a large void in my heart.
I guess I’m a commitment-phobe and this is the longest I’d spent fully embedded in one world. But as we inched towards the conclusion, I was struck by a certain kind of sorrow the likes of which I’d never hitherto experienced.
November 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I guess I’m a commitment-phobe and this is the longest I’d spent fully embedded in one world. But as we inched towards the conclusion, I was struck by a certain kind of sorrow the likes of which I’d never hitherto experienced.
Writing a series can be gruelling work. You love it on certain days and on others you hate the damned thing and can’t wait to be done with it. I confess, I was keen to move on to something else—hopefully, something new and shiny. I’ve always experimented with different forms, genres, and styles.
November 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Writing a series can be gruelling work. You love it on certain days and on others you hate the damned thing and can’t wait to be done with it. I confess, I was keen to move on to something else—hopefully, something new and shiny. I’ve always experimented with different forms, genres, and styles.
The first novel The Library of the Dead came out in 2021, and since then, I’ve dutifully released a sequel each year until the final instalment Secrets of the First School came out October 2025.
November 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The first novel The Library of the Dead came out in 2021, and since then, I’ve dutifully released a sequel each year until the final instalment Secrets of the First School came out October 2025.
This fantasy series has occupied my thoughts every day in one form or the other. I still remember when the muses gifted me this wonderful story and the world it’s set in.
November 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
This fantasy series has occupied my thoughts every day in one form or the other. I still remember when the muses gifted me this wonderful story and the world it’s set in.
The fifth and final instalment of his Edinburgh Nights fantasy series is titled Secrets of the First School. Find him @TendaiHuchu.
Why I Wrote ‘When Two Sorcerers Collide’
Since 2017 I’ve been working on my Edinburgh Nights pentalogy. It has been my passion, my obsession, my salvation.
Why I Wrote ‘When Two Sorcerers Collide’
Since 2017 I’ve been working on my Edinburgh Nights pentalogy. It has been my passion, my obsession, my salvation.
November 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The fifth and final instalment of his Edinburgh Nights fantasy series is titled Secrets of the First School. Find him @TendaiHuchu.
Why I Wrote ‘When Two Sorcerers Collide’
Since 2017 I’ve been working on my Edinburgh Nights pentalogy. It has been my passion, my obsession, my salvation.
Why I Wrote ‘When Two Sorcerers Collide’
Since 2017 I’ve been working on my Edinburgh Nights pentalogy. It has been my passion, my obsession, my salvation.
He is the winner of a Hurston/Wright Legacy Award (2023), Alex Award (2022), the Children’s Africana Book Award (2021), a Nommo Award for African SFF (2022, 2017), and has been shortlisted for the Caine Prize (2014) and the Grand prix de l'Imaginaire (2019).
November 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
He is the winner of a Hurston/Wright Legacy Award (2023), Alex Award (2022), the Children’s Africana Book Award (2021), a Nommo Award for African SFF (2022, 2017), and has been shortlisted for the Caine Prize (2014) and the Grand prix de l'Imaginaire (2019).
T.L. Huchu’s work has appeared in Lightspeed, Interzone, Analog Science Fiction & Fact, The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Mystery Weekly, The Year’s Best Crime and Mystery Stories 2016, and elsewhere.
November 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
T.L. Huchu’s work has appeared in Lightspeed, Interzone, Analog Science Fiction & Fact, The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Mystery Weekly, The Year’s Best Crime and Mystery Stories 2016, and elsewhere.
As per the StoryTime Publishing mandate initialised in 2007, ZamaShort continues to champion and add to the ever-growing canon of African literature excellence and diversity.
October 31, 2025 at 2:13 PM
As per the StoryTime Publishing mandate initialised in 2007, ZamaShort continues to champion and add to the ever-growing canon of African literature excellence and diversity.
The ZamaShort imprint series is solely focused on the amazing powerhouse that is the short story. We give each short story its own publication so that it may be read and enjoyed fully as a stand-alone publication.
October 31, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The ZamaShort imprint series is solely focused on the amazing powerhouse that is the short story. We give each short story its own publication so that it may be read and enjoyed fully as a stand-alone publication.
Libby: libbyapp.com/search/lerum...
Kobo: www.kobo.com/se/en/ebook/...
Barnes & Noble: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/when-two-s...
Smashwords: www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
Fable: fable.co/book/x-97891...
Thalia: www.thalia.de/shop/home/ar...
Vivlio: shop.vivlio.com/product/9789...
Kobo: www.kobo.com/se/en/ebook/...
Barnes & Noble: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/when-two-s...
Smashwords: www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
Fable: fable.co/book/x-97891...
Thalia: www.thalia.de/shop/home/ar...
Vivlio: shop.vivlio.com/product/9789...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Kobo: www.kobo.com/se/en/ebook/...
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Smashwords: www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
Fable: fable.co/book/x-97891...
Thalia: www.thalia.de/shop/home/ar...
Vivlio: shop.vivlio.com/product/9789...