Day 31! One month done! I read Dinosaurs Once Lived Here by @yvettel.bsky.social published in @willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social. A selection of uncreation myths. Which is your favourite? Find out mine here:
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“Bad Apples” is out today! A vampire story about a Zimbabwean mother who buys a coffin one day while running errands & decides to abandon her children to become a vampire. What does it mean to be a “good woman”? Is a “good woman” one who denies her hunger?
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Catch up on Adventures of Lion Man, a comic book collection that includes the original 1947 story reprinted for the first time, as well as three brand new stories.
🔗 www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-advent...
Thanks for making & sharing this!!
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I’m starting a book club on my Patreon! Join with as little as 1$ to vote on our read for January. I’ve chosen Drinking From Graveyard Wells by @yvettel.bsky.social, Jackal, Jackal by @tobiogundiran.com , and Skin Thief by @sillysyntax.bsky.social : www.patreon.com/posts/vote-f...
A brilliant student is doing their craft presentation on Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” which means I get to come into class with the rock I received when I was nominated for the Shirley Jackson Award so we can have an immersive reading experience of that one scene😆🪨 @sjacksonawards.bsky.social
I’ll be judging this year’s Afritondo’s Short Story Prize! The theme is “Transition.” Open to African & Black writers. Cash prize $1,000. Deadline Dec 24. Guidelines below👇🏾
www.afritondo.com/call2026
Oo will follow the conversation!
This is such a great resource, thanks!!!
Anyone know of any good craft essays or lectures or even video breakdowns on Crafting a Space Opera, Writing a Novella,the Structure of a Novella etc have a brilliant student this semester whose working on an independent project & would love to send them some space opera & novella resources.thanks!
Podcast: Slice of SciFi 1138
Publisher @rosariumbill.bsky.social on THE ADVENTURES OF LION MAN, pulling the only issue from history, and writing new stories w/ @jijennings.bsky.social , @yvettel.bsky.social, @amazingdavidbrame.bsky.social #comics #afrofuturism
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It’s Miles MorlandFoundation fellowship app season!I’ve received lots of DMs for feedback on proposals which I’m always happy to do but I’ve gotten so many now that I unfortunately have to decline the rest.This guide is on how I structured my book proposal
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🌀APPLICATIONS OPEN🌀overjoyed to share that I will be co-facilitating a writing residency at Oxbow School of Arts for emerging BIPOC writers. Shout to @ageedubb.bsky.social & Jazz for bringing this space together. Come join us among the beaches of Lake Michigan🌊
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New Substack post on the making of the comic book Lion Man & the Afrofuturism of reaching out across time to honor an ancestor’s buried legacy.
New Substack post on the making of the comic book Lion Man & the Afrofuturism of reaching out across time to honor an ancestor’s buried legacy. So honored to have been involved in Lion Man
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Excerpt from "Dinosaurs Once Lived Here" by Yvette Lisa Ndlovu from Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: Issue V. Displayed on a teal background with abstract circular accents and the WTBAP logo. The excerpt reads: Gods love a good party, and it is the scribe spirit’s duty to record everything heavenly decrees, the songs of the angels, and even the gossip the harmattan spirits and sandstorm whisper to each other as they kiss. Anansi’s cousin, the spirit of drunkenness, who once lived on the earth as a human, tells the best stories at parties. But he has a hard time minding his cups, forgetting details and changing names and the order of events. What he doesn’t remember, he invents. The scribe spirit writes everything down as told. Anansi’s cousin recalls from wine-sloshed memory what unfolded when a planet called earth met its demise.
Foreword by Olivia Kidula for "Dinosaurs Once Lived Here" by Yvette Lisa Ndlovu, published in Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: Issue V. Displayed on a teal background with orange and turquoise accents, the WTBAP logo and stylised quote marks. The text reads: This theme that reality lies in the telling echoes in Yvette Lisa Ndlovu’s “Dinosaurs Once Lived Here”. Anansi’s cousin, the spirit of drunkenness, who once lived on the earth as a human, tells the best stories at parties. But he has a hard time minding his cups, forgetting details and changing names and the order of events. What he doesn’t remember, he invents. The scribe spirit writes everything down as told. The will of the storyteller blurs the line between fact and fiction
“Dinosaurs Once Lived Here” by @yvettel.bsky.social is a haunting reflection on the end of the world, told in seven parts by the god of drunkenness.
As the earth grows mouths and swallows its cities, starting with Lagos, the rest of the world barely notices...
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Congrats!!!!!!!!! So well deserved🎉
It’s here!!!!! Me & @shingai-be-like.bsky.social are so excited to share the @strangehorizons.bsky.social AfroSurreal Special Issue. We had such a tough time selecting the final ToC, so many brilliant pieces! Will be sharing my favorites throughout the week
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Graphic has blue background and abstract lines with text: Summer of Science Fiction & Fantasy: Alumni Reading. June 25, 5-6:30 PM PDT Featuring: Yvette Lisa Ndlovu (CW '22), Jason A. Bartles (CW '23), F.E. Choe (CW '23), and Chris Yin (CW '24). Images of all four authors looking fabulous are overlayed in circles.
Today's the first of our annual Summer of Science Fiction & Fantasy Reading Series! We're thrilled to present tonight's reading featuring several Clarion West alumni, including @yvettel.bsky.social (CW ’22), F.E. Choe (CW ’23), @jabartlesauthor.bsky.social (CW ’23), and Chris Yin (CW ’24).
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On @justkeepwriting.bsky.social this week, we're talking about SINNERS! I got to hang w/ @lpkindred.bsky.social, @shingai-be-like.bsky.social, @marshallcarrjr.bsky.social, @wilralston.bsky.social, & @yvettel.bsky.social for this awesome discussion!
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Talking Sinners with the awesome folks @justkeepwriting.bsky.social