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The ZamaShort imprint is focused on the powerhouse of the single short story. We champion multi-genre African literature excellence and diversity. zamashort.com
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ZamaShort @zamashort.com · Dec 13
ZamaShort is a new project from StoryTime Publishing who brought you the StoryTime magazine, and the African Roar and AfroSF series of anthologies
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Geoff Ryman on Imraan Coovadia's 'Vast & Cool & Unsympathetic', ZamaShort #17.

Many thanks Geoff!

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Image of book cover and text “Imraan Coovadia brings to life the trauma and heartache of everyday life in a tech bro’s nightmare company, a tale of many different kinds of love and of hate.” — Geoff Ryman.
September 18, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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New Excerpt! 'Ethics after the End of the World' by
@bomoko.bsky.social Blaize M. Kaye, ZamaShort #16.

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September 11, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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Meet the Author Imraan Coovadia, 'Vast & Cool & Unsympathetic', ZamaShort #17, (includes his essay).

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September 4, 2026 at 1:25 PM
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Happy Publish Day Imraan Coovadia! 'Vast & Cool & Unsympathetic', ZamaShort #17.

“Brings to life the trauma and heartache of everyday life in a tech bro’s nightmare company, a tale of many different kinds of love and of hate.” — Geoff Ryman.

#AfricanSFF #Africanfuturism #booksky 🪐📚💙
ZamaShort #17 Vast & Cool & Unsympathetic by Imraan Coovadia
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September 1, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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ZamaShort #17 Vast & Cool & Unsympathetic by Imraan Coovadia

Who watches the watchers, and do they need a therapist? A near-future behind the scenes into the dark and tightly controlled world of social content “moderation” and refining.

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ZamaShort #17 Vast & Cool & Unsympathetic by Imraan Coovadia
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August 28, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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All our authors on Bsky!

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August 24, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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Stephen Embleton @stephenembleton.bsky.social and Amy Heydenrych on Blaize M. Kaye's @bomoko.bsky.social 'Ethics after the End of the World', ZamaShort #16.

Many thanks to you both!

See more at: www.zamashort.com/2026/07/zama...

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Image of the book cover for Blaize M. Kaye's 'Ethics after the End of the World', ZamaShort #16. Text: “A “weighty significance” that’ll hit you like a brick. Prescient, touching, and thought-provoking, Kaye’s going to take you to the precipice of your lived life and afterlife and ask you: what’s the meaning, for you? And offers a choice. So how close are you willing to get to the Truth?” — Stephen Embleton, 2024 Nommo Award Winner for Best Speculative Fiction Novella, Undulation. “Blaize Kaye’s vision of the future is tender, prescient and profound. ‘Ethics after the End of the World’ offers us science fiction at its most intimate, allowing us to go beyond picturing the world he has created, to feeling it. Blaize’s work, as seen so clearly in this story, concerns itself with loneliness and loss in this world and others, but is always grounded in human connection.” — Amy Heydenrych, author of Bad Luck Penny.
August 21, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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Subscriber copies for ZamShort #17 now out! If you'd like advance ZamaShort copies right to your inbox every month try out one of our subscription options!

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August 20, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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New excerpt up! 'Guava Jam' by Lizzy Attree @lizzyattree.bsky.social, ZamaShort #15.

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August 14, 2026 at 1:16 PM
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Meet the Author Blaize M. Kaye @bomoko.bsky.social, 'Ethics after the End of the World', ZamaShort #16, (includes his essay).

#AfricanSFF #Africanfuturism #booksky 🪐📚💙
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August 7, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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Happy Publish Day Blaize! @bomoko.bsky.social

What if everyone suddenly knew the true purpose of life, the universe, and everything. A touching tale and exploration of a wedded mathematician and philosopher faced with the ultimate truth of reality.

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ZamaShort #16 'Ethics after the End of the World' by Blaize M. Kaye
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August 1, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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I just read this! It's a fantastic story that is, in part, about knowing there's a creator of the world and choosing to want nothing to do with them, and what it means to love someone who wants different. Very much recommend!
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ZamaShort #16 'Ethics after the End of the World' by Blaize M. Kaye @bomoko.bsky.social

What if you suddenly knew the true purpose of life. A touching tale and exploration of a mathematician and philosopher faced with the ultimate truth of reality.

#AfricanSFF #Africanfuturism #booksky 🪐📚💙
ZamaShort #16 'Ethics after the End of the World' by Blaize M. Kaye
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August 1, 2026 at 8:40 AM
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ZamaShort #16 'Ethics after the End of the World' by Blaize M. Kaye @bomoko.bsky.social

What if you suddenly knew the true purpose of life. A touching tale and exploration of a mathematician and philosopher faced with the ultimate truth of reality.

#AfricanSFF #Africanfuturism #booksky 🪐📚💙
ZamaShort #16 'Ethics after the End of the World' by Blaize M. Kaye
ZamaShort #16
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July 24, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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Efemia Chela on Lizzy Attree's @lizzyattree.bsky.social 'Guava Jam' ZamaShort #15

Many thanks Efemia!

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July 24, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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A beautiful open letter from Silke Heiss to Abigail George about her stunning new work, "Did You Get Married To Her When I Was In The Mental Hospital?"
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A smell my nose is now hunting - Review of Did You Get Married To Her When I Was In The Mental Hospital? by Abigail George
Silke is a poet and prose writer who shares her journey through the power of words
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July 24, 2026 at 11:14 AM
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New Excerpt up! 'Descendants of Balance' by Rafeeat Aliyu, ZamaShort #14.

#fantasy #AfricanSFF #BookSky 💙📚
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July 17, 2026 at 1:39 PM
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Meet the Author Lizzy Attree @lizzyattree.bsky.social, ‘Guava Jam', ZamaShort #15, (includes her essay).

#AfricanLit #ContemporaryFiction #booksky 💙📚
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July 10, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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New review by K. Piddo p' Odoki for Abigail George's @abigailgeorgepoet.bsky.social 'Did You get Married to Her When I was in the Mental Hospital?' ZamaShort #12.

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"Did You Get Married to Her When I Was in the Mental Hospital?" by Abigail George
There are works of literature that ask to be read, and there are works that demand to be survived. Abigail George's latest prose poem sequence belongs firmly, unflinchingly, to the second category.
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July 9, 2026 at 2:14 PM
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The latest ZamaShort bundle is up!
ZamaShort #13 ‘Fly, Flightless’ by Chisom Umeh
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ZamaShort #14 ‘Descendants of Balance by Rafeeat Aliyu
ZamaShort #15 ‘Guava Jam’ by Lizzy Attree
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July 3, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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Happy Publish Day Lizzy! @lizzyattree.bsky.social

ZamaShort #15 'Guava Jam'

Salem Inn, Eastern Cape, South Africa. A knock on the door shifts Lucy's notion of friendship, motherhood, and hospitality, while new life percolates inside her.

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ZamaShort #15 'Guava Jam' by Lizzy Attree
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July 1, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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lizzyattree.bsky.social Dr Lizzy Attree @lizzyattree.bsky.social · Jun 26
A short story I wrote a few years ago will be published on 1st July by @zamashort.com thanks to @ivorhartmann.bsky.social

'Guava Jam' is set in Salem, in the eastern cape, when Lucy finds herself alone one weekend in June... a knock on the door and a request for help...
Enjoy!
zamashort.com ZamaShort @zamashort.com · Jun 26
ZamaShort #15 'Guava Jam' by Lizzy Attree @lizzyattree.bsky.social.

“Attree crafts a poignant, moving story with a strong sense of place." — Tendai Huchu, author of The Hairdresser of Harare.

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#AfricanLit #ContemporaryFiction #booksky 💙📚
July 1, 2026 at 6:35 AM
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A short story I wrote a few years ago will be published on 1st July by @zamashort.com thanks to @ivorhartmann.bsky.social

'Guava Jam' is set in Salem, in the eastern cape, when Lucy finds herself alone one weekend in June... a knock on the door and a request for help...
Enjoy!
zamashort.com ZamaShort @zamashort.com · Jun 26
ZamaShort #15 'Guava Jam' by Lizzy Attree @lizzyattree.bsky.social.

“Attree crafts a poignant, moving story with a strong sense of place." — Tendai Huchu, author of The Hairdresser of Harare.

Pre-Orders Up, click link to see options and more!

#AfricanLit #ContemporaryFiction #booksky 💙📚
ZamaShort #15 'Guava Jam' by Lizzy Attree
ZamaShort #15
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June 26, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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ZamaShort #15 'Guava Jam' by Lizzy Attree @lizzyattree.bsky.social.

“Attree crafts a poignant, moving story with a strong sense of place." — Tendai Huchu, author of The Hairdresser of Harare.

Pre-Orders Up, click link to see options and more!

#AfricanLit #ContemporaryFiction #booksky 💙📚
ZamaShort #15 'Guava Jam' by Lizzy Attree
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June 26, 2026 at 1:16 PM