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Added: Uchechukwu Nwaka @uchenwaka.bsky.social ZamaShort #19.

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November 4, 2026 at 2:54 PM
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Live AMA with Wole Talabi!

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November 5, 2026 at 2:25 PM
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Happy Publish Day Uchechukwu Nwaka! @uchenwaka.bsky.social 'Illegal Carpentry', ZamaShort #19

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ZamaShort #19 Illegal Carpentry by Uchechukwu Nwaka
ZamaShort #19
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November 1, 2026 at 8:25 AM
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Book mail! Many thanks Ezeiyoke Chukwunonso, Polina Levontin, et al., and all the contributors. AASF (book soon to be out and available) is a fantastic concept and resulting book, looking forward to Volume 2. See more on it here: appliedafricansf.com

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Image of a book cover for Applied African Speculative Fiction.
November 4, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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ZamaShort #19 ‘Illegal Carpentry’ by Uchechukwu Nwaka @uchenwaka.bsky.social

Pre-orders available, Release 1st November 2026.

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ZamaShort #19 Illegal Carpentry by Uchechukwu Nwaka
ZamaShort #19
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October 30, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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Halloween Special!
3 bloodcurdling stories for the price of one!
Special runs from 31st October - 7th November
Only at our website shop.
www.zamashort.com/p/shop.html

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October 31, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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Introducing ZamaShort Volume One! The debut multi-genre annual anthology of the first twelve stories from the ongoing ZamaShort singles series. Boldly African with no compromise. Pre-Orders available in Hardback, Paperback, and eBook. Release: 8th November 2026.

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ZamaShort Volume One
ZamaShort Volume One
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October 23, 2026 at 2:08 PM
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If you don't know Coovadia's work, you should, and this is a good taste.

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New Excerpt! 'Vast & Cool & Unsympathetic' by Imraan Coovadia, ZamaShort #17.

“...short, sharp and stinging critique of the dark world of social content moderation and curation...a haunting story."
—Wole Talabi @wtalabi.com, author of The Fist Of Memory.

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Excerpts
ZamaShort Excerpts
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October 17, 2026 at 12:49 PM
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New Excerpt! 'Vast & Cool & Unsympathetic' by Imraan Coovadia, ZamaShort #17.

“...short, sharp and stinging critique of the dark world of social content moderation and curation...a haunting story."
—Wole Talabi @wtalabi.com, author of The Fist Of Memory.

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Excerpts
ZamaShort Excerpts
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October 16, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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Writing update: revised Chapters 1–5 of my African fantasy, The Legend of Lumani, are free to read.

King Kimba, the Shadow Lord, burned Alkebulan's history. In Camp Seven, a young man with one starlight-blue eye and one amber eye still dreams.

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October 8, 2026 at 2:14 PM
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The ZamaShort Shop has updated! We now offer Subscriptions, one Full Bundle, and all our publications individually! Buy direct from us and stop funding oligarchs and start funding authors better.

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September 27, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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Geoff Ryman on Imraan Coovadia's 'Vast & Cool & Unsympathetic', ZamaShort #17.

Many thanks Geoff!

www.zamashort.com/2026/08/zama...

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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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Excerpts
ZamaShort Excerpts
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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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Authors
ZamaShort Authors, Bios and Essays.
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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.

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ZamaShort #17 Vast & Cool & Unsympathetic by Imraan Coovadia
ZamaShort #17
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September 1, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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I'm sure @africansfs.bsky.social will put this out here, but in the meantime:

Nommo Awards 2026 Shortlist

Massive Congrats to everyone nominated and shortlisted!

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August 28, 2026 at 2:58 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
ZamaShort #17
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August 28, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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New Omenana issue #35 now out!
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Omenana Speculative Fiction Magazine Issue 35 August 2026 - omenana.com
ssue 35 of Omenana Speculative Fiction Magazine published August 2026 features writers from across Africa.
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August 26, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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Brittle Paper will host its inaugural Brittle Paper Literary Festival on Saturday, 29 August 2026. The one-day festival celebrates emerging writers in the African literary space.
Free livestream available.

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Introducing the Inaugural Brittle Paper Literary Festival! | Date: August 29, 2026
Brittle Paper, the leading online destination for African literature, will host its inaugural Brittle Paper Literary Festival on Saturday, 29 August 2026. The one-day festival celebrates emerging writ...
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August 26, 2026 at 12:28 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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Looking forward to reading this collection of Applied #AfricanSFF!

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ivorhartmann.bsky.social Ivor W. Hartmann @ivorhartmann.bsky.social · Aug 18
Applied African SF: Volume 1
African writers collaborated with scientists to write short stories that could be used in STEM.
Digital copy free to download via bit.ly/AppliedAfricanSF.
Physical copies will be available to purchase from October 2026.
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Applied African SF Volume 1, cover image.
August 21, 2026 at 1:26 AM
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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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Applied African SF: Volume 1
African writers collaborated with scientists to write short stories that could be used in STEM.
Digital copy free to download via bit.ly/AppliedAfricanSF.
Physical copies will be available to purchase from October 2026.
appliedafricansf.com

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Applied African SF Volume 1, cover image.
August 18, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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FicSci #4 Rock-time, now out.
"This collection offers writing that emerged from an encounter bringing together creative writers with a geologist working on geochemistry and geochronology."
www.africanminds.co.za/ficsci-04-ro...

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FicSci Vol. 4 Rock-time cover, abstract painting.
August 17, 2026 at 11:16 AM