"What are the experiences of people of color in the publishing industry?"
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"What are the experiences of people of color in the publishing industry?"
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Emmanuel Damas, another individual killed in ICE custody.
He had a toothache. They ignored it. He died of spesis. Read that again.
Why do we need to fund this murderous agency?
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Being in conversation with @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social felt like a gift for me as a writer and reader in this moment of rumours of war and unceasing terrible political news.
There may be some words in this conversation that offer your heart & imagination something more to hold onto too.
This interview is one of my most honest and upfront. I also wax poetic a few times bc I’m old. Anyway, thank you Shingai Njeri Kagunda. Great questions!
03.03.2026 19:34 — 👍 32 🔁 15 💬 0 📌 0
I’m always thrilled whenever stories from Issue V get love! Congratulations to @shingai-be-like.bsky.social & @formerlykevin.bsky.social!
Read their stories & the rest of this stellar anthology for free on willthisbeaproblem.co.ke
#AfricanSFF #KenyaMentioned
Once again if you are not currently following @shingai-be-like.bsky.social , do so now
05.02.2026 03:19 — 👍 6 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
Award eligibility graphic for Shingai Kagunda’s 2025 short story published by Will This Be a Problem? The Anthology. The design is set on a dark blue background with subtle cosmic illustration and teal and orange accents. The title reads: Khaya Maseko | 2025 Award Eligibility – For Your Consideration The graphic lists Acceptance, published in Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: Issue V, January 2025. Main text reads: In this haunting story, a young girl learns a disturbing secret about those in power and ponders this truth as she grows up to be a journalist and becomes exhausted by reporting on the never-ending violence and exploitation in our society. Kagunda likens the vices of corruption, violence and war to parasitic creatures living under the skins of Kenyan politicians, transferred over to them by the white colonizers. A story that reminds readers about the importance of holding onto our stories, and of oral tradition.
Here’s what you need to know about @shingai-be-like.bsky.social's short fiction published in 2025. The Kenyan writer would appreciate your consideration in the relevant categories this award season. Link below.
#AfricanSFF 🪐📚💙
Infographic with a list of editors, artists, and contributors for Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology. WILL THIS BE A PROBLEM? THE ANTHOLOGY: ISSUE V (SHILTZA PUBLISHING) EDITORS Somto Ihezue & Olivia Kidula ARTIST Cover Art by Peter Marco STORIES PUBLISHED The Sirangori Fey Market by Ephraim N. Orji I'm Home by Rutendo Chidzodzo Something Cruel by Gabrielle Emem Harry Ash Baby by Andrew Dakalira Dinosaurs Once Lived Here by Yvette Lisa Ndlovu The Market of Memories by Azara Tswanya A Song of Ruin by Alex Tamei Scales and Arabesques by Lucille Sambo The Clans by Tonny Ogwa Baby Potion by Matseliso Motsoane Acceptance by Khaya Maseko The Language We Have Learned To Carry In Our Skin by Shingai Kagunda If Memory Serves by Kevin Rigathi Mr. Original Swag by Victor Forna Commensalism, or the Labyrinth's Vessels by Albert Nkereuwem Why Donkeys Have 44 Teeth by Peter Nena
A shoutout to my co-edioter & profoundly talented contributors: @dontcallmeliv.blacksky.app @ephraimorji.bsky.social, Rutendo Chidzodzo, @gabbyharry.bsky.social, Andrew Dakalira, @yvettel.bsky.social, @shingai-be-like.bsky.social, @formerlykevin.bsky.social, @vf12.bsky.social, @nkereuwxm.bsky.social
27.01.2026 15:59 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0Continuing @crsutton.bsky.social's Blurb Week with praise from @shingai-be-like.bsky.social for KRACKLE'S LAST MOVIE!
14.01.2026 14:41 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 2
hey Fantasy lovers
did you know that both @arleysorg.bsky.social and @shingai-be-like.bsky.social are eligible for this year's Hugo award, Best Editor Short Form?
THEY ARE
and
Best Editor Locus Awards, and the Special Award for World Fantasy
just saying
for REASONS 💖💜🦄
(get those noms in!)
🤣🤣🤣 I love that this happened and can't wait to listen to the podcast episode. 💕
10.01.2026 17:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Deeply biased here because @prioryruins.bsky.social is one of my favorite writers and favorite humans. I read one of their @clarionucsd.bsky.social app stories in 2020 and it took me years to recover. Check out SONGBOOK but their bib fucks hard. Read it all!
05.01.2026 17:51 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Every author dreams of readers waiting for their work to come out! Here are some! Includes @sunyidean.com , @isabel.kim , @johnchu.bsky.social , @acwise.bsky.social , @annleckie.com
Might have to put a few of these on the tbr list.
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I didn't publish a lot in 2025 but grateful to have what I did published received with such generosity 💕
02.01.2026 07:58 — 👍 9 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
As a Voodoonaut I am so grateful for the work and vision of @lpkindred.bsky.social @yvettel.bsky.social @shingai-be-like.bsky.social and H.D. Hunter
I think I follow all my Voodoo sibs on here but if not please tag so I can correct that....
The review features the following stories:
“The Language We Have Learned to Carry in Our Skin” by @shingai-be-like.bsky.social
“If Memory Serves” by @formerlykevin.bsky.social
Graphic (pale yellow background) showing the 3 books of The Nameless Republic trilogy of epic fantasy novels by Suyi Davies Okungbowa. A round author photo (Black man, orange shirt, smiling) at the top, series title after, three books in the middle. Book 1 (2021) is Son of the Storm; Book 2 (2023) is Warrior of the Wind. Book 3 (2026) is Season of the Serpent. The text "Available 11 August, 2026. Preorders now open!" is at the bottom of the graphic.
Baby's first trilogy finally together. 😊
12.09.2025 12:18 — 👍 96 🔁 26 💬 4 📌 7
Eligibility Post!
#writingcommunity
COPIOUS amounts of gratitude to everyone who submitted to our Special Call issue 100. As much as we don't get to publish it, I want to say we were in awe of many of the submissions we did receive. May all your queer, trans, & migrant stories and poetry find homes that celebrate and honour you 💕✨📜📝
23.11.2025 19:17 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Please follow and read @fantasymagazine.bsky.social.
Issue 99 which will be dropping over the next month has stories that may make you cry, poetry that speaks to the interstices of the politics of our moment, and interviews that made me personally want to go back to my writing desk and create. 💕
Being an editor has been such an expansive experience in every way, and between Podcastle and Fantasy I am eternally grateful for every writer that has trusted me with their words. 🩵
A little shout out to Toni Morrison who has been a literary editorial ancester North Star on this journey.
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Some news: Issue 99 of Fantasy will be the last issue... (For now)
Read our publisher, Sean's statement for more.
As heartbreaking as this news is, I'm incredibly proud of the work we've put out this year & I'm grateful for our team, esp. my co-editor @arleysorg.bsky.social!
I don't know @lpkindred.bsky.social personally, but I've heard his name countless times in the SFF circles I run in because of his many good works. That's what happens when you do good: you leave ripples that grow into waves of goodness for others. I donated here to say thanks. I hope you will, too.
19.11.2025 17:47 — 👍 8 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 1LP's birthday is today, so you can give him a birthday gift and help him stay in school as a nontraditional student!
19.11.2025 17:45 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Please help @lpkindred.bsky.social stay in school in these difficult times. He's a great person who's had a rough go and deserves all the good things.
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Big up to our gal Shingai for staying hard with the work, for slaying hard with the work.
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When I read this novella in submissions, I knew we had to have it. The story is dark and timely, focusing on damaged systems: bodies and planets, human and animal. We are more alike than not, every person a world being ravaged by changing climates: environmental, emotional.
03.11.2025 22:37 — 👍 21 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
🤣🤣🤣
27.10.2025 02:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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