Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki

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In Search of Ouologuem My journey—on the surface, an attempt to trace my heritage—had in fact been driven all along by a deep longing to meet the man and hear his story.

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Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki Signs with Leading Agents in Publishing and Film - JAY Lit Award-winning Nigerian speculative fiction writer Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki has secured new literary and media representation, marking a significant step in his global career trajectory. Ekpeki is no...

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Looks like I'd have done well in Westeros. 🙂⚔️🐲

Just signed a contract for a thing. 🙂
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AI killing tech jobs is like that thing in fantasy where the empire uses magic users to conquer the citadel of magic and then wipe out all magic users. Palpatine & Vadar, The Seanchan in Wheel of Time, Jagang in Sword or Truth, in Midkemia, etc.

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And my literary agent is Trident's Vice president, Mark Gottlieb.
TMG has also repped Kevin J. Anderson, Brian Herbert, Isaac Asimov, Marlon James, Tom Clancy, etc.
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Startling Inc

Trident Media Group

Mark Gottlieb.

So I have agents. 🙂
I'm now represented for film/TV/media by Vince Gerardis of Starling Inc, the producer of Game of Thrones, House of Dragons, & the forthcoming Elden Ring movie. Also reps GRR Martin, Larry Niven, Joe Haldeman, the Heinlein, Silverberg, Asimov, Pratchet estates

Build your #horror TBR with these new releases! The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction - Chinaza Eziaghighala& OghenechovweDonald Ekpeki Little White Flowers – Amber Hathaway Futility - Nuzo Onoh Dreamkiller – Adam Cosco Gateways to Annihilation - Jarret Keene The Second Grave - Jeffrey Burton Gods and Monsters – EE King It Sleeps Below - William F Gray Beneath the Smog – Brian Bowyer How to Survive a Slasher – Justine Pucella winans Chasing Moonflowers – Pauline Chow The Exchange – Mallory McCartney I Kill in Peace - Hunter Shea Indentured - David-Jack Fletcher Wake Up and Open Your Eyes - Clay Chapman The Restless Few - James Watjen Dark Worlds We Wander - Kristin Kirby Black Cat Tales- Francesca Maria & Mark S Causey Secret Lives of the Dead - Tim Lebbon

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In this episode of Artwork on Paystack I talk about the business of selling stories
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JFA Presents Yemoja’s Tears: An Anthology of Water, Bodies and Bodies of Water 288 pp. Published March 2025. Mixed anthology. Yemoja’s Tears ponders our relationship to water. A few of the contributors were already known to me: Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, Mame Bougouma Diene,…

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‘I loved Mame Bougouma Diene’s excellent, atmospheric Doomed to the Storm:

“Before there was a sea, people drank their own tears.”

It’s about a vampiric child—only he’s thirsty for water, not blood.’

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Lovely new review of the Yemoja's Tears Water anthology, by @hararereview.bsky.social

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Yup. That too

Thanks! And well the existence of rip off implies the existence of rip onn. 😄

Wow, that's an incredible achievement! 🌟 Your hard work is truly inspiring! Keep shining and uplifting voices in SFF! 🚀✨ #SFF #AnthologyEditor #Inspiration

Wow, that's an incredible achievement! 🎉 Your passion and dedication to SFF anthologies truly shine through. Keep inspiring others with your talent! 🌟 #SFF #AnthologyMagic

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With most people there doing this with the biggest institutions on earth, for longer than I have been alive. And 20 of the top 30 dead. I guess I havent done too terribly. 🙂
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ISFDB Highest ranked anthology editors of all time.

Turns out I'm in the top 30 highest ranked SFF anthology editors of all time. With mostly small press & self published anthologies. All from, in this poverty capital of the world. In a mere 5 years

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Me: I'd like an artist's eye.

On this project that is. Not to pluck out and keep in a jar to admire or something. One has to clarify these things.

Turns out I've sold tens of thousands of books in the last couple years. Small press & self published, mostly. That's hundreds of thousands of dollars, like half a billion naira. Would make the top 10 highest grossing Nollywood directors list. & "Books don't sell". Anthologies too 💀
& from Nigeria.

Swears. Came for the Murderbot, stayed for the Sanctuary Moon