Osahon

Two of my favourite stories come out in October, and coincidentally both in Lightspeed and Nightmare

I have a story out in Lightspeed this month that’s about…wanting your parent to leave you alone after they finish fighting monsters, so you can play on your Nintendo?

Don’t ask me too many questions

They Bought a House - Nightmare Magazine The idea for this story began in my final week at the Clarion Writers Workshop. I wanted to write a haunted house horror story using stripped language, but unsurprisingly, it became strange and detail...

New story day! “They Bought a House” in @nightmare-magazine.com is an unhinged haunted house set in Benin city. There are ghosts making ccoconut rice, there are people living in walls, and most importantly, there is Nothing 🤗. Read here: www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/they...

I’d love to know your thoughts !

Ughhhh

All the World’s a Prison - Failed Architecture In not-so-distant-future Lagos, a young man finds himself locked out of his own apartment after being away due to a public mental breakdown, losing ex...

All the World’s a Prison @failedarchitect.bsky.social Osahon Ize-Iyamu In not-so-distant-future Lagos, a young man finds himself locked out of his own apartment after being away due to a public mental breakdown, losing exclusive ownership of the apartment

The Revised Version Issue five: short fiction by Osahon Ize-Iyamu

Story day! What if Jack from Jack and Jill was used for rice + chicken? Or Mary’s little lamb was used for efo riro? “The Revised Version” is all about cooking nursery rhymes, but also the weight of family responsibility. Read here: theorangebee.substack.com/p/the-revise...

All the World’s a Prison - Failed Architecture In not-so-distant-future Lagos, a young man finds himself locked out of his own apartment after being away due to a public mental breakdown, losing ex...

Story day! For Failed Architecture, “All the World’s a Prison” is science fiction about the horrors of Lagos housing, but worse. What makes you eligible to possess a space? What if it’s taken from you? Read here: failedarchitecture.com/all-the-worl...

All the World’s a Prison - Failed Architecture In not-so-distant-future Lagos, a young man finds himself locked out of his own apartment after being away due to a public mental breakdown, losing ex...

Story day! For Failed Architecture, “All the World’s a Prison” is science fiction about the horrors of Lagos housing, but worse. What makes you eligible to possess a space? What if it’s taken from you? Read here: failedarchitecture.com/all-the-worl...

fun and creepy, with a real gut-punch at the end

The Revised Version Issue five: short fiction by Osahon Ize-Iyamu

Story day! What if Jack from Jack and Jill was used for rice + chicken? Or Mary’s little lamb was used for efo riro? “The Revised Version” is all about cooking nursery rhymes, but also the weight of family responsibility. Read here: theorangebee.substack.com/p/the-revise...

SPOILERS but I think there’s such an interesting parallel re: Remmick in Sinners and the Peoples Temple aka ‘Jonestown’ irl. Charismatic leader promising Black people that freedom can only exist in the confines of death.
Where are the essays on this or do I need to open laptop?

We the People Excluding I - Lightspeed Magazine We were in the mines when the world was falling apart. I remember, the earth was cracking, and the plants were going limp, and the world looked dark blue, less full of life. Everyone tried to group to...

The protagonist is on the run from a Fox that tricked him into sacrificing himself to save his underground mining community from the end of the world. But he grows tired. He must outwit the fox.

By @osahon4545.bsky.social in @lightspeedmagazine.com

www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/we-t...

There's Never Time to Be — Sans. PRESS In this speculative story by Osahon Ize-Iyamu, a son toils at the garden of his mother in an endless attempt to expunge his guilt and grief.

Ever since Ogbe's mother became the soil in his garden, he's been pretty reclusive. He only focuses on tending to her. Weeding, watering, killing pests. An eternal penance.

Heartwrenching metaphorical fantasy by @osahon4545.bsky.social

www.sanspress.com/the-archive-...

Thank you for your kind words!

Glad to see this pop up on my feed from a few months ago. It was a delight then, and it is a delight now.

Sunwoo is brilliant and this is equally a brilliant story:

The Lexicon of Lethe - Lightspeed Magazine We called it the monster because we could, though none of us found the label to be particularly satisfying. After a certain point, Yerim started calling it the Logos Pilgrim. Which was understandable,...

My story, The Lexicon of Lethe, is out in Lightspeed @lightspeedmagazine.com⚡️It’s about a French-Korean restaurant and a word-eating monster✍️💜 Link to the story provided below — there’s both a text and a podcast version!

www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-...

Sometimes I have to remind myself that this is really happening😅
Congratulations to everyone!!

A Home that Lives A speculative story by Osahon Ize-Iyamu.

What is home to you? Etinosa grapples with this question as the government replaces his home with a memory chip and then with memory booths & the disconnection feels sharper than ever.

Sci-fi with lots of heart by @osahon4545.bsky.social #africansff 🪐📚💙

logicmag.io/policy/a-hom...

Thank you for reading!

More Sea Than Tar | Reckoning My father thinks it’s a good idea to row through these floods. To move a paddle and be above the water, finally in control of our bodies—that is to say, not drown. But sooner or later, we’re all going...

“Haven’t you ever wanted an adventure out on the open sea?”

In a Nigeria overcome by floods, Uti, his dad, and brother look for work in the polluted waters.

Heart-wrenching innovative cli-fi by @osahon4545.bsky.social for @reckoningmag.bsky.social #africansff 🪐📚💙

reckoning.press/more-sea-tha...

For any last-minute Hugo nominations: This lil' Nebula finalist is *also* eligible for the Best Novella category in the Hugos.

Flags Flying Before a Fall Remember your surroundings and protect your organs. Grab on to the edges of the universe and try to stay, to avoid further damage, to breathe. Not panicked breaths; slow ones, the kind you need whe…

A story about siblings that yearn for connection but are forever kept apart by the machinations of their dysfunctional family.

By @osahon4545.bsky.social via @strangehorizons.bsky.social #africansff 🪐📚💙

strangehorizons.com/fiction/flag...

The cover of Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa, over a background of a star nebula, announced as a finalist for the Best Novella Award in the 2024 Nebula Awards.

Lost Ark Dreaming goes Nebula!
@sfwa.bsky.social

Yayy!!

Very different from scavengers reign, but I’m loving common side effects

The Challenge of a Trickster God: Revealing Audition for the Fox by Martin Cahill - Reactor To survive the challenge of a trickster god, a quick-witted acolyte rallies her ancestors...

Thank you @reactorsff.bsky.social for revealing the stunning cover for my debut novella, AUDITION FOR THE FOX!

Arrives 9/16 from @tachyonpub.bsky.social, illustrated/designed by @hyperbolictelly.bsky.social

Get a closer look & exclusive excerpt below, plz share! 🦊💜

reactormag.com/ccover-revea...

Very grateful for how well my novel SHIGIDI has done internationally and critically (9 award nominations and 1 win!) but sales in North America have been tepid. So if you're in North America and you enjoyed the book, kindly talk about it, get it for a friend, leave a review. It all helps. Thanks!

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