Love/play the Double Bass, follow my friend Elinore Morris on youtube, excellent master custom maker and repairer of the Double Bass.
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The best cat toys are never the one's you buy, case in point, the thin rubber strip self-stripped from old windscreen wipers is a massive accidental hit with our little one, she loves it much, endless fun.
The image features a celebratory design for International Women's Day. At the top, there is a logo that reads "ZamaShort" in a stylised font, with the tagline "Exclusive Original Single Short Stories" below it. In the centre of the image, bold white text reads "HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY!" The text is surrounded by a pink symbol of the female gender (♀), which is slightly abstract in design. At the bottom of the image, there are four titles displayed in a row: "SUMMER" by Nerine Dorman "THE LAST AND FINAL BATTLE" by Zainab Omakri "THE SMELL OF RAIN" by Libby Young "THE OFFERING" by Tatha Wana Nwangi The background is predominantly black with a border of colorful patterns around the edges.
Sorry to keep you waiting — but we’re back.
It’s time to announce the winner of our 2025 Iska Mag Prize.
After careful reading and deliberation, we’re thrilled to announce that the winner is…
Chidera Udochukwu-Nduka!
Congratulations! 🎉
Harare Review of Books, Issue 1, 2026 open.substack.com/pub/shonatig...
This is a promotional graphic for an ebook sale. The background is black with decorative gold floral borders running vertically along the left and right edges. At the top, the word “SALE” appears in white with a line through it. Below that, large white text reads: “Smashwords Sale All Titles 50% OFF!* Ends 7th March” In the center is a rectangular banner with a light gray background. At the top of this banner is the Smashwords logo and the phrase “your ebook. your way.” Large bold text in orange and white says: “READ AN EBOOK WEEK.” Below the text is an illustration of a person lying on their stomach while reading a tablet. The person has dark hair and is wearing an orange shirt, light-colored pants, and orange shoes. Small orange heart shapes float near the tablet, suggesting enjoyment. At the bottom of the image, in small white text, it says: “*Except latest release.”
Smashwords Sale: www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
Includes ZamaShort & AfroSF series.
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Gold-Plated Boy is now available for purchase! Thanks to the incredible folks at @zamashort.com . Please buy, read, enjoy, and recommend! Thank you 🙏
Nana Sule on 'Gold-Plated Boy' by Hussani Abdulrahim
@hussani14.bsky.social ZamaShort #11
“Abdulrahim is a writer of rare imaginative force. In ‘Gold-Plated Boy’, he unites technology, ambition, envy, oppression, and human frailty into a tale...
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Book cover ZamaShort #11 ‘Gold-Plated Boy’ by Hussani Abdulrahim. A black background and bold gold title text reading “Gold-Plated Boy.” The letter “O” in “Boy” contains a raised gold hand symbol. Above the title is “ZamaShort” and “Pre-Order,” and below is the author’s name, Hussani Abdulrahim. The design features red, green, and gold African-inspired patterns forming a large inverted triangle, with a blue adinkra symbol centred near the bottom.
Happy Publish Day ZamaShort #11 ‘Gold-Plated Boy’ by Hussani Abdulrahim! @hussani14.bsky.social
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Excellent and first review for @hussani14.bsky.social Hussani Abdulrahim's 'Gold-Plated Boy' ZamaShort #11 by Ahmad Mubarak Tanimu in JAY lit.
Many thanks Ahmad!
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Congrats to T.L. Huchu on the BSFA shortlisting of Secrets of the First School! We loved publishing the prequel short story 'When Two Sorcerers Collide' ZamaShort #7, and greatly look forward to his next endeavour. bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
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A screenshot from The Continent. Partial text: The Continent 28 FEBRUARY 2026 | ISSUE 230 TC BOOK REVIEW BY JACQUELINE NYATHI How safe is sound? If you haven't explored the Sautiverse yet, you're missing out on a fascinating project from an African collective. THE SAUÚTIVERSE is Afrocentric fantasy centred on sound. This universe is held together by the mysterious Mothersound, its magic mediated through song, instruments, and words. Sauúti Terrors, the second short-story collection (after Mothersound) expands the Sauútiverse in dark directions. It brings welcome depth. The editors of the latest anthology - Cheryl Ntumy, Eugen Bacon, and Stephen Embleton - wanted to bring realism to this imaginary African future by showing readers that "everything is not perfect in the federation of planets". In Sauúti Terrors, sound magic is perverted through human failing, through its sheer power, or because good, life-giving sound must have its antithesis in destructive anti-sound (or silence). The collection's authors - including Shingai Njeri Kagunda, Wole Talabi, T.L. Huchu, Moustapha Mbacké Diop, J. Umeh, and more - show us what could go wrong. In Umeh's excellent The Sounding, a healer learns of ancient, evil beings when she becomes inhabited by one. A similarly chilling exploration occurs in Kofi Nyameye's The Unspoken, which unpacks clandestine government experiments at secret military bases. Ntumy's Where Daylight Bows to Darkness gives us an alternate view of 2024's Song for the Shadows in which we meet the mysterious Shad-Dari for the second time. A spacecraft in Wole Talabi's The Final Flight of the Ungu-ugnu is powered by humans singing in chorus. Xan van Rooyen's unsettling Kyi'yaji features anti-music recorded in scars - which can be played back.
Some of my thoughts on this excellent collection in this week's @thecontinent.org, which you can download here: www.thecontinent.org/_files/ugd/2...
Book cover ZamaShort #11 ‘Gold-Plated Boy’ by Hussani Abdulrahim. A black background and bold gold title text reading “Gold-Plated Boy.” The letter “O” in “Boy” contains a raised gold hand symbol. Above the title is “ZamaShort” and “Pre-Order,” and below is the author’s name, Hussani Abdulrahim. The design features red, green, and gold African-inspired patterns forming a large inverted triangle, with a blue adinkra symbol centred near the bottom.
ZamaShort #11 ‘Gold-Plated Boy’ by Hussani Abdulrahim @hussani14.bsky.social.
Pre-Order 99c Special! (amazon(s) only).
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🚨🚨Submissions call. 🚨🚨
Strange Horizons invites non-fiction submissions for our March 30 special issue on “Fungi in SFF.”
Please send in your mycelial pitches to gautam.strangehorizons@gmail.com.
For word-count, formats, and remuneration:
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Sauúti Terrors Has Arrived!
Here we go. “Sauúti Terrors”, the second anthology of stories set in the first SFF Shared World created by African and African Diaspora authors which we've been working on as a collective for more than 4 years, has finally been published by Flame Tree Press! So here's…
My story 'Gold-Plated Boy' is now up for preorder. Thanks to @ivorhartmann.bsky.social & @zamashort.com for believing in this small story ☺️
www.amazon.com/dp/B0GPDRSQG2
Most welcome Hussani, such great work!
Cover art for the "It Was an Animal Attack" podcast, in the style of The Vampire Diaries logo; white text, black background, swirly red line above the main text. Main text: it was an Animal Attack Subtitle: home of the supernatural drama series
Promotional picture of some of The Vampire Diaries cast.
Promotional poster of the cast of "The Secret Circle" against a PNW gloomy forest background
The "It Was an Animal Attack" podcast logo in the style of the "The Secret Circle" title card; black text accented with branch protrusions, against a background of grey clouds
If this is where you're first finding us, hello! We're a podcast about supernatural drama series.
Season 1: The Vampire Diaries - Character episodes + bonus lore discussion
Mid Season (ongoing!): The Secret Circle - Rewatch / Recap /Review of a cancelled show
Season 2: Teen Wolf - coming soon!
Next month's release is now all out to subscribers, if you'd like our publications delivered monthly to your inbox, before the retail release, and at a lower price, consider becoming a subscriber!
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ZamaShort Excerpts: 'Everyone is a Robot until Proven Otherwise' by Bongani Sibanda. Now up at our home-site, along with all other excerpts to date!
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A Valentine’s Day–themed graphic featuring a book cover centred over a large pink and red layered heart background. At the top, “Valentine’s Day” appears in light pink cursive. The book cover is mostly black with red, gold, and green decorative borders. The title, “Vibrating Particles,” is written in large pink script, with “Daniel Joe” below in bold pink letters. A red emblem sits near the bottom of the cover. Small glossy pink hearts appear in the lower left and right corners of the image.
ZamaShort wishes you a lovely Valentine’s Day! Celebrate with ZamaShort#10 'Vibrating Particles' by Daniel Joe, a romance of second chances to warm you and your loved one's heart.
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"...my favourite in the ZamaShort series so far" --Harare Review of Books.
[NEW PUBLICATION] Is evidence enough to change the climate story? Prof Iqani and colleagues argue that climate action needs more than data—it needs justice-driven storytelling and collaboration. Read more: https://ow.ly/euRP50Yee6j #Imidibaniso #SciCom #EvidenceAndPower #ClimateJustice
But, Eso Won is legend, to be invited there for a signing no matter how many people attended is of significance, and quite rightly so as it turned out.
Excellent review from HRB for @carmelorafala.bsky.social Carmelo Rafalà's 'The Clarity of Ice' ZamaShort #4, (on the longlist for BSFA 2026 if you're voting).
Many thanks Jacqui!
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Love what you're doing GMBS, though I'd love to hear it in a human voice that can accurately pronounce our words :).
Heheh, for sure, you aint ever going to get it as smooth and efficient as you could with this stuff!
Repost of our 2025 line-up for your Locus and Hugo consideration.
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