Busayo

An illustration of two black womam wearing standing with their backs against each other. One of the women has her hair braided and pulled back, looking down and wearing gold earrings and a white and pink garment. The other woman has her hair braided and pulled back, wearing a beaded necklace and gold earrings, and a blue garment. The background is black with magical swirls coloured in purple, pink, and blue. There is a quotation mark in pink, and beside it reads: “Augur Magazine 8.1” in white text and beside it is a white square outline. Below is a white box and inside it reads: “For the few centuries after the Egba wars, the courtyard around the rock has been the place where people have come to drop a libation, a prayer. To exchange something they cared about for a thing they deeply needed.” in black text. Underneath is the cover of Augur Issue 8.1, and beside it is a white rectangle that reads inside: “The Belly of the Rock, Busayo Akinmoju” in purple text. At the bottom of the image reads: “Read for free at augursociety.org/the-belly-of-the-rock” in white text.

"The Belly of the Rock” by @busayo.bsky.social is a story of ancestry and the bond between a mother and daughter.

Read it here 👉 augursociety.org/the-belly-of...

Sharing this a bit late, but my story here at Augur Magazine is now free to read!
Enjoy 😊😊

Congrats!

The Belly Of The Rock: Notes On A Story But really, there is something quite noble about how sacrificial love can be. How it will chase you to infinity, just to make sure you are okay. To convince you that you are worth fighting for.

Hope I'm not too late!
Published a story last year, so here's my awards eligibility post

"The Belly Of The Rock" featured in Augur Magazine.

Here's where I talk about the story on my blog.

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(Link to story is in the blog post!)

This is really sad. But the work Inner Worlds did was so important and special.
Thank you for creating it.

Thank you so much!

Thank you so much, Olivia!

Honoured to have my work be nominated for a Pushcart prize by Inner Worlds!

Awesome to have it alongside works I enjoyed reading as well.

Pushcart Nominations: Lungs by Busayo Akinmoju Come F*** Yourself by Sylvie Althoff Grand Mal by Mary Buchanan Deliver by Safiya Cherfi They Promised This Would Be Beautiful by Elena Sichrovsky Strangler Fig by Katharine Tyndall

🥁 It's Pushcart time! 🥁

Almost impossible to choose again, but here are our 2025 nominees:

Lungs by Busayo Akinmoju
Come F*** Yourself by Sylvie Althoff
Grand Mal by Mary Buchanan
Deliver by Safiya Cherfi
They Promised This Would Be Beautiful by Elena Sichrovsky
Strangler Fig by Katharine Tyndall

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Thanks again to @augursociety.bsky.social for featuring my work!

The Belly Of The Rock: Notes On A Story But really, there is something quite noble about how sacrificial love can be. How it will chase you to infinity, just to make sure you are okay. To convince you that you are worth fighting for.

Took a social media break and only got back recently.

So, I'm a little late in sharing the latest on the blog

Here's the story of the story

"The Belly Of The Rock" gets examined here: my thought process, my inspiration, everything!

Because... why not?

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Throwing my hat into the ring for #AugurMicros2025

Here's my short piece titled "Garden"

@augursociety.bsky.social

Thank you for being ever so supportive!!

Lungs: Notes On A Story #ShortStory I do not like ghost stories, but I found myself writing one.

Here's the (promised!) blog about my recent story.

I go into the thought-process behind the themes of my story "Lungs"

My notes on how a "ghost" story should be in conversation with the world it is written in/to/for.

And more!

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Thank you!!

Read 'Lungs' then read @busayo.bsky.social's excellent blog post exploring the opportunities and responsibilities facing writers when we summon phantoms in our work.

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Wrote blog posts about my most recent pieces.

Because I love writing about the inspiration behind my works.

One of them drops tomorrow!

I'll be sharing the story behind the story of "Lungs" recently published in @innerworlds.bsky.social

Excited to share it!

Oof

Those lines came straight from the heart.

If you haven't read my piece titled "Lungs"
Catch up here.

Some days you're so productive.

Other days you avoid the blank page and scroll through socials on your laptop.

The duality of the writer's life ☺️

“Lungs” by @busayo.bsky.social in @innerworlds.bsky.social

Ghostly tale exploring what it means to be family

inner-worlds.ghost.io/lungs-by-bus...

Thank you for reading and sharing!

You're ever so supportive.

Lungs by Busayo Akinmoju Fingers twisted from arthritis. A wet bandage over his right hand seeping a wound the local healer had inflicted. Trying, failing, to fix a hand only decade shy of a century.

Just read "Lungs" by @busayo.bsky.social in Issue 8 of @innerworlds.bsky.social! Very rich & vivid prose in this familial ghost-story

inner-worlds.ghost.io/lungs-by-bus...

😊😊😊!

Thank you 😊

Thank you, Toria!
Working with you was a delight.

One of the best parts of these pubs is getting to read work by my issue mates.

Excited to get into it.

@katharinetyndall.bsky.social
It's a lovely work you have here!

Hello.

Thank you for taking the time to read this. I appreciate it!

Thank you so much for reading and sharing, Katharine!

And for your kind words.