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Nkereuwem Albert

@nkereuwxm.bsky.social
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author, The Bone River ( phoenix 25’) || win: Dream Foundry ‘23 || words in: omenanamag, FIYAH, Fusion Fragment and Will This Be A Problem. BSFA and Ignyte Finalist 🐍

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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Huge congrats to FFers @nkereuwxm.bsky.social and @angelaliu.bsky.social on their Ignyte wins!!
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Nkereuwem Albert @nkereuwxm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Let’s goooooooo Honored to be recognized
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Nkereuwem Albert @nkereuwxm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Get in!
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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Outstanding Novelette category recognizes speculative works ranging from 7,500-17,499 words. Congratulations to WE BEGIN WHERE INFINITY ENDS by @somtoihezue.bsky.social #2026IgnyteAwards
2026 Ignyte Award winner for Outstanding Novelette: We Begin Where Infinity Ends by Somto Ihezue
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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Outstanding Novella category recognizes for speculative works ranging from 17,500-39,999 words Congratulations to THE RIVER HAS ROOTS by @amalelmohtar.com #2026IgnyteAwards
2026 Ignyte Award Winner in Outstanding Novella: The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Our next category, Outstanding Novel: Young Adult highlights novel-length (40k+ words) works intended for the young adult audience Congratulations to THEY BLOOM AT NIGHT by Trang Thanh Tran (Bloomsbury YA) #2026IgnyteAwards
2026 Ignyte Award Winner for Outstanding Novel - Young Adult: They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran
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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The #2026IgnyteAwards recognize outstanding achievements in genre literature or community work from 2025. Works from 2026 will be acknowledged by the 2027 awards. Congratulations to all the finalists! ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/current-fina...
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Current Finalists - The Ignyte Awards
The Awards seek to celebrate the vibrancy and diversity of the current and future landscapes of science fiction, fantasy, and horror by recognizing incredible feats in storytelling and outstanding eff...
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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
As ever, we begin with the #2026IgnyteAwards winner in Outstanding Novel - Adult for novel-length (40k words+) works intended for an adult audience Congratulations to THE BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER (Saga Press/Titan Books) by Stephen Graham Jones!
2026 Ignyte Award Winner: Outstanding Novel - Adult - The Buffalo Hunter Hunter x Stephen Graham Jones
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Ivor W. Hartmann @ivorhartmann.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I'm sure @africansfs.bsky.social will put this out here, but in the meantime: Nommo Awards 2026 Shortlist Massive Congrats to everyone nominated and shortlisted! #AfricanSFF #Africanfuturism #booksky 🪐📚💙 ...
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Ivor W. Hartmann @ivorhartmann.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
(The 2026 Ilube Award for Best Speculative Fiction Novel, Cont..) Marvellous Michael Anson, Firstborn of the Sun Paul Olisaeloka Anozie, Black Navel T.L. Huchu, Secrets of the First School
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Ivor W. Hartmann @ivorhartmann.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The 2026 Ilube Award for Best Speculative Fiction Novel Modupe H. Ayinde, A Song of Legends Lost @mhayinde.bsky.social Nkereuwem Albert, The Bone River @nkereuwxm.bsky.social Nnedi Okorafor, Death of the Author @nnedi.bsky.social ...
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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Voting for the Ignytes closes August 16! We hope you've done your homework (reading and otherwise supporting these creators in the meantime; we love an informed voting body). Do the thing here and for free: ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/vote/
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Vote - The Ignyte Awards
CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS YEAR'S FINALISTS! Public voting for the 2026 awards is now open thru August 16. Links are included wherever available in the hope that you will engage with the listed works to ...
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Will This Be A Problem? @willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
If African spec-fic is on your radar, here's an excerpt worth your time from “Commensalism, or the Labyrinth's Vessels” by @nkereuwxm.bsky.social, a finalist for the 2026 Ignyte Award for Outstanding Short Story. 🔗 willthisbeaproblem.co.ke/2025/11/19/c...
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Nkereuwem Albert @nkereuwxm.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Vote for Commensalism!!!
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Will This Be A Problem? @willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
ICYMI: Commensalism, or the Labyrinth's Vessels by @nkereuwxm.bsky.social is an Ignyte Award finalist in the Outstanding Short Story category! We're grateful to everyone who nominated the story and are asking for your vote once again. Voting closes Aug 16th: ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/vote
Illustrated story cover. A nude, dark-skinned humanoid figure sits curled in a fetal position, suspended by cables plugged into their head and body against a glowing orange-red background traced with circuit-like lines. 

Title reads: Commensalism, or The Labyrinth’s Vessels by Albert Nkereuwem. 

Text notes: A finalist for the Ignyte Short Story Award 2026.
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Nkereuwem Albert @nkereuwxm.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Thanks to the amazing people at @willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social you can now read Commensalism, Or the Labyrinth’s Vessels: willthisbeaproblem.co.ke/2025/11/19/c...
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Tade "Will Eat Your Heart in the Marketplace" Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
This silly AI inevitability argument... This fake "everybody uses it" assertion... If you fall for it, you deserve to fall for it.
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Nkereuwem Albert @nkereuwxm.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
NOMMO SEASON😊 Consider nominating my debut novel The Bone River 🐍 for The Ilube Award for Best Speculative Fiction Novel✨ Nomination is open to members of the ASFS and you can register and nominate up till 12th August 2026 www.africansfs.com/nommo-awards...
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CL Hellisen @clhellisen.com · 10/07/2026
I can't believe I even have to say this, but no, chatting with other writers, getting critique from them, working with an editor, or bouncing ideas off your partner, is NOT THE SAME THING as using AI to help you write a story. It pains me that anyone thinks this is a good argument.
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Nkereuwem Albert @nkereuwxm.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Had an amazing time pitching my Sapphic urban fantasy to readers in my hometown book festival and meeting readers☺️
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Nkereuwem Albert @nkereuwxm.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
It’s NOMMO season! Here’s to hoping you’ll consider nominating my debut novel The Bone River 🐍 for The Ilube Award for Best Speculative Fiction Novel✨ Nomination is open to members of the ASFS and you can register and nominate up till 12th August 2026 www.africansfs.com/nommo-awards...
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Nkereuwem Albert @nkereuwxm.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Had an amazing time pitching my Sapphic urban fantasy to readers in my hometown book festival and meeting readers☺️
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ShinyFluff @shinyfluffdnd.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
hello! about halfway thru The Bone River by @nkereuwxm.bsky.social . its a cool sapphic Nigerian fantasy. there's so many great sentences & concepts. i like esp the inter-dimensional travelling house, how they travel thru murals into other dimensions where occult scholars study, bone magic
book cover with a large skull with a beautiful African woman in red dress with bone corset and sword
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Nkereuwem Albert @nkereuwxm.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
It’s NOMMO season! Here’s to hoping you’ll consider nominating my debut novel The Bone River 🐍 for The Ilube Award for Best Speculative Fiction Novel✨ Nomination is open to members of the ASFS and you can register and nominate up till 12th August 2026 www.africansfs.com/nommo-awards...
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Nkereuwem Albert @nkereuwxm.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Happy Pride! Utibe is one of my favorite characters in The Bone River and I lovee her down.
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ShinyFluff @shinyfluffdnd.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Morning! I’m really liking this cool Nigerian fantasy The Bone River by @nkereuwxm.bsky.social It has a sapphic magical monster-hunting mercenary that operates between the two worlds of magical warriors and regular people. There’s death magic and river beings and impossible to find occult shops.
Book cover with a large skull and a beautiful Black woman in a red dress w a sword
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Nkereuwem Albert @nkereuwxm.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Happy Pride! Utibe is one of my favorite characters in The Bone River and I lovee her down.
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Nkereuwem Albert @nkereuwxm.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
From queer coming of age novels and surreal literary fiction to collections of short stories and sapphic fantasy, here are some of my favorite queer books by Nigerian authors. Happy Pride 🏳️‍🌈
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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Shame isn't bad. It's just incorrectly distributed.
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Nkereuwem Albert @nkereuwxm.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Thanks to the amazing people at @willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social you can now read Commensalism, Or the Labyrinth’s Vessels: willthisbeaproblem.co.ke/2025/11/19/c...
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Commensalism, or the Labyrinth’s Vessels – Will This Be A Problem?
Forty-two wakes up in control of his limbs and does not understand what has gone wrong. He wonders how long it has been since the day the Labyrinth won; it did
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Nkereuwem Albert @nkereuwxm.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Thanks to the amazing people at @willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social you can now read Commensalism, Or the Labyrinth’s Vessels: willthisbeaproblem.co.ke/2025/11/19/c...
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Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 09/06/2026
Well then! My @sauutiverse.bsky.social novella DESCENT is a finalist for the best novella Ignyte Award! The Ignytes mean a lot to me because of what they represent. Community, care, consideration. 🙏🏾 I'm thrilled to share the spotlight with so many excellent authors (hi again @amalelmohtar.com!)
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The Sauúti Collective @sauutiverse.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Congratulations to @wtalabi.com for his Sauútiverse novella, "Descent", published in @clarkesworldmagazine.com, being a finalist in the 2026 @theignyteawards.bsky.social! 🚀💫📚 Read the Full List of Finalists: ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/current-fina...
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Nkereuwem Albert @nkereuwxm.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Done all this without an agent like the unhinged person I am. The Bone River🐍 is (still) a sapphic urban fantasy set in a Calabar where where necromancers, river deities and fire-wielding magicians rule over a supernatural community on the brink of war. I hope you’ll give it a chance.
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Nkereuwem Albert @nkereuwxm.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Happy Pride!!
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Champ Wongsatayanont @champwongs.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
So honoured to receive this nomination among all the incredible writers!! 🙏🏼
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Nkereuwem Albert @nkereuwxm.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Honored to be recognized!❤️
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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
The #2026IgnyteAwards finalists in Outstanding Short Story are: Autogas Ferryman – @champwongs.bsky.social Because I Held His Name Like A Key – @aimeeogdenwrites.com Commensalism, Or the Labyrinth’s Vessels – @nkereuwxm.bsky.social (1/2)
OUTSTANDING SHORT STORY
for speculative works ranging from 2,000-7,499 words

Autogas Ferryman – Champ Wongsatayanont (Nightmare Magazine)
Because I Held His Name Like A Key – Aimee Ogden (Strange Horizons)
Commensalism, Or the Labyrinth’s Vessels – Albert Nkereuwem (Will This Be a Problem)
Ichthyosis – M.L. Krishnan (Fantasy Magazine)
The Octopus Dreams of Personhood – Hannah Yang (Diabolical Plots)
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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Story #4 in FF#26: "A Treatise of Significance to Uyo Above" by @nkereuwxm.bsky.social If you need a story with: -love, both romantic and familial -a robot body inhabited by a spirit -dystopian, post-climate change societies Download it for free at www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/
"A Treatise of Significance to Uyo Above" by Nkereuwem Albert

In hard spirit science, truth requires faith; belief absent 
doubt that your thoughtseed will bring forth life. A thoughtseed planted in hemispheres riddled with doubt will never flower.

the city above and the city below / spirit bots / revolution
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Will This Be A Problem? @willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Searching for your next 2025 read? Try “Commensalism, or the Labyrinth’s Vessels” by @nkereuwxm.bsky.social, which is one of the gems published in our fifth anthology. Free to read on our website until Dec 12. 🔗 willthisbeaproblem.co.ke/2025/11/19/c... #AfricanSFF 🪐📚💙
Quote graphic from Issue V of Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology is set on a background that has a textured reddish tone with decorative speech mark elements. The text reads: Labyrinth’s tethered bodies file into the room, men and women dressed in mustard-coloured linen shirts with loose trousers. The slime’s paths into their bodies—yellow tentacled extensions that flow into their hair follicles and lay deep roots in their spinal cords—are hidden underneath their clothes. As they stand before him, breathing synchronously, Forty-two thinks through his situation. What does it want? It has everything.

Attribution below: 

Commensalism, or the Labyrinth’s Vessels

Albert Nkereuwem

Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology | Issue V

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Will This Be A Problem? @willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
We’ve put together a list of @nkereuwxm.bsky.social's works published in 2025 that are eligible for consideration across multiple award categories. If you’ve enjoyed his stories and can nominate, we’d love for you to keep the Nigerian author’s work in mind. Links below. #AfricanSFF 🪐📚💙
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The Bone River, Phoenix | Ouida Books, September 2025. A sapphic urban fantasy set in Calabar

Short Fiction - 

A Treatise of Significance to Uyo Above, Fusion Fragment | Issue #26, October 2025. The city above and the city below | spirit bots | revolution

Commensalism, or the labyrinth’s vessels, Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology | Issue V, January 2025. A sentient slime tries to understand humanity after having taken it over
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Will This Be A Problem? @willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Best Novel: Huge congrats to @nnedi.bsky.social, @lailalalami.com, @mhayinde.bsky.social, @nkereuwxm.bsky.social, @nuzo.bsky.social and Adam Oyebanji
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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Feeling some feels because it was 5 years ago today that FF#1 debuted. I wasn't sure if it'd catch on or get read, but here we are, still going strong five years later. Thanks to all of you who've picked up a copy or submitted work--it's a delight and privilege to read and share these stories!
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Read #AfricanSFF!🫵🏾 @africansffhype.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
When Offiong the necromancer dies, his daughter, Afem, becomes the new bone chief. The other houses are eager to form new alliances. But old grudges die hard... 🙌🏾✨️ Political fantasy in "The House of Old Marian" by @nkereuwxm.bsky.social in @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social fiyahlitmag.com/shop/issues/...
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FIYAH #30
FIYAH #30 is available in downloadable PDF and EPUB formats. Buying for someone else? Hit up the Gift Issue for transferable download codes. See the description below for content details.
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Read #AfricanSFF!🫵🏾 @africansffhype.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Decades ago, one twin killed the other in the womb. 2 generations later, the cycle repeats itself, and the dead twin comes back for revenge... Haunting story by @nkereuwxm.bsky.social in @omenanamag.bsky.social #africansff #africanlit 🪐📚💙 omenana.com/2024/04/09/k...
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Koko’s Body | Albert Nkereuwem - omenana.com
As our wills aligned over the next few nights after the naming, I took over our body and executed. Finally, she was off her medication; her mind was weakened, and I was free. All of this; hanging Mary...
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Nkereuwem Albert @nkereuwxm.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Now, which one of you new followers is an agent looking for sapphic urban fantasy based on Efik mysticism? Think necromancers, mermaids, masquerade magic and all that cool stuff🐍☠️
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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
The lineup for FF#26 (our October 2025 issue) is now complete! Stories by @nkereuwxm.bsky.social, @thesuiway.bsky.social, Emma Russell-Trione, @cressidaroe.bsky.social, @straith.ca, @leokaaolive.bsky.social, @slharris.bsky.social, and Nana Afadua Ofori-Atta!
Table of Contents, Fusion Fragment #26

"A Treatise of Significance to Uyo Above" by Nkereuwem Albert
"A White Day Comes" by A.D. Sui
"Island" by Emma Russell-Trione
"Mrs. No Face" by Cressida Roe
"Once Upon the Crossing of Mars" by D.A. Straith
"Pig Lion" by Leo Oliveira
"Root Hog or Die" by S.L. Harris
"The Replacement Sister" by Nana Afadua Ofori-Atta
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Nkereuwem Albert @nkereuwxm.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Honored. A Treatise of Significance to Uyo Above is work that is very dear to me and I cannot wait till it’s out.
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