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Somto Ihezue @somtoihezue.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I'm okay haha (Screaming, crying, throwing up!!!)

Somto Ihezue @somtoihezue.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

We Begin Where Infinity Ends, is a Nommo Award Short Story Finalist✨🪲💕 Infinitely grateful to everyone who nominated it, the ASFS community, every reader, reviewer, and friend who read, loved, and shared this story💫 And just honored to share this ballot with these incredible authors!!!

Announcing the 2026 Nommo Awards Shortlist. In the Short Story category, the shortlisted works are: Adelehin Ijasan, A Heap of Petrified Gods; Kevin Rigathi, If Memory Serves; Plangdi Neple, Full, Empty Houses; Moustapha Mbacké Diop, Apostasy in Fruit; Somto Ihezue, We Begin Where Infinity Ends; and T.L. Huchu, The Cancellation of Michael Z.

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Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The fifth tale of ECO25: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION 🌎🌱🌕 Read "Kindling" by @somtoihezue.bsky.social 🔥 alongside 23 stellar tales of climate fiction, solarpunk, New Weird, and ecohorror 🌟 🌳🍎 Preorders for ECO25 are open now! www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...

“KINDLING”
Somto Ihezue

"Forest knew not this stranger whose skin was fleeting embered diamonds. Her mother had said, Be wary of strangers. Where was her mother now?
So, Forest took the stranger’s hand, and the stranger walked through fire."

PREORDER ECO25: THE YEAR’S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION TODAY AT www.apexbookcompany.com

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Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I’ve already bumped into @somtoihezue.bsky.social three times this first day of Worldcon. I think the Fates are trying to tell me something.

A selfie with Somto, who’s wearing a shirt with vertical blue and white stripes, while mine has green alien heads against a blue background.

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Somto Ihezue @somtoihezue.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Find me at LAcon V! Come watch our film On Our Skin selected to screen at the Worldcon Film Festival, or listen to poets read at the Anaheim Public Library, or chat with us about all things Myth and Magic in West Africa.

A promotional graphic titled “Where to find Somto Ihezue at Worldcon!” listing five LACON V events featuring Somto Ihezue: a Speculative Poetry Salon on August 26, a screening of On Our Skin on August 27, a Table Talk on August 27, a reading on August 28, and a virtual panel on West African Myth and Magic in Modern Fantasy on August 29. The graphic includes a portrait of Somto Ihezue, the On Our Skin film poster, and a QR code.

A promotional poster for On Our Skin, an official selection of the LACON 2026 Worldcon Film Festival. The poster shows Nsibidi-inspired symbols marked onto textured brown skin and credits Abiodun Udom and Emmanuel Adejo as directors, with Somto Ihezue credited as a screenwriter and producer.

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Somto Ihezue @somtoihezue.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Thank you so much for reading✨💫

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Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

And if you'd care to hear @somtoihezue.bsky.social chatting with me about that wonderful @clarkesworldmagazine.com story of his, check out this episode of my Eating the Fantastic podcast which went live earlier this month. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

Somto Ihezue across the table from me seen over his molcajete: a large metal urn filled with chicken, steak, chorizo sausage, and melted cheese. The urn is surrounded by sauces, a lime, and rice and beans.

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Somto Ihezue @somtoihezue.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Voting is still ongoing for the Ignyte Awards, and I'm on the ballot for the first time, with my novelette "We Begin Where Infinity Ends" alongside other brilliant writers and finalists. Do read, recommend and vote for your favorite works✨💫

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Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

"Just before Ala ascended into the heavens, she crafted a he-goat from infinity and gave it breath. It had the blackest fur and gold irises that glowed." 🐐🥭🪙 New fiction today by @somtoihezue.bsky.social: "Disobedience and Goats" Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/apex-m...

"Disobedience and Goats" By Somto Ihezue. Apex Magazine, Issue 153.

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Ignyte Award-Nominated Writer/Editor LP Kindred @lpkindred.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Just a heads up! @khoreo.bsky.social is 5 days from the end of their kickstarter and the mag hasn't funded. L pointed out last month that if we want nice things, we have to communicate that via dollars. Let's retain this important magazine! khōréō Year 6 www.kickstarter.com/projects/kho...

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khōréō: Year 6

Help us sustain and grow an award-winning magazine of speculative fiction and migration!

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Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Coming tomorrow morning, a few days early so as not to interfere with my Readercon trip — Episode 286 of Eating the Fantastic, during which you'll be able to take a seat at the table for lunch with award-winning writer @somtoihezue.bsky.social. Please tag along and eavesdrop! pod.link/1083737796

Four images in a two-by-two grid. Clockwise from upper left: a detail of the Platters section of the menu at R & R Taqueria, listing Carne a la Mexican NY Strip, Pollo a la Mexicano, Carne Asada, Blackened Chicken, Chori-Pollo, and Molcajete; Somto across the table from me seen over his Molcajete; the Eating the Fantastic podcast icon, which features a flying saucer lifting a burger, chicken leg, and donut in its tractor beam; my plate of three fish tacos.

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Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Episode 286 of the Hugo Award finalist Eating the Fantastic podcast is LIVE with guest @somtoihezue.bsky.social! Join the award-winning writer for lunch and learn why fireflies matter, how the Clarion workshop experience made his writing better — and much more. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

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R.S.A. Garcia (BUY THE NIGHTWARD) @rsagarcia.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

No update today because I'm doing physio but still in pain and resting as much as I can. Can't sit up to write these days. I'd appreciate any boosts or donations as they all go to my medical care, including the rising costs of my cancer meds and the new physiotherapy I require. Thank you!

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Somto Ihezue @somtoihezue.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Got into a very literary magazine with a very literary story. They are asking for an updated version of the work, if any, and I'm not sure how to explain to them the story now has witchcraft and time travel in it.

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Kemi Ashing-Giwa @kashinggiwa.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Heyo! The Literary Auction for Change is open, with agent critiques, signed copies, book swag, and more up for grabs. And all funds help support diversity in the publishing industry! I'm offering a 30-min AMA, which can also double as a short story critique: www.32auctions.com/organization...

Graphic: "A bookish auction fundraising for literary agents of change, and all volunteer nonprofit. We offer fellowship and mentorship programs geared towards improving access and retention for literary agents from under representative groups working in publishing."

Graphic: "I donated to the literary auction for change. auction runs between June 8 to June 12."

Graphic: "When marginalized agents have a seat at the table, it creates a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive industry, where marginalized authors can find passionate advocates. Together, we hope that every reader will have the chance to open a book, and see themselves."

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Somto Ihezue @somtoihezue.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

We Begin Where Infinity Ends is an Ignyte Award Finalist!!! Deeply honored and grateful to the judges and everyone who has read, reviewed, and supported this little firefly story ✨🪲🫶🏽

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Somto Ihezue @somtoihezue.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Thank you for the wonderful conversation Scott! Had a great time✨

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Our panel “Exploring Point of View: from Nuts & Bolts to the Esoteric” will take place at 3:40PM at Hotel Shattuck on awards day! Moderated by #SarahGailey, w/ #StephenGrahamJones #IsaacFellman #SomtoIhezue #SusannaKwan tix @ locusmag.com/2026-lo... or in bio!

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Somto Ihezue @somtoihezue.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Our not-so-little story, We Begin Where Infinity Ends, is a Locus Award Novelette Finalist. Grateful to everyone who read, loved, and recommended this story. May all your infinites be boundless✨🪲💕

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Somto Ihezue @somtoihezue.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Thank you so much for giving this story a home✨🌳🪾

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R.S.A. Garcia (BUY THE NIGHTWARD) @rsagarcia.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

ICYMI, today is the final day to enter this! Please feel free to share this appeal! Your contributions will help me pay for my cancer meds and treatment, which have recently greatly increased in cost. You can find out more details about that, my journey, and this giveaway at the link. Thank you!

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Somto Ihezue @somtoihezue.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Excited to share that my novelette, “When Trees Laugh, It Sounds Like This,” got accepted and will appear in a future issue of @reckoningmag.bsky.social 🌳🌱✨

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Somto Ihezue @somtoihezue.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

With nominations ending soon, if you're reading for the Hugo or Locus, for your kind consideration is my novelette “We Begin Where Infinity Ends,” a Nebula Finalist, and our short film, “On Our Skin,” both eligible in the novelette and Dramatic Presentation (Short Form) categories respectively✨🪲🎬

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Dr Lindz McLeod - THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

I'm getting married in TWO DAYS 👰👰🏿 and it would mean a lot to me to have the giveaway for my upcoming book promoted more (twenty copies up for grabs! I don't want to worry about social media this weekend!) so good people of Bluesky, please do your thing and repost this like mad.

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Book giveaway for The Miseducation of Caroline Bingley (Austentatious, #2) by Lindz McLeod Mar 06-Mar 31, 2026

Enter to win one of 20 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Mar 06-Mar 31, 2026. We’re giving away 20 copies of THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLE...

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Somto Ihezue @somtoihezue.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

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Somto Ihezue @somtoihezue.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Thank you so much for reading!!!✨🪲

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Somto Ihezue @somtoihezue.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Our not-so-little story, We Begin Where Infinity Ends, is a Nebula Award Finalist. Infinitely grateful🪲✨🫶🏽

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Somto Ihezue @somtoihezue.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Gentle reminder that both my novelette “We Begin Where Infinity Ends,” and our short film, “On Our Skin,” are eligible in the novelette and Dramatic Presentation (Short Form) categories respectively✨🪲🐾

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Somto Ihezue @somtoihezue.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Had a blast up in Baltimore at #AWP representing the University of Maryland’s MFA in Creative Writing program and running into @shereereneethomas.bsky.social, @clarkesworldmagazine.com, @michaeljdeluca.bsky.social and so many wonderful people!!!!✨

Somto Ihezue seated at a red-covered table representing the University of Maryland MFA in Creative Writing program at the 2026 AWP convention in Baltimore, with a tall Department of English banner and promotional materials displayed on the table.

From Left to Right: Rutendo Chidzodzo, Sheree Renee Thomas, and Somto Ihezue at the AWP convention in Baltimore.

Somto Ihezue and Neil Clarke at the Clarkesworld booth at the 2026 AWP convention in Baltimore.

Somto Ihezue and Augustine Obasi at the 2026 AWP Convention in Baltimore.

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Gentriwitch @waatlemoen.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

This is so lovely. All the elements, the ease of good writing, the creation of beauty. Fireflies, nature, science, imagination, possibilities, youth, love. 🪄

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Somto Ihezue @somtoihezue.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

AND word is that our short film, “On Our Skin,” an adaptation of “Our Skin Will Now Bear The Testimonies” by Ilo Innocent Chizaram published in @castofwonders.org and produced in collaboration with @press-android.bsky.social, is eligible for the Hugo Awards Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form!

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L. D. Lewis, Sea Witch Apologist 🧜🏾‍♀️ @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 18/02/2026

With the caveat that there are much more important things in need of financial support in our fucked up times, the support page for the Ignytes is back up for the 2026 cycle. ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/support/

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support - The Ignyte Awards

We live in immensely difficult times and hope our supporters are utilizing their discretionary income to prioritize giving to causes which aid in our collective survival and the dismantling of oppress...

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Somto Ihezue @somtoihezue.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Dear diary, today I googled, what is a synonym for Talking.

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Somto Ihezue @somtoihezue.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

With Hugo nominations open, I’d be honored if you’d read and consider my locus-recommended story, “We Begin Where Infinity Ends,” published in @clarkesworldmagazine.com for Best Novelette. It's a story of friendship, love, and fireflies, and is also eligible for the Nebulas, Locus, and BSFA✨🪲

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We Begin Where Infinity Ends by Somto Ihezue

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

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Story Hour @storyhour.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

This Story Hour started with the terrifying true story of guest host @becca.gomezfarrell.com's allergies...and continued with fiction! @gordonbwhite.bsky.social read juicy wedding horror, and @somtoihezue.bsky.social read heartbreaking fantasy/horror. You can still watch! youtu.be/qdgH7yOj1Zs

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February 11, 2026 Story Hour: Gordon B. White and Somto Ihezue, w/guest host Rebecca Gomez Farrell

YouTube video by Story Hour

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Somto Ihezue @somtoihezue.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Honored! Many thanks to @wtalabi.com for reviewing and recommending my novelette, “We Begin Where Infinity Ends,” alongside other brilliant stories and authors 🪲✨ This story is out in @clarkesworldmagazine.com👇🏽

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We Begin Where Infinity Ends by Somto Ihezue

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

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Olivia Kidula @dontcallmeliv.blacksky.app · 05/02/2026

I’m always thrilled whenever stories from Issue V get love! Congratulations to @shingai-be-like.bsky.social & @formerlykevin.bsky.social! Read their stories & the rest of this stellar anthology for free on willthisbeaproblem.co.ke #AfricanSFF #KenyaMentioned

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🧑🏻‍🦽‍➡️🦄 Eva Roslin (they/them) ⚨ 🍁 @evavroslin.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Thank you so much Leanna -- my Ko-fi is here: ko-fi.com/evaroslinwri...; I would appreciate any re-boosts and shares. Maybe I can also add the 3k as a specific goal.

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Somto Ihezue @somtoihezue.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

A celebration in two parts! Excited to see Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology edited by Olivia Kidula and myself, on the 2025 Locus Recommended Reading List. Also excited to see my novelette, “We Begin Where Infinity Ends,” from @clarkesworldmagazine.com on this list.

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2025 Recommended Reading List

Welcome to the Locus Recommended Reading List… We saw some fabulous books come out last year and are so pleased to let you know about them! Our recommendations are compiled annually by the Locus re…

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Sarah Pinsker @sarahpinsker.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Ooh! The list is fantastic as always. I'm honored that "The Millay Illusion" is on there in the novelette category! Also delighted to see my students @somtoihezue.bsky.social and @champwongs.bsky.social make the list! Also also delighted to see a new category for translated novels. Congrats to all!

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Will This Be A Problem? @willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

We're grateful to see WTBAP longlisted alongside so much SFF work we admire this award season. The recognition belongs to the writers and artists who trusted us with their vision. If their works stayed with you and you’re nominating, we’d appreciate your consideration. #AfricanSFF 🪐📚💙

A promotional graphic for Will This Be A Problem? outlining the publication’s 2025 award eligibility set on a dark blue cosmic pattern with greeb accents. The heading reads: Will This Be a Problem? 2025 Award Eligibility – For Your Consideration

Sections list eligible categories:

- Anthology: Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: Issue V, edited by Somto Ihezuo and Olivia Kidula (January 2025)
- Magazine: Will This Be A Problem? The Magazine: Issue 2, edited by Olivia Kidula (July 2025)
- Artist: Peter Marco, with artwork for Issue V & Issue 2
- Novelette: Why Donkeys Have 44 Teeth by Peter Nena (Issue V), and Babies Don’t Grow in People by Peter Nena (Issue 2)

Additional eligibility notes read that Olivia Kidula is eligible in Best Editor categories and Will This Be A Problem? is eligible in Best Semiprozine categories.

The WTBAP and Shilitza Publishing Group logos appear at the bottom right, and WTBAP’s website link sits near the bottom centre.

A promotional graphic for Will This Be A Problem? showing all the stories from Issue V and Issue V that are eligible for 2025 SFF awards. The background is a dark blue cosmic design with greenaccents. The heading reads: Will This Be a Problem? 2025 Award Eligibility, For Your Consideration.

Below is a list of eligible novelettes, short fiction and their authors.

Novelette:

Why Donkeys Have 44 Teeth by Peter Nena (Issue V)

Babies Don’t Grow in People by Peter Nena (Issue 2)

Short Fiction (Anthology):

- The Sirangori Fey Market by Ephraim N. Orji
- I’m Home by Rutendo Chidzodzo
- Something Cruel by Gabrielle Emem Harry
- Ash Baby by Andrew Dakalira
- Dinosaurs Once Lived Here by Yvette Lisa Ndlovu
- The Market of Memories by Azara Tswanya
- A Song of Ruin by Alex Tamei
- Scales and Arabesques by Lucille Sambo
- The Clans by Tonny Ogwa
- Baby Potion by Matseliso Motsoane
- Acceptance by Khaya Maseko
- The Language We Have Learned to Carry In Our Skin by Shingai Kagunda
- If Memory Serves by Kevin Rigathi
- Mr. Original Swag by Victor Forna
- Commensalism, or the Labyrinth’s Vessels by Albert Nkereuwem

Short Fiction (Magazine):

- The Herd by Lucille Sambo
- Non-Remembrance by Plangdi Neple
- Ritual by Olufunmilayo Makinde
- Do The Bop Bop by Azure Arther

The WTBAP and Shilitza Publishing Group logos appear at the bottom right, and WTBAP’s website link sits near the bottom centre.

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Since people are asking if they can do something for me, here is a short thread. I'm clearly going to be laid up for a lot longer. Here are a few simple links. Patreon: www.patreon.com/Wiswell Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/johnwiswell Amazon wishlist: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

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Somto Ihezue @somtoihezue.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Honored to see Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology on The 2025 Bram Stoker Awards® Preliminary Ballot for!!! Grateful to all the talented African writers who trusted us with their stories and made this anthology a reality. And a huge congratulations to other recognized works👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Superior Achievement in an Anthology

Allingham, LCW and Eno, River — Vampire Hunters: An Incomplete Record of Personal Accounts (Speculation Publications)

Armiento, Isabel, ed. — One Bad Night & Other Stories (Aardvark Book Club)

Bissett, Carina, ed — Fractured Reveries: A Storied Imaginarium Salon (Storied Imaginarium)

Day, Julie C.; Bissett, Carina; and Gidney, Craig
Laurance, eds. — Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology (Essential Dreams Press)

Golden, Christopher and Keene, Brian — The End of the World As We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King's The Stand (Gallery Books)

Ihezue, Somto and Kidula, Olivia — Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology (Shilitza Publishing)

Kulski, Kristy Park — Silk & Sinew: A Collection of Folk Horror from the Asian Diaspora (Bad Hand Books)

Murray, Lee and Jeffery, Dave — This Way Lies Madness:
Stories from the Edge of Darkness (Flame Tree Publishing)

Pascale, Elaine — Darkness Most Fowl (The Godmother of Horror Press)

Ryan, Lindy and Wytovich, Stephanie M., ed. - HOWL: An Anthology of Werewolves from Women-in-Horror (Black
Spot Books)

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