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and the two men, face to face, dancers, spin, spin, spin, guns in their hands like shɛgburɛ: soldier + madman, in the middle of a street, on a cardboard stage: they are not silent, but there are no…

and the two men, face to face, dancers, spin, spin, spin, guns in their hands like shɛgburɛ: soldier + madman, in the middle of a street, on a cardboard stage: they are not silent, but there are no…

The obsessions of the father seep into the son.

I first saw them one evening in May. I couldn’t tell what they were: small, like kids, like me, but they rustled, raffia fronds for skin. My eyes fizzing with dreams, I found Mama cradled on the sofa,...

I first saw them one evening in May. I couldn’t tell what they were: small, like kids, like me, but they rustled, raffia fronds for skin. My eyes fizzing with dreams, I found Mama cradled on the sofa,...

A short story by Victor Forna

YouTube video by lena

The editors for the AfroSurrealism Special invite you to submit fiction, poetry, and nonfiction.

Submissions Guidelines Seize The Press Magazine is an anticapitalist publication looking to publish dark speculative fiction. Bleak sci-fi, dark fantasy, horror and all kinds of weird, messy, genre-de...

We have original science fiction novelette by Lowry Poletti (“It Holds Her in the Palm of One Hand”), which we’ll be serializing across two weeks. We also have two terrific flash pieces: “Books to Tak...

Choose the original fiction piece you think is most deserving of the Best Flash Award! Vote for ONE only. Respondents who submit multiple votes will be discarded. Votes close February 14th. Spread th...

Welcome to the Locus Awards Poll. Deadline for voting is April 15. You can return and edit or add to your ballot up until the deadline.

Alt: Ian Wright - a man - pumping up his right feast in joy.

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast. This page: We Begin Where Infinity Ends by Somto Ihezue

I first saw them one evening in May. I couldn’t tell what they were: small, like kids, like me, but they rustled, raffia fronds for skin. My eyes fizzing with dreams, I found Mama cradled on the sofa,...

Issue #425 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies online magazine, featuring stories by Nne Ukwu & Somto Ihezue and Maya Chhabra.