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The ZamaShort imprint is focused on the powerhouse of the single short story. We champion multi-genre African literature excellence and diversity. zamashort.com

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ZamaShort is a new project from StoryTime Publishing who brought you the StoryTime magazine, and the African Roar and AfroSF series of anthologies

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These excellent stories range from satire to science fiction, fantasy, horror, literary, and more, showcasing the incredible depth and range of contemporary African authors at work today. Foreword by Eugen Bacon.

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It's a haunting story. The kind that offers no easy answers but lingers in the mind, impossible to ignore." —Wole Talabi, author of The Fist Of Memory.

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“Imraan Coovadia brings to life the trauma and heartache of everyday life in a tech bro’s nightmare company, a tale of many different kinds of love and of hate.” — Geoff Ryman, author of Animals.

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“Coovadia delivers a short, sharp and stinging critique of the dark world of social content moderation and curation by extrapolating it into a nightmare near-future scenario where the multi-layer human cost of this techno-economic exploitation is brought front and center for careful examination(...)

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The ZamaShort Shop has updated! We now offer Subscriptions, one Full Bundle, and all our publications individually! Buy direct from us and stop funding oligarchs and start funding authors better. #AfricanLit #AfricanSFF #booksky 💙📚

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Geoff Ryman, is an author of speculative and historical fiction. He has won multiple awards, including the World Fantasy Award, Nebula, two-time Arthur C. Clarke, three-time BSFA, two-time Canadian Sunburst, as well as the Campbell, Philip K. Dick, and Otherwise, awards. His latest novel is Animals.

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Who watches the watchers, and do they need a therapist? This near-future tale takes you behind the scenes into the dark, isolated, claustrophobic, and tightly controlled, world of social content “moderation” and refining.

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Viewer numbers are everything and heinous content is king, but what severe toll does this extract from the moderators? In this latest work from the acclaimed author of A Spy in Time, Imraan Coovadia lays bare a stark and compelling future warning based on current realities.

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Viewer numbers are everything and heinous content is king, but what severe toll does this extract from the moderators? In this latest work from the acclaimed author of A Spy in Time, Imraan Coovadia lays bare a stark and compelling future warning based on current realities.

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“Imraan Coovadia brings to life the trauma and heartache of everyday life in a tech bro’s nightmare company, a tale of many different kinds of love and of hate.” — Geoff Ryman, author of Animals.

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I just read this! It's a fantastic story that is, in part, about knowing there's a creator of the world and choosing to want nothing to do with them, and what it means to love someone who wants different. Very much recommend!

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ZamaShort #16 'Ethics after the End of the World' by Blaize M. Kaye @bomoko.bsky.social What if you suddenly knew the true purpose of life. A touching tale and exploration of a mathematician and philosopher faced with the ultimate truth of reality. #AfricanSFF #Africanfuturism #booksky 🪐📚💙

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Efemia Chela is a Zambian-Ghanaian writer, nominated for the Caine Prize for African Writing in 2014 and shortlisted for the Gerald Kraak Prize in 2017. She is currently working on her debut novel at the Iowa Writers' Workshop and a contributing editor for the The Johannesburg Review of Books.

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New review by K. Piddo p' Odoki for Abigail George's @abigailgeorgepoet.bsky.social 'Did You get Married to Her When I was in the Mental Hospital?' ZamaShort #12. #booksky 💙📚 #poetry

moderndiplomacy.eu"Did You Get Married to Her When I Was in the Mental Hospital?" by Abigail GeorgeThere are works of literature that ask to be read, and there are works that demand to be survived. Abigail George's latest prose poem sequence belongs firmly, unflinchingly, to the second category.
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“Lizzy Attree evokes both the crossing of multicultural lives and loneliness in London and the specificity of rural life in the Eastern Cape with elegance, sharp detail and humour.” — Efemia Chela, contributing editor Johannesburg Review of Books.

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A short story I wrote a few years ago will be published on 1st July by @zamashort.com thanks to @ivorhartmann.bsky.social 'Guava Jam' is set in Salem, in the eastern cape, when Lucy finds herself alone one weekend in June... a knock on the door and a request for help... Enjoy!

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ZamaShort #15 'Guava Jam' by Lizzy Attree @lizzyattree.bsky.social. “Attree crafts a poignant, moving story with a strong sense of place." — Tendai Huchu, author of The Hairdresser of Harare. Pre-Orders Up, click link to see options and more! #AfricanLit #ContemporaryFiction #booksky 💙📚

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Dare Segun Falowo is an earthworker and a writer in the Nigerian Weird. They draw inspiration from dreams, a lived surreality, and indigenous cosmologies. Their work has appeared in Omenana, ZamaShort, F&SF, Baffling, Dominion, Africa Risen and more. Their debut collection, Caged Ocean Dub, is out.