a growing thing

Flame Tree Publisher, Nick Wells, and Sauúti Collective co-editors, Eugen Bacon, Cheryl S. Ntumy and Stephen Embleton, are thrilled to share with you the cover of Sauúti Terrors. Eugen Bacon, Stephen Embleton, The Flame Tree Team, African Literary Agency - speculative fiction

Cover Reveal: Sauúti (The Sauúti Collective) Terrors Co-Edited by Eugen Bacon (Eugen Bacon), Cheryl S. Ntumy & Stephen Embleton (Stephen Embleton) Forthcoming in 2026 from Flame Tree (The Flame Tree Team) & represented by African Literary Agency (African Literary Agency - speculative fiction) jaylit.com/cover-reveal-s…

The Sauútiverse keeps expanding! Behold the cover for our 2nd anthology: Sauúti Terrors! Return to the Sauútiverse - our collectively-built, Afrocentric, matriarchal shared-world of strange planets and sound magic - this time for dark fantasy, SF and horror stories and poetry.

Cover Reveal via BRITTLE PAPER : Sauúti Terrors launching January 2026 from Flame Tree Press Team Featuring the fantastical cover illustration by our very own Kalejaye Akintoba! Co-Edited by Eugen Bacon , Cheryl S. Ntumy, and Stephen Embleton 📚👻🔥☠️ brittlepaper.com/2025/09/cover-…

Wanted to be a doctor and an author. I’m a doctor and an author 😊.

Pre-order The Bone River today!!! ouidalagos.com/product/pre-or…

I was honored to be part of this year’s cohort in Algiers ✨ These past few days have been an incredible experience. I reconnected with my writing, fell in love with craft all over again, and found a new family in the amazing writers and facilitators of my cohort. Grateful ❤️

Dinner with Jay Z or read my newly published poem?

My debut novel is out in SEVEN DAYSSS Preorder: ouidalagos.com/product/pre-or…

“Why Donkeys Have 44 Teeth” by Peter Nena is set in Nairobi, where recurring nightmares bleed into reality with terrifying consequences. The story reveals how children’s warnings are too often dismissed until it’s too late. Full story in Issue V: willthisbeaproblem.co.ke/2025/04/25/why…

HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY TO ME😊🎉 I can usually see how things play out, but after five years, today is as far as my I’ve been able to see. I’m It is everything to be living out a dream. I cannot wait for you all to hold Afem and Heych’s story and read our Calabar. LFG!!!!!!!

Author Spotlight: Nkereuwem - THE BONE RIVER🐍OUT NOW! We’re kicking off our Author Spotlight series with Nigerian writer Nkereuwem Albert, whose debut novel, The Bone River, has just been released! His work has been published in various outlets, including an award- winning story.

Our September edition is out now! Featuring: fiction by Obinna Udenwe, poetry by Lydia Kasese, nonfiction by Nkiacha Atemnkeng, hybrid by Leyelle Mesa-Graham, drama by Adedolapo O. Grillo, and visual by Abubakar Auwal. lolwe.org

The poet. The poem.

me and my latest artworks

Bring your book to work day went well🧍🏾 The Bone River🐍: ouidalagos.com/product/the-bo…

what an honour to be a finalist for the future awards africa prize for literature alongside such stellar nominees! grateful to everyone who continues to believe in the work i do and the stories i tell.

Anyways, I wrote a story about a world where you could feel every pain, made entirely out of broken glass. It’s out: nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/body-g…

Heyy y’all! So it’s my birthday today (🥳🫠) and the greatest gift you could give me is to perceive/signal boost/read my writing? En FR ma trilogie Teranga Chronicles est disponible à Plumes du Monde (link in bio for more info) et en anglais ça se passe ici Moustapha Mbacké Diop Thanks 🫶🏿