DARE SEGUN FALOWO (“Convergence in Chorus Architecture”) is a writer of the Nigerian Weird. His work sometimes draws on Yoruba cosmology, Nollywood and pulp fiction. He has been published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Brittle Paper, The Dark and Saraba Magazine. He haunts Ibadan and tweets @oyodragonette.
RAFEEAT ALIYU (“To Say Nothing of Lost Figurines”) is a writer, editor and documentary filmmaker based in Abuja, Nigeria. Her short stories have been published in Strange Horizons, Nightmare, Expound and Omenana magazines, as well as Queer Africa 2 and the AfroSF Anthology of African Science Fiction anthology. Along with Chitra Nagarajan and Azeenarh Mohammed, Rafeeat edited She Called Me Woman: Nigeria’s Queer Women Speak.
Rafeeat is a Clarion West Graduate (2018). You can learn more about her on her website rafeeataliyu.com.
SUYI DAVIES OKUNGBOWA (“Sleep Papa, Sleep) is a Nigerian author of speculative fiction inspired by his West-African origins. He is the author of the highly anticipated Nigerian godpunk debut, David Mogo, Godhunter (Abaddon, 2019). His shorter works have appeared internationally (or are forthcoming) in periodicals like Tor.com, Lightspeed, Nightmare, Strange Horizons, Fireside, Podcastle, The Dark and anthologies like Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy, A World of Horror and People of Colour Destroy Science Fiction. He lives between Lagos, Nigeria and Tucson, Arizona where he teaches writing while completing his MFA in Creative Writing. He tweets at @IAmSuyiDavies and is @suyidavies everywhere else. Learn more at suyidavies.com.
ODIDA NYABUNDI (“Clanfall: Death of Kings”) is a reader, writer, and blogger who works as a copywriter in the advertising world. He holds a bachelor’s degree in communication from Maseno University and has two blogs: Cartastrophe about his enduring passion for cars, and Freeze Frame which takes a gritty look at various snippets of life usually through a supernatural lens. Odida has also published four short stories in Manure Fresh, which is a local Kenyan publication that showcases up and coming writing talent on sale in Nairobi.
Odida has been writing from as long as he can remember. He has also dabbled in many things including stints as a broadcast reporter, a butcher, and a beekeeper. He loves science fiction, fantasy, and horror, and has an abiding interest in African culture and folklore.
MAME BOUGOUMA DIENE (“The Satellite Charmer”) is a Franco–Senegalese American humanitarian living in Brooklyn, New York, and the US/Francophone spokesperson for the African Speculative Fiction Society (http://www.africansfs.com/). You can find his work in Brittle Paper, Omenana, Galaxies Magazine, Edilivres, Fiyah!, Truancy Magazine, EscapePod and Strange Horizons, and in anthologies such as AfroSFv2 & V3 (Storytime), Myriad Lands (Guardbridge Books), You Left Your Biscuit Behind (Fox Spirit Books), This Book Ain’t Nuttin to Fuck Wit (Clash Media), and Sunspot Jungle (Rosarium Publishing). His collection Darks Moons Rising on a Starless Night published last year by Clash Books, was nominated for the 2019 Splatterpunk Award.
MICHAEL BOATMAN (“Thresher of Men”) stories have appeared in places like Horror Garage, and Weird Tales, and in anthologies like Dark Delicacies III: Haunted, and Sick Things. He’s the author of three novels, Revenant Road, Last God Standing, and “Who Wants to be the Prince of Darkness?” By day, Michael is an actor, currently co-starring on the CBS drama, The Good Fight.
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