The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2021

Chinelo Onwualu is a writer and editor focused on African speculative fiction. She is known for The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2021, an anthology that brings together exciting new stories. Her work helps showcase diverse voices in the genre.

C. L. Clark — Cherae Lichelle Clark — is an American fantasy writer, editor and teacher. Born in Oklahoma and raised in Kansas City, she graduated from Indiana University's MFA in creative writing and was a 2012 Lambda Literary Fellow; she has since worked as a personal trainer, an English teacher and an editor, and teaches on the faculty of Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her debut novel, The Unbroken (2021), opened the Magic of the Lost trilogy, a queer anti-colonial political fantasy continued...

Craig Laurance Gidney writes speculative fiction. You can find his stories in anthologies like The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2021.

Derek Lubangakene is a key voice in African speculative fiction. He is the editor of The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2021, a collection that showcases exciting new work in the genre.

Dilman Dila writes speculative fiction. His stories are featured in collections such as The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2021, Best of World SF, and AfroSFv2, and he is also the author of Dominion.

Eugen Bacon writes speculative fiction, with her work appearing in The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction series and Cyberfunk! She is also the author of the novel Dominion and has contributed stories

Inegbenoise O. Osagie is an author whose work appears in The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2021. They contribute to the vibrant world of African speculative fiction.

Makena Onjerika is a voice in African speculative fiction. She is known for her work on The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2021.

Marian Denise Moore writes compelling speculative fiction, with a focus on African speculative fiction. Her work is featured in The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2021, and she is also the author of Dominion.

Michelle Mellon is an author working in speculative fiction and horror. Her notable contributions include The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2021 and The Heart of a Devil: A Horror Villains Anthology.

Moustapha Mbacké Diop is an author known for his work in African speculative fiction. His writing can be found in The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2021.

Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki is an editor dedicated to showcasing African speculative fiction. He is known for curating "The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction" series (2021, 2022, 2023) and the anthology "Africa Risen.

Pemi Aguda is an author known for writing African speculative fiction. Their stories are included in anthologies such as The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2021.

Meet Russell Nichols, an author whose work is featured in The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2021. He writes within the vibrant genre of African speculative fiction.

Sheree Renée Thomas is a writer and editor specializing in speculative fiction, dark fantasy, and horror. She's known for her Mythic Delirium series, and for editing The Year

Shingai Njeri Kagunda is a writer whose work often explores speculative fiction and mythology. Look for her stories in collections like The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2021 and Voodoonauts Presents : Living Mythology, plus her standalone work And This Is How to Stay Alive.

Somto O. Ihezue's work is featured in The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2021 and The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2022. They are a voice in contemporary African speculative fiction.

Suyi Davies Okungbowa writes across speculative fiction, fantasy, and science fiction, with work recognized in collections like The Year's Best African Speculative Fiction 2021 and

Tamara Jerée writes African speculative fiction. Her work was featured in The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2021.

T. L. Huchu is a writer whose work appears in top speculative fiction, science fiction, and fantasy anthologies. His stories have been featured in collections like The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2021 and Best of World SF. He is a distinctive voice in contemporary genre fiction.

Tlotlo Tsamaase is a writer whose speculative fiction has appeared in "The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction" (2021, 2022) and "The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2021 Edition." Look for their stories in Apex Magazine and other collections if you enjoy sci-fi and fantasy.

Tobias S. Buckell is the author of Dead Man's Hand and the editor of Wastelands--Stories of the Apocalypse. He writes science fiction and fantasy, often exploring themes of survival and societal collapse.

Tobi Ogundiran writes speculative fiction and fantasy, with stories appearing in several notable anthologies. Their work can be found in The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction (2021, 2022), Year's Best Fantasy, The Dark Issue 40, and In the Shadow of the Fall.

WC Dunlap is a name to know in African speculative fiction. They are the editor behind The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2021 and 2022, bringing readers a curated selection of stories.

Yvette Lisa Ndlovu is a Zimbabwean sarungano (storyteller).

Z. Z. Claybourne writes African speculative fiction. Their work was featured in The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2021.