speculative fiction author, lapslock aficionado, fanfiction connoisseur, and number one defender of comic sans. i write short stories with vibes for plot & SFF novels featuring everything but the kitchen sink.
Book(s?)
someday soon there will be more books here!!!! i manifest it! grahhh!!!
Black as Diamond
Coming Spring 2026~
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Short Fiction
Forthcoming
"Divinity, Abloom." Tales and Feathers, 2026.
"Tapetum Lucidum." Augur.
"Allomorphosis." White Wall Review.
2025
"When The World Will End..." Saros Issue 3.
The technology that remains will be more flesh than metal.
"Like Embers." MYRIAD's Kinship zine.
The human and the automaton rode up on the Burning Kin in the deep night when there was no difference between shadow and sky.
2023
"When She Speaks." The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2022. (reprint.)
2022
"Fractal Eyes." Out There: Into The Queer New Yonder anthology. YA.
Subject 0000-A, also known as Essence, is an entity of unknown origin resembling a human in physical appearance.
"TAKEOFF." midnight & indigo: Nineteen Speculative Stories by Black Women Writers Issue 6.
There stands a woman, sunny hair, umber skin, and eyes like the coffee swirling in my cup.
2021
"When She Speaks." Augur Issue 4.1.
Flowers bloom when her wife speaks.
Get in touch!
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um [at] nebulouswrites [dot] comFor publishing inquiries, please contact Emily Forney at BookEnds Literary.