Monthly archives: October 2022

The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction (2021)

Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki (Editor)
  • “The Many Lives of an Abiku” by Tobi Ogundiran ★★★
  • “A Love Song for Herkinal as composed by Ashkernas amid the ruins of New Haven” by Chinelo Onwualu ★★★
  • “Are We Ourselves?” by Michelle Mellon ★★½
  • “The Goatkeeper’s Harvest” by Tobi Ogundiran ★★½
  • “Baba Klep” by Eugen
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This All Come Back Now

by Mykaela Saunders (Editor)
  • “Myth This!” by Lisa Fuller ★★★★
  • “Jacaranda Street” by Jasmin McGaughey ★★★
  • “When From” by Merryana Salem ★★★½
  • “An Invitation” by Timmah Ball ★★★★
  • “Water” by Ellen van Neerven ★★★
  • “Terranora” by Mykaela Saunders ★★★
  • “After the End of Their World” by Hannah Donnelly ★★
  • “Protocols of
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King Kong Theory

by Virginie Despentes

A shambles, outside of writing about her personal history. Misogynist yardsticks aren’t reclaimable and don’t depose the male gaze. Exudes not-like-other-girls vibes in distorting consequence for cause in prizing masculinity and maligning femininity. Haphazard groundless arguments including aligning with MRA posturing, plural Julie Delpy-style white woman statements (‘It’s … Read more