author, The Bone River ( phoenix 25’) || win: Dream Foundry ‘23 || words in: omenanamag, fiyahlitmag
Nkereuwem Albert
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The #2026IgnyteAwards finalists in Outstanding Short Story are:
Autogas Ferryman – @champwongs.bsky.social
Because I Held His Name Like A Key – @aimeeogdenwrites.com
Commensalism, Or the Labyrinth’s Vessels – @nkereuwxm.bsky.social
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Thanks to the amazing people at @willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social you can now read Commensalism, Or the Labyrinth’s Vessels:
willthisbeaproblem.co.ke/2025/11/19/c...
The Ignyte Awards
Done all this without an agent like the unhinged person I am.
The Bone River🐍 is (still) a sapphic urban fantasy set in a Calabar where where necromancers, river deities and fire-wielding magicians rule over a supernatural community on the brink of war.
I hope you’ll give it a chance.
Nkereuwem Albert
Shame isn't bad. It's just incorrectly distributed.
Happy Pride!!
Honored to be recognized!❤️
So honoured to receive this nomination among all the incredible writers!! 🙏🏼
Thanks to the amazing people at @willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social you can now read Commensalism, Or the Labyrinth’s Vessels:
willthisbeaproblem.co.ke/2025/11/19/c...
Well then!
My @sauutiverse.bsky.social novella DESCENT is a finalist for the best novella Ignyte Award!
The Ignytes mean a lot to me because of what they represent. Community, care, consideration. 🙏🏾
I'm thrilled to share the spotlight with so many excellent authors (hi again @amalelmohtar.com!)
Nkereuwem Albert
Congratulations to @wtalabi.com for his Sauútiverse novella, "Descent", published in @clarkesworldmagazine.com, being a finalist in the 2026 @theignyteawards.bsky.social! 🚀💫📚
Read the Full List of Finalists:
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/current-fina...
Nkereuwem Albert
Nkereuwem Albert
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Forty-two wakes up in control of his limbs and does not understand what has gone wrong. He wonders how long it has been since the day the Labyrinth won; it did
