From myth-soaked villages to haunted futures, Caged Ocean Dub weaves a chorus of girls, gods, ghosts, and glitching timelines. This genre-bending collection of speculative fiction draws from African cosmologies, surreal horror, soft sci-fi, and spiritual mythmaking to tell stories of people caught in the act of becoming; becoming legend, ghost, god, or free.
In “LSD-1842,” a man pilots a dream-powered car through parallel timelines, trying—and failing—to save the woman he loves from the fate that awaits her in every version of reality. In “What Not to Do When Spelunking in Anambra”, a group of friends descend into a sacred cave and return changed, haunted by visions carved into glowing stone. “The Waterwidower” tells of a man who claims the ocean as his bride, his sanity unspooling with the tides. And in “Busola Orange Juice,” a murdered girl returns to sell citrus from the roots of her own grave.
These are stories of inheritance, resistance, and longing, set in cities that remember too much and futures that refuse to forget. Told in sharp, lyrical bursts and rooted in African cosmologies and speculative wonder, Caged Ocean Dub is a bold reimagining of what the short story can hold.
Binti has returned to her home planet, believing that the violence of the Meduse has been left behind. Unfortunately, although her people are peaceful..
Michael Owoyemi is about to close a multi-million dollar business deal on behalf of his demanding employer. On the Monday morning scheduled for the cl..
