Branching Streams and Twittering Machines

Fiction

Forthcoming

Watch in Folly

Casements: Ethics after the End of the World in ZamaShort

The Care of Monsters in Moonlit Getaway

Pre-existing Conditions in Abyss and Apex

2026

Endling in PhanoFebruary 2026

The Last Faithful Servant of the Empire in AurealisFebruary 2026

Acorn, Honey, Fat, and Foxglove in The Literary Fantasy MagazineJanuary 2026

2025

Kryder's Law in The Kalahari ReviewMarch 2025

2024

Nuovi modi di perdertiOctober 2024Comic ▾

A comic, in Italian, based on my story “Brand New Ways (to lose you over and over and over again)”, with Federico Grasso, Himura, and Isabel Scaramastra.

2019

The History of Human-Computer Interaction: contributor notes in Daily Science FictionOct 2019

2018

Remains of an Old World in Bloody Parchment: Remains of an Old WorldNov 2018Award winner ▾

This story took first place in the 2016 SA Horrorfest Bloody Parchment competition.

Ndakusuwa reprinted at Strange HorizonsSept 2018Nommo ★PodcastReprinted ▾

Originally appeared in Fantastic Stories of the Imagination (Nov/Dec 2016)
You can also listen to it at the Strange Horizons Podcast
This story was short-listed for the inaugural Nommo award for best African SF short story.
One of Quicksips reviews' 108 recommendations for 2016.
Recommended by Wole Talabi as part of his favourite AfroSFF of 2016.
A lovely review by Charles Payseur at Quick Sips Reviews.
Review at Nerds of a Feather.
Review at Tangent Online.

Brand New Ways (to lose you over and over and over again) at OmenanaApril 2018Nommo ★Translated ▾

This story was short-listed for the 2019 Nommo award for best African SF short story.
A lovely review by Charles Payseur who nailed what I was going for at Quick Sips.
Great discussion of the story by Karen Burnham in Locus.
Recommended by Wole Talabi as part of his favourite AfroSFF of 2018.
Sppeared in translation in the November edition of “Science Fiction World”.

Forty Full Moons at Grievous AngelFebruary 2018

2017

Sulky in Parsec Ink's Triangulation:Appetites anthologyAugust 2017Podcast ▾

This story was the focus of discussion on an episode of Alan & Jeremy Vs Science Fiction.

Practical Applications of Machine Learning at Type/CastJune 2017 ▾

This edition of Type/Cast is guest edited by Lauren Beukes.

Diaspora Electronica in Migrations: New Short Fiction From AfricaMarch 2017Shortlisted ▾

This story was one of six shortlisted for the SSDA 2016 prize.

2016

Return to the Source: being an account of the enlightenment of Wei San at Zetetic: A Record of Unusual InquiryAugust 2016

Revision theory at NatureJuly 2016Podcast ▾

You can also listen to it at the Nature Podcast

2015

After the Reception at The South African Writer's CircleOctober 2015Reprinted ▾

Reprint at Sub-Saharan Magazine (May 2016)

Islands in The Kalahari ReviewSeptember 2015

A Darker Utility in New Contrast no. 1691st Quarter, 2015

2014

Maker, Oppressor, Memory in Plasma Frequency Issue 13September 2014

2011

Twittering Machines, with Bryan Gruneberg, in ePocalypse: emails at the endJuly 2011

Code

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Robots in Casinos: Distributed control and the problem of efficient action selection with David Spurrett, in the South African Journal of Philosophy (Volume 35, 2016 - Issue 3)