Tade Thompson's Blog, page 7

Yeah, this: A novella I wrote with Nick Wood (‘The Last Pantheon’) is in this anthology. It comes out 1st December, 2015. The Last Pantheon is a science fiction novella where two superheroes come to terms with their conflicts. It’s the … Continue reading →

Here’s quite a detailed interview of me by Rochita Loenen-Ruiz, focusing on my book Making Wolf There’s a milder interview at The Pen and Muse. More to come. The book is out on 21st September.Filed under: Uncategorized

My novel MAKING WOLF is out on the 21st of September, 2015. I joined a bunch of other novelists to talk about writing, history, culture and offending Western sensibilities at Booksmugglers. Also, don’t forget to check out my story ‘Child, … Continue reading →

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This happened. In Lagos, in a place called Aguda, in the evening, we would buy fried egg sandwiches from street traders. Most of them were from the north, dignified Fulani or Hausa men, whom we always just called ‘mallah’. We’d … Continue reading →

My story ‘Child, Funeral, Thief, Death’ is out today in issue 76 of Apex Magazine. This sort-of coming-of-age story, sort of exploration of morality (or the lack thereof) was the inspiration for my (as yet unpublished) novel ‘Rosewater’. If you … Continue reading →

American Elsewhere is a work of classic American horror. It’s written with energy, verve and great imagination. It evokes both the unknowable, horrifying entities of Lovecraft and the terror-in-the-mundane that is Stephen King’s signature, but Bennett manages to create something … Continue reading →

For fans of true crime, a real time, strangely hypnotic, World Homicide Monitor: http://homicide.igarape.org.br/ A supersized ghost-city: http://www.messynessychic.com/2015/04... Over in the Guardian, Zoe Kravitz has lots of good stuff to say: http://www.theguardian.com/culture/20... You really want to read this Salon post … Continue reading →

See the pretty cover? That’s the September issue of Apex Magazine. My story “Child, Funeral, Thief, Death” is in it. Wait till August ends…then go read it. Oh, Happy Friday. Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: apex, child_funeral_thief_death, fiction, publication, short_story, writing

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