The Prompt
“I want to be brave.”
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Somto Ihezue
Somto Ihezue is a Nigerian–Igbo writer, acquiring editor, and filmmaker. He is an alumnus of the Tin House Winter Workshop, Milford SF Writers, Voodoonauts Summer Fellowship, and the 2024 Clarion West Writers Workshop. He is a member of SFWA (Science Fiction Writers Association), ASFS (African Science Fiction & Fantasy Society), BSFA (British Science Fiction Association), BFS (British Fantasy Society), and Codex.. Somto wants to write places where he can be afraid, brave, a work in progress, and a masterpiece, all at once. Or just… be.
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