Description:
From Shirley Jackson award nominated author Tobi Ogundiran comes a debut collection of afrofuturism full of breathtaking imagination and wonder!
Brief description: Tobi Ogundiran is a Nigerian writer whose dark and fantastical tales have appeared in journals such as Lightspeed, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, BeneathCeaseless Skies; and in several Year's Best anthologies, including The Year's Best Fantasy, ed. by Paula Guran and the Year's Best African Speculative Fiction, ed. Oghenechovwe Ekpeki Donald. His work has been shortlisted for the Nommos, British Science Fiction Association, ShirleyJackson, and Igynte Awards. When he's not crafting wondrous tales, he works as a physician. Find him at tobiogundiran.com and @tobi_thedreamer on Twitter.
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Winner of the British Fantasy Award
Finalist for the World Fantasy, Shirley Jackson, and Locus Awards
"Vivid and twisted, ironic and stirring, the varied stories in the collection are told with verve. Ogundiran's prose has a warm, enthusiastic vitality."
-The New York Times
"Superb weird-fantasy fictions... an unfailing capacity for surprise." -Publishers Weekly, Top 10 Summer Read
"These stories will captivate readers with their haunting atmosphere, confident voice, and immersive settings." -Becky Spratford, Booklist
"Jackal, Jackal is a great showcase of Ogundiran's consistency and strengths of a storyteller and dark fabulist. Forget logic. These are stories you are meant to feel. Think Grimm by way of Amos Tutuola. Stephen King meets Cyprian Ekwensi." -Wole Talabi, Locus magazine
"Ogundiran's tales revel in small moments that create big ripples. Jackal, Jackal is a collection of such stories, characters grasping at a wish in their own unique, earnest way. An exciting yet intimate collection from a writer who continues to surprise and delight." -Suyi Davies Okungbowa, Author of The Nameless Republic trilogy
"Jackal, Jackal is an astonishing debut collection with real teeth." -Priya Sharma, Author of Pomegranates
"....a proud, confident debut ... This volume presages many fine stories to come, and should find its way to various award ballots soon." -Locus