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[To celebrate World Book Day, all Kenyan stories from Issue V are now available to read online for free.]
Introduction
By Olivia Kidula
The Sirangori Fey Market
By Ephraim N. Orji
I’m Home
By Rutendo Chidzodzo
Something Cruel
By Gabrielle Emem Harry
Ash Baby
By Andrew Dakalira
Dinosaurs Once Lived Here
By Yvette Lisa Ndlovu
The Market of Memories
By Azara Tswanya
A Song of Ruin
By Alex Tamei
Scales and Arabesques
By Lucille Sambo
The Clans
By Tonny Ogwa
Baby Potion
By Matseliso Motsoane
Acceptance
By Khaya Maseko
The Language We Have Learned To Carry In Our Skin
By Shingai Kagunda
If Memory Serves
By Kevin Rigathi
Mr. Original Swag
By Victor Forna
Commensalism, or the Labyrinth’s Vessels
By Albert Nkereuwem
Why Donkeys Have 44 Teeth
By Peter Nena
About The Editors
Reviews
Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: Issue V is worth your time and money. The editors have done fabulous work selecting pieces which will entertain, transport, and engage readers. I will be looking for some of these authors, eager to see what else they do; and I hope to read more anthologies by these editors in the future—they have good taste in fiction!
-Arley Sorg, Lightspeed Magazine
Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: Issue V narrates the current generation’s fears, hopes, and dreams, and presents them wrapped up within tales of the fantastical like banana leaves.
- Soila Kenya, Journal of African Youth Literature
It’s one of those collections that’s really worth your money because of the variety in themes and styles it showcases. Expect gods and otherworldly beings, humans and superhumans; stories of families, society and culture; revenge plots; thoughts on memory and history...It’s all very exhilarating, and you should absolutely get your hands on this.
- Jacqueline Nyathi, Harare Review of Books
In what is one of the many gorgeous stories featured in Will This Be a Problem? The Anthology, Issue V...Harry paints a vibrant tableau of retribution and grace, of the need for joy and forgiveness, and of all the insidious ways people’s personal hells can interlace with one another, without even realizing.
-Danai Christopoulou, Haven Spec
About
From across the African continent and its diaspora, Will This Be A Problem? Issue V brings together a powerful collection of stories that blend the fantastical with the deeply real. These tales explore the enduring history of colonialism, capitalism, and marginalization while grappling with present concerns like climate change and artificial intelligence. Yet, amidst these weighty themes, the anthology also offers moments of much-needed escapism into worlds of magic, myth, and the unknown.
This anthology features familiar names such as Shingai Kagunda, Yvette Lisa Ndlovu, Gabrielle Emem Harry, Victor Forna and Rutendo Chidzodzo. It also features returning voices to Will This Be A Problem?, Peter Nena, Kevin Rigathi, and Andrew Dakalira. And there are many new and emerging names, each bringing a unique storytelling perspective to the collection.
Defiant, illuminating and terrifying, Will This Be A Problem? Issue V presents some of the finest speculative fiction you will find anywhere.
Cover Art
Mr Original Swag
By Peter Marco
