A Million Reasons Why<\/em> in Learning Monkey and Crocodile<\/strong><\/em>,<\/a> 2019.
Beautiful Meat <\/em>in Learning Monkey and Crocodile<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Five Hundred Photons<\/em>. 365 Tomorrows <\/a><\/em>(2017).<\/li>
- Dream-Hunter<\/em> in Omenana<\/a><\/strong> (2016)<\/li>
- Thandiwe’s Tokoloshe<\/em> in African Monsters<\/a><\/strong> (2015) – reviewed variously including Storyological<\/a><\/strong><\/li>
- The Paragon of Knowledge<\/em> in The Future Fire<\/a><\/strong> (2015)<\/li>
- The Last Pantheon<\/em> (with Tade Thompson<\/strong> \u2013 Nigeria) in AfroSF Vol. 2<\/a> <\/em>(2015)<\/li>
- The Girl Who Called the World<\/em> (Feb 2014) in \u2018Fierce Families<\/strong>\u2019 (QUILTBAG) anthology and The Museum of All Things Awesome and That Go Boom<\/a> <\/strong>(2016)<\/li>
- Case notes of a witchdoctor <\/em>published in The World SF Blog<\/a><\/strong> (March 2013)<\/li>
- Azania<\/a><\/em> published in AfroSF (December 2012) and reprinted (2015): \u2018How to Live On Other Planets<\/a><\/em>\u2019<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Other published short stories of note: <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
- “Bridges” – Second Prize Aeon International Award<\/a><\/em>; Albedo One<\/em> 40, September 2011<\/li>
- “Lunar Voices (on the Solar Wind)” Redstone Science Fiction<\/em><\/a> Number 4, September 2010<\/li>
- “Of Hearts and Monkeys” PostScripts Magazine<\/em> 22\/23, PS Publishing 2010, ISBN: 978-1-848630-49-9<\/a><\/li>
- “Thirstlands<\/a>“, “Subterfuge”, NewCon Press, 2008
To read “Thirstlands<\/a>” click here<\/a>.<\/li>- “Mindreader”, Finalist (Top 10)<\/strong> General section, Nova SFSA Awards
\n2007<\/a>, Published – Escape Velocity magazine<\/a><\/em> February 2008<\/li>- “Thirstlands”, Finalist (Top 10)<\/strong> South African section, Nova SFSA Awards 2007<\/a>
Also Honorary Mention<\/strong> Writers of the Future Contest;<\/a><\/em> ; last quarter, 2007<\/li>- “Mosi-oa-Tunya”, Finalist<\/strong> in South African section, Nova SFSA Awards 2006.<\/a><\/em> <\/li>
- “Thandiwe’s Rainbow”, Probe<\/em> Issue 131, August 2006<\/li>
- “Thandiwe’s Rainbow”, placed 3rd<\/strong> in South African section, Nova SFSA Awards 2005.<\/a><\/em><\/li>
- “Ancestral Steps”, placed 4th<\/strong> in South African section, Nova SFSA Awards 2004.<\/a><\/em> <\/li>
- “African Shadows”, Infinity Plus<\/em><\/a> Sep 2003.<\/li>
- “God in the Box”, Interzone<\/a><\/em> 187, March 2003.<\/li>
- “A Township Metamorphosis”, Probe<\/em> Issue 103, July 1997<\/li>
- “African Shadows”, Scheherazade<\/em><\/a> – Issue 18, 1996.<\/li>
- “Martian Madness”, Probe<\/em> Issue 94, July 1994.<\/li>
- “Encounter”, Works 8<\/em>, ISSN 0954-3902, 1992.<\/li>
- “Thoughts of a soldier on a dying planet”, Works 7<\/em>, ISSN 0954-3902, 1991.<\/li>
- “The B.E.M. from Outer Space”, Probe<\/em> Issue 79, March 1990.<\/li>
- “The minds of man”, Probe<\/em>, 1977.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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LEARNING MONKEY AND CROCODILE (2019)
<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nProbe<\/strong><\/a> is the South African science fiction society’s magazine. The UK publications in which Nick’s short fiction have appeared are Works<\/strong> a UK magazine of “slipstream” fiction, Scheherazade<\/strong><\/a> a magazine of fantasy, science fiction and gothic romance, the ezine Infinity Plus<\/strong><\/a> and the sf\/fantasy magazine Interzone<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“God in the Box<\/strong>” was translated into French and published in the Utopiales anthology in 2003. To read the God in the Box<\/a> as published in Interzone 187 in 2003 click here<\/a> or to read the Tangent review of “God in the Box<\/strong>” click here<\/a>. Nick’s stories have both won and been among the runners-up in the annual Science Fiction South Africa’s<\/a> short story competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To read The Guardian<\/strong> review click here <\/a><\/strong>and to read the Strange Horizons<\/strong> review click here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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- “Lunar Voices (on the Solar Wind)” Redstone Science Fiction<\/em><\/a> Number 4, September 2010<\/li>
- Dream-Hunter<\/em> in Omenana<\/a><\/strong> (2016)<\/li>