tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77599177464557495212026-01-22T14:50:08.880+02:00 This is the Official website for Zimbabwean Author Ivor W. Hartmann.Ivor W. Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04747901380659798898noreply@blogger.comBlogger70120tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7759917746455749521.post-2904487885204546142025-10-07T11:44:00.001+02:002025-10-07T11:47:24.933+02:00

ZamaShort is a new imprint I embarked on last year and published the first entry on the 1st of May 2025.ZamaShort is solely focusing on the amazing powerhouse that is the short story. We believe in giving each short story its own publication so that it may have its own spotlight. To be read and enjoyed and savoured fully as a stand-alone publication. As per the StoryTime Publishing mandate

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The first African Speculative Fiction StoryBundle is now live for the next 21 days only! The African Speculative Fiction StoryBundle curated by Ivor W. Hartmann This is the most comprehensive collection of African speculative fiction authors ever assembled. With the complete bundle containing nearly 100 authors and over 145 works it stands both as an excellent introduction to the rapidly

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AfroSFv3 Released! Now out in ebook and paperback at most major online retailers. Space, the astronomical wilderness that has enthralled our minds since we first looked up in wonder. We are ineffably drawn to it, and equally terrified by it. We have created endless mythologies, sciences, and even religions, in the quest to understand it. We know more now than ever before and are taking our

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Release Day for AfroSFv2! Now out in ebook and paperback at most major online retailers. Continuing the groundbreaking tradition of the first volume AfroSFv2 is an anthology of five original SF novellas by African writers.Table of Contents‘The Last Pantheon’ Tade Thompson & Nick Wood An epic superhero face-off thousands of years in the making. ‘Hell Freezes Over’ Mame Bougouma Diene Long

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Continuing the groundbreaking tradition of the first volume AfroSFv2 is an exciting anthology of five original SF novellas by African writers.Table of Contents‘The Last Pantheon’ Tade Thompson & Nick Wood An epic superhero face-off thousands of years in the making. ‘Hell Freezes Over’ Mame Bougouma Diene Long after the last skyscraper has drowned who remains and how will they survive? ‘The

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My short story "Last Wave" published in Jalada's Afrofuture(s) anthology, translated into Swahili by Okwiri Oduor for the bonus edition, and won third place in the inaugural Jalada Prize for Literature!

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New interview out, talking about publishing and writing with Bwesigye Bwa Mwesigire in This Is Africa: StoryTime’s Ivor Hartmann: Carrying the flag for independent (donor-free) African publishers "If someone talks about African genre-publishing and writing and omits Ivor Hartmann, ask them to do their homework and return. Ivor’s StoryTime has always had an eye for genre-fiction, even when he

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African Roar 2014 released! From the introduction to African Roar 2014: Writers have a long tradition of breaking new ground, and African writers are no exception to this tradition. We don’t wait for publishers who wait for markets to become established, no, we jump into the deep end and form those markets ourselves. Whether it’s a publishing collective, micro-press, small press, blogs,

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"This was Chiedza’s first catwalk and she was pregnant with anxiety. The roar of the crowd like a thousand bees in her brain pummelled through the skin curtains leading to the great hall and the runway that bisected it... Read the full story here.

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African Roar 2014Table of Contents Flight - Jayne Bauling My Wedding Day - Obinna Ozoigbo The Side Dish - Edwin P. Magezi Beth's Aid - Tabitha Wanja Mwangi Talking to a Lizard - Obinna Udenwe Coming Home in a Box - Olorunfunmi Demilade Temitope The Bell Not Touched - Nonso Uzozie Spinoza's Monad - Ezeiyoke Chukwunonso A Salute to Safety Sam - Tendai Machingaidze Cover artwork 'Spirit of Hope'

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"A Mouse Amongst Men" selected for The 20 in Twenty: The Best Short Stories of South South Africa’s Democracy. Very happy and humbled to be selected for inclusion amongst such awesome writers whose works I greatly admire (like Zukiswa Wanner, Niq Mhlongo, Sarah Lotz, Ivan Vladislavic, and Siphiwo Mahala, to name a few). Many thanks to Tiah Beautement (SSDA), Ben Williams (BL), Minister for Arts

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Title: African Roar 2013 Editor: Emmanuel Sigauke Publisher: StoryTime Release: 16th October 2013 ISBN: 978-0-9870089-8-5 (Ebook Edition) Table of Contents: "Home" Alison S. Erlwanger "Business as Usual" Jayne Bauling "Salvation in Odd Places" Aba Amissah Asibon "The Faces of Fate" Abdulghani Sheikh Hassan "In Bramble Bushes" Dipita Kwa "Transitions" Barbara Ruwende-Mhangami "A Yoke for

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African Roar 2012 ebook edition released today and available at all Amazon sites worldwide: Amazon US Amazon UK Amazon Germany Amazon France Amazon Spain Amazon Italy Amazon Japan Amazon California Amazon Brazil

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Editors: Emmanuel Sigauke & Ivor W. Hartmann Title: African Roar 2012 Publisher: StoryTime Release: Dec. 2012 ISBN: 978-0-9870089-7-8 (Ebook Edition) African Roar 2012, an annual anthology of African Authors. Table of Contents: 'Sethunya Likes Girls Better' Wame Molefhe 'We Can See You' Abdul Adan 'How Nnedi Got Her Curved Spine' Nnedi Okorafor 'Soldiers of the Stone' Uko Bendi Udo 'The

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It gives me great pleasure to announce the release of the AfroSF eBook editon now available on Amazon.It has been a real honour to edit and publish AfroSF, the very first pan-African SciFi anthology. I am proud of all the stories in this anthology and the remarkable journey we have made together to publish it. I couldn't have imagined an anthology of this strength, uniqueness, and quality of work

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I have done some interviews for AfroSF and one on editing recently: The first one was with Dave De Burgh, one of the contributors in AfroSF, and the first in a series about the anthology and the contributors: Africa Rising: AfroSF – Science Fiction by African Writers (Edited by Ivor W. Hartmann) The second was with author and editor Nerine Dorman: AfroSF with Ivor W. Hartmann And the third with

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Editor: Ivor W. Hartmann Title: AfroSF: Science Fiction by African Writers Publisher: StoryTime Release Date: December 2012 ISBN: 978-0-9870089-5-4 (Ebook Edition) AfroSF is the first ever anthology of Science Fiction by African writers only that was open to submissions from African writers all across Africa and abroad. Due for release in Dec 2012, ebook edition first, print edition later, and

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New short story 'Funeral Gastronomy' now out in Munyori Literary Journal: "There is no dignity in dying and death, no matter what anyone says to the contrary, but there can be some satisfaction. We are, on a cold winter’s day, gathered around his graveside and the tears are flowing all around me. The irony is of course that not a single person here, except me, had even seen him in the last

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New short story 'Size Matters' now out in Saraba#11, The Sex Issue: "His name was Mike, and although he had many attributes, a reasonably sized penis was not one of them. In his estimation, the only men or women who thought size didn’t matter had reasonably sized penises at their disposal. Mike on the other hand barely escaped membership into the micropenis club at 7.3 cm – fully erect. This

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The Apex Book of World SF 2, is to be released in April 2012. My SciFi short 'Mr. Goop', will be alongside some great SF writers that altogether will make this anthology something quite special. Available for pre-orders here.

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