SPECULATIVE. DYSTOPIAN. AFRO-FUTURISM. FICTION. SHORTS + LONGS TOUCHED BY REALITY. NARRATIVES POTENTIALLY INSPIRED BY “THINGS THAT HAPPENED.”

HERE THERE BE HIRAETH AND EVENT HORIZONS. WILDFIRES AND SMACK. SHADOWS ECLIPSED BY GODDESSES. TO THE LEFT, PART-TIME TYRANTS YIELD TO BEING PAINTED UP IN THE CORNER. ON THE RIGHT, THE HERETICS WHO PUT THEM THERE DANCE WITH THEIR IMPERFECT MUSES.

Former athlete and relapsed student, Kolena Jones Kayembe is a Canadian-Caribbean writer, editor, and photographer. Forever on the move—from the Americas to Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa—she is currently based in Paris, France.

Her writing and photography have appeared in Oxford Magazine, The Meadow, The/tƐmz/Review, Spellbinder Magazine, Kunstraum Retz, Arab Street Art, the New York Times, and Art Forum.

Street art by @observerobscura