short fiction – Lauren Beukes

January 4, 2023

Short Story Slipping Included In Omenana Speculative Fiction Magazine Issue 24

Slipping has been in included in South African Speculative Fiction magazine Omenana! Amazing to see the short story alongside some incredible SA writers. Thank you guest editor Wole Talabi for [...]

November 30, 2022

The Power Of Afrofuturism: Short Piece On Our “Unhinged Era” In SciFi For Nature Circa 2017

Throwback to 2017 when Nature Magazine asked six authors to talk about our "unhinged era" (2017) and how that affects science fiction. Some really great short pieces on the scifi [...]

November 23, 2016

Slipping: Stories, Essays, and Other Writing – Femalitica

A great new review for my debut collection, Slipping: Stories, Essays, and Other Writing, which is out tomorrow in the USA. You can order on Amazon or via your friendly neighbourhood independent bookstore (USA) […]

November 21, 2016

“Definitive Depictions of Modern Abuses” some Thoughts on Slipping

I love, love, love this review of my debut collection Slipping: Stories, Essays and Other Writing, from Metaphysical Circus Press’ lit review blog, See The Elephant: Here’s a snip: “Lauren Beukes, judging from these […]

November 15, 2016

“A Genuine Sense of Weirdness”: Slipping Review

My debut collection Slipping: Stories, Essays, and Other Writing will be out on the 29th November (you can preorder it from Amazon or find your nearest local US independent bookstore via Indiebound) […]

Short Story Slipping Included In Omenana Speculative Fiction Magazine Issue 24

The Power Of Afrofuturism: Short Piece On Our “Unhinged Era” In SciFi For Nature Circa 2017

Slipping: Stories, Essays, and Other Writing – Femalitica

“Definitive Depictions of Modern Abuses” some Thoughts on Slipping

“A Genuine Sense of Weirdness”: Slipping Review

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