Afrofuturism Stories

In a universe split into five vast reaches, the 13 Empires have long been held together by the absolute authority of the Grand Overlord, Oba. But peace is a fragile mask for the greed and rivalry simmering among the celestial rulers. When a shocking act of betrayal leaves the Overlord dead and the empire in chaos, Chief, the once-honorable ruler of the 2nd Empire, finds himself a hunted fugitive. Framed for the murder of his friend and ally, Chief is forced to abandon his moral code to navigate a galaxy that has turned against him. His desperate quest for justice leads him to a quiet farm in Harare, Zimbabwe, and to a boy named Apollo Chimurenga. Apollo is a timid ten-year-old who knows nothing of the stars, yet he is the key to a conspiracy that spans the cosmos. Bound together by a relentless masked assassin and the looming threat of a mysterious void, the fallen emperor and the insecure boy must forge an alliance to survive. As the lines between honor and brutality blur, they must face a terrifying truth: in the game for the throne, anyone can be a pawn, and no one is truly innocent.

About the revolution of the black androids of Plantation Birka.

She's alone in the Old Union, and soft-spoken black man offers to help. What secrets is his family hiding? The United States of America has been split in two, and Susan wants to run away from her boring life in Texas. She gets separated from her lover at an ICE checkpoint, and now she is an illegal alien all alone in an unfamiliar city. Should she trust the people she meet or try to find her way back to Texas? This story is completed and I'll be posting one section per week into 2019!

Power was never the problem. Control was. In a fractured, dystopian Nigeria, the elite Uppers rule with iron fists and marble halls, while the Lowers and Rejects survive on scraps-and silence. A government-issued drug called Nullisyn keeps the population obedient, suppressing superhuman abilities before they can awaken. Michael is just another Reject trying to stay invisible. Haunted by a brutal past and bound to a daily dose of lies, he lives for one thing only: keeping his crew alive. But when a single act of defiance exposes the truth behind Nullisyn, everything changes. As dormant powers awaken and the State tightens its grip, Michael and his friends are forced into a rebellion they never planned-against a regime led by Supreme Leader Jide, the architect of the system... and the monster tied to Michael's deepest scars. What begins as survival becomes revolution. From the slums to the shattered gates of Abuja, Rise of the Rejects is a story of power, sacrifice, found family, and the question that could burn a nation to the ground: Can those cast aside by society rise high enough to change it?

The past never dies, it lingers in the blood. Two sons rise from the ashes of their fathers' sins. In the war between shadow and sunlight, legacy decides who survives.

Title:THE LEGACY OF THE TWO SUNS lGenre: Sci-Fi Fantasy | Ancient Futurism | OwnVoices / Afrozone Two boys. One ancient curse. A war that refuses to die. Zafen, the scorned prince of Egypt, chose to burn. His blood ignited into golden sand, his soul bound to a blade meant to save a kingdom. But when the sword vanished, so did hope. Neo, a Lagos-born gamer with a serpent-shaped birthmark and a talent for dodging responsibility, just wants to dominate Call of Duty: Mobile. But when holograms of a dead pharaoh start glitching into his history class and a cybernetic cult hunts him for a power he doesn't understand, Neo's life becomes a high-stakes respawn he can't pause. 15,000 years apart, their blood sings the same forbidden song. THE PAST: A prince's sacrifice. A sword forged in divine fire. A Persian king who sold his soul to outlive death itself. THE FUTURE: A boy chased by shadows in neon-lit streets. A mother's buried lineage. A relic hidden beneath a city where AI whispers and drones hum hymns to forgotten gods. THE PROPHECY: *"When the serpent devours the moon, Two hearts will beat as one: The heir of ash, the heir of code, To end what war begun. - The genre-blending epicness of Children of Blood and Bone meets Iron Widow - Ancient curses colliding with cyberpunk Lagos. - Reluctant heroes who'd rather game than save the world. Begin reading... if you dare to step into the cycle of fire and fate. "Read Now."

A futuristic Afro-Caribbean folktale that serves as a fictional guide for its readers. Rooted in the symbolism of the tarot card "The Fool," this compelling tale unfolds a heartfelt journey that resonates with anyone seeking a path of self-discovery and personal growth. ✨ The Fool tarot card symbolizes new beginnings, uncharted adventures, and embracing each journey with childlike trust, beautifully intertwining with Qio's story. As he stands on the precipice of an uncertain future, Qio grapples with the age-old dilemma of choosing the path less traveled. In a city called Kreiu, steeped in tradition and expectation, he must summon the courage to step into the unknown, trusting his intuition and navigating the mysteries of life that lie ahead. Just like "The Fool," Qio's journey is a dive into the exploration of innocence, intuition, and the transformative power of embracing the uncharted territory of one's destiny.

After The Infinity War, Shuri is Queen. She does not want to be, but in a post-apocalypse full of violent raids, Wakanda needs its protector. She's seek's her ancestor's counsel in the Spirit Realm.

The Weaver and The Shaman is a modern fantasy ballad that weaves together romance and technology in a richly imagined future. At its heart are two unique characters: a dream weaver who spins protective dreamscapes with her ethereal magic, and a digital shaman who walks the sacred paths of code and technology. Their love story unfolds in the spaces between reality and dreams, where binary code meets ancestral magic, and technology dances with tradition. Through their complementary powers, they protect dreamers from the dangers of dream dust while discovering that their own destinies are intricately intertwined. The ballad explores themes of magical innovation, spiritual connection, and the power of love to bridge different forms of magic in a world where dreams and data coexist. Review: The Weaver and The Shaman - A Modern Techno-Mystical Romance This innovative ballad successfully merges traditional poetic form with contemporary speculative elements, creating a unique contribution to the growing genre of technological fantasy poetry. The piece stands out for its smooth integration of cyberpunk elements with mystical traditions, all while maintaining the classical ballad structure.

Cielle, a prisoner and a contestant on a horrifying game show is on her way to winning a piece of paradise! She has a plan and people that are counting on her to win. A dystopian and futuristic short story.

Willona is a droid living in the year 3005. Though they work as a server at an entertainment club, whenever they plug up for the night, they dream of so much more. Can even droid dreams be sacred in Metropolis? Who knows. All they know is that they'd rather let their dreams run a little wild, as upward mobility is tough for a droid. Their dreams are as follows.

Ojo is space opera which follows a 20 something old who finds out that her deceased mother was in fact an alien explorer who got marooned on earth, having had died from complication during child birth Ojo is left orphaned and clueless about her origins, persecution and duty sees Ojo embarking on adventure of a lifetime uncovering her mothers origins as things take a turn Follow her.

Zoey is an soft spoken Aziza, but unlike others of her kind, she has a hard time feeding that is until she meets, a mysterious rebellious, Aziza by the name of Estrella

Janelle is a single Black mother doing everything right in a world built to keep her trapped. Two jobs. Stretched bills. A neighborhood laced with addiction, violence, and the shadows of dreams deferred. But when she begins to awaken, really awaken, everything she thought was real begins to fracture. Guided by late-night whispers, spiritual teachings from Neville Goddard and Joe Dispenza, and the haunting presence of a mysterious woman named Zahra, Janelle peels back the layers of her reality. What she discovers? The system is more than financial, it's spiritual. The struggle isn't just economic. It's energetic. The Watchers have been feeding on her pain. The mirrors are portals. And the life she dreamed of was a prison dressed up as peace. As she fights to reclaim her mind, her power, and her children's future, Janelle unearths a truth buried beneath concrete and silence: the land remembers. The ancestors are watching. And the system she thought was real... never was. But awakening comes with a price. And as Janelle breaks the illusion, the Watchers evolve-taking human form, targeting her bloodline, and forcing her to face the ultimate question " What if freedom was never outside of her, but something she had to remember to unlock? This is not just a story. This is a spiritual war.

Moja has spent her life trying to disappear - until a single moment ignites a forbidden magic born before the Crystal veiled the Sun and Moon. With Estrella - sharp, beautiful, and hiding secrets of her own - Moja begins to uncover a truth their society was built to conceal. But the deeper they dig, the clearer it becomes: awakening this power has put a target on Moja's back... and something old is already moving toward her.

8 Hertz chronicles the origin of Caleb Copen. After a tragic event during a high school football game, Caleb is forced to confront his past and avoid being captured by a desperate researcher eager to discover his powers. With the help of his uncle, Caleb makes his way to a mining site in the islands to meet his fate. At some point everyone must seek higher ground to find the deeper truth. Will Caleb's truth be his destruction or awakening ?

The Gun Story is a hybrid police-drama meets spiritual-mythic allegory, exploring how centuries-old legacies of colonialism and arms trading reverberate through a single family in contemporary London. When teenaged Daniel is arrested with a gun, his mother Idia a high-powered barrister intends to defend him by every legal means. Yet three deities (Chuku, Atia, and Ogun) descend into her flats, projecting visions of Benin Kingdom glory, war-torn landscapes, and Daniel's future as a convicted murderer. Each vision implicates Idia and her husband Kayode in a wider moral crisis: their cultural dislocation has left them ill-prepared to shield Daniel from forces beyond London's courts. In the end, Idia must bridge her professional skills with her ancestral heritage. The play's final moments Daniel's innocence claimed, yet Ogun's stern warning to return to the village underscore a central question: Can modern life alone deliver a justice, or must one also reclaim spiritual and cultural identity to disrupt cycles of violence and bias.

The universe in turmoil , bit by bit the scattered colonies all notice one thing that even their ancestors warned them about . Something is on the outside trying to get in , the wars are getting worse , and the spiral into decay has awoken something long since dormant . Ixora W. Queens , a woman and evermore so the hero of this story , tries as she might to find the answers to things . Far from home, she toils, in hopes that she can change something that seems so inevitable . but is there something she's not telling the people around her ?

Taking place in the 1990s, Adrianna Smith is a park ranger intern for Hollow Mountain State Park in North Carolina. She sticks to a tight schedule and dreams of becoming a renowned archeologist. One day while picking up trash on the trail, she stumbled upon a watch. With no luck of finding the owner, she decides to keep it for herself. After tinkering with it, her ancestors step through as a hologram and teleports her to different parts of her history. As she travels through self-discovery, an ancient being lurks within her timeline, The Soul Eater. Will she muster up the strength to fight this colossal foe?

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