WILL THIS BE A PROBLEM?
The Anthology // ISSUE V
Stories
Spotlight
IGNYTE Awards
“Commensalism, Or the Labyrinth’s Vessels” by Albert Nkereuwem, Winner for the Oustanding Short Story Award
WIll This Be A Problem? , Nominated for the THE COMMUNITY AWARD
Nommo Award Nominations
"If Memory Serves" by Kevin Rigathi, Nominated for the Best Short Story Award
Reactor Magazine
Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: January 2025
Locus Magazine
Afrocritik
50 Remarkable African Short Stories of 2025
Strange Horizons
Afrocritik
Reviews
Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: Issue V is worth your time and money. The editors have done fabulous work selecting pieces which will entertain, transport, and engage readers. I will be looking for some of these authors, eager to see what else they do; and I hope to read more anthologies by these editors in the future—they have good taste in fiction!
Arley Sorg, Lightspeed Magazine
It’s one of those collections that’s really worth your money because of the variety in themes and styles it showcases. Expect gods and otherworldly beings, humans and superhumans; stories of families, society and culture; revenge plots; thoughts on memory and history...It’s all very exhilarating, and you should absolutely get your hands on this.
Jacqueline Nyathi, Harare Review of Books
If there is an anthology this year that earns the right to stand not just proudly but centrally in the conversation about what African literature needs right now, it is Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: Issue V.
Frank Njugi, Afrocritik
Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: Issue V narrates the current generation’s fears, hopes, and dreams, and presents them wrapped up within tales of the fantastical like banana leaves.
Soila Kenya, Journal of African Youth Literature
Collecting such a chaotic, genre-defying constellation of stories, the anthology models a form of narrative rebellion. To witness these stories is to remember that other futures are possible, that inherited ideas about order, hierarchy, and belonging can be broken. It is to read differently, to question more harshly. To witness these stories is to dream without apology.
Amritesh Mukherjee, Strange Horizons
In what is one of the many gorgeous stories featured in Will This Be a Problem? The Anthology, Issue V...Harry paints a vibrant tableau of retribution and grace, of the need for joy and forgiveness, and of all the insidious ways people’s personal hells can interlace with one another, without even realizing.
Danai Christopoulou, Haven Spec
The collection has a strong range of tales, each with gorgeous writing and twisted adventures that will leave you intrigued or terrified, or both. In the end, the collection is less of an escape, and more of a truly unique exploration.
Ann Michelle Harris, nerds of a feather, flock together