This Body Once Held Fire

In This Body Once Held Fire, gods are packed into suitcases, memories can be traded for a chance to belong, and teleportation can cost you your life. A desperate father crosses the solar system trying to get home to his daughter. An android discovers that love may be more powerful than its programming. In Lagos, politicians, parasites, mermaids and extraterrestrial creatures reveal just how strange the familiar world can become.

Drawing on Nigerian mythology, culture and contemporary life, these speculative stories travel from Lagos to the Moon, Mars and the far reaches of the universe. They explore migration, faith, family, technology, power and the enduring human desire to find meaning in an unpredictable world.

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