Andrew C. Dakalira has been published in several international anthologies including AfroSFv3 as well as online platforms such as Brittle Paper and The Kalahari Review. His debut novella, ‘VIII,’ appears in AfroSFv2, a collection of five science fiction novellas by African authors. Andrew won the 2014 Dede Kamkondo Short Story Contest and third prize in the 2018 Africa Book Club Short Story Competition. His story, ‘The (Un)lucky Ones,’ was shortlisted for the 2017 Writivism Prize for Short Fiction.