At its best, in other words, speculative fiction lets us dissolve inherited borders and pour ourselves into the vast ocean of what might yet be. The Anthology: Issue V, edited by Olivia Kidula and Somto Ihezue, rises from precisely those fluid, shifting shapes of reality. The book is the latest product of a thriving speculative fiction ecosystem across the African continent. After all, speculative fiction worldwide has too often been a tired puppet show of Euro-American motifs, the same plots dressed up again and again, leaving little room for rebellion or reinvention. In their wake, they open space for anti-colonial imaginings, in which speculative storytelling belongs to many voices, not just the West’s.