Rat and Finch Are Friends, by Innocent Chizaram Ilo

[Strange Horizons]

★★★☆☆

(Modern Fantasy) When he’s caught kissing another boy, one of Izuchukwu’s two big secrets comes out. But if they find out he can turn into a bird and fly, he’ll be in real trouble. (4,385 words; Time: 14m)

Of Warps and Wefts, by Innocent Chizaram Ilo

[Strange Horizons]

★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended

(African Fantasy) Chime’s husband is also another woman’s wife. The sharing isn’t a problem, per se: she has her own wife when she’s male. The problem is that she keeps getting him back in increasingly beat-up condition. (5,451 words; Time: 18m)