speculative fiction writer
Hello.
Madeehah is a pharmacist and writer from London who likes to tell stories. Most of the time they stay in her head, but sometimes she'll commit them to the page.Her first novella, ORPHAN PLANET, will be published with Luna Press Publishing in 2025. Her work has been shortlisted for the Future Worlds Prize for science fiction and fantasy writers of colour in 2021 and was nominated for Best of the Net in 2023.Madeehah has received a Masters in Creative Writing from Lancaster University. She is co-founder of Overtly Lit, an online magazine that celebrates faith-focused writing and art.
forthcoming
Orphan Planet (Luna Novella) - Luna Press Publishing (2025)
The Figurine - Coffin Bell (2025)
The Sunshine House - Exposed Bone (2025)
Fiction
fantasy
Our Last Evening in a Moon-Struck City - Apparition Lit (2024)The Moon-Drenched Dead
- The Fantastic Other (2024)The Museum of Botanical Delights
- wildness (2023)Bark and Skin
- Wyldblood Press (2023)Before Bodies
- Iman Collective (2021)
science fantasy
The Astrolorist of Zumar Valley
- Small World City (2024)Jelly Boy
- Selcouth Station (2021), Bulb Culture Collective (2023)
science fiction
The Fleeting Life of an antibodyBot
- All Worlds Wayfarer (2023)Shams’ Mother Didn’t Invent A Time Machine
- Selcouth Station (2022), Inner Worlds Magazine (2023)85 Days in Flight
- Luna Station Quarterly (2022)Wires and Blood
- Snowy Wings Publishing (2018)
contemporary
The Laws of Anger
- Vassar Review (2023)Midnight Games
- Porridge Magazine (2021)Poppy's Kitchen
- Dahlia Publishing (2020)Red
- Bunbury Magazine (2016)
essays
A Tender Kind of Alchemy
- oranges journal (2023)
In the Eye of the Storm
- The Xylom (2021)On Solitude
- Expert by Experience (2020)Remedying Loneliness in Adulthood
- Amaliah (2019)Five Minute Sanctuaries
- Reclamation Magazine (2018)Needle and Thread
- Talking Writing (2018)
news
interviews
Madeehah Reza: Welcome to Luna!
- Luna Press Publishing (2024)BCC SHINES A LIGHT ON: Madeehah - "Jelly Boy"
- Bulb Culture Collective (2024)Author Interview: Madeehah Reza and “85 Days in Flight”
- Luna Station Quarterly (2022)
reviews
Review: “The Astrolorist of Zumar Valley”
- The Daily Star (2024)Review: “85 Days in Flight”
- SFF Reviews (2022)