
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, was 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.
Books

Orphan Planet
 Luna Novella - Luna Press Publishing (2025)
Fiction
fantasy
At the Feet of Guardians
 The Fantastic Other (2025)The Sunshine House
 Exposed Bone (2025)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
Author's Spotlight: Madeehah Reza
 The Fantastic Other (2025)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)