Worldbuilder. Writer. Illustrator. Director. Energy Worker.
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Malachi Lily is a neurofunky, liminal Black person rooted in Lenape-Hoking (Philly.) Lily writes speculative fiction and metaphysical commentary through magick, Black-anarcho politics, and nature wisdom, deconstructing colonial fears around the unconscious, sexuality, and femininity. Their fiction and nonfiction draw heavily on equal parts ecological naturalist study and divination.
In 2023, they were a Tinhouse and Roots.Wounds.Words. fellow, and in 2024, Lily was a writing resident at Stove Works. In 2025, Lily became a Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association Fellow and a Trans Journalism Association Fellow. In 2026, they are a Philly Fictionist, a columnist at Inglenook Lit, the scholarship fellow for the McCormack Writer Center Speculative Fiction cohort and the Narrative Shifts residency, a presenter at the 2026 World Con, and the editor-in-chief of Black and Pink Magazine. You can read their work in Apex Magazine, Adi Magazine, and their Substack—The Magick Artist.
Lily’s illustrations are hand-drawn, mixed-media works. Art you can hold in your hands. Human error is at the center of their practice, as they never let themself start over and instead embrace their mistakes. Each image builds on the sketch, keeping all stray lines and visual thought processes within the image.
Their illustrations have appeared in In These Times, Hachette Publishing, The Baffler, Autostraddle, Forward Together, Soujourners for Justice, and more.
malachilily@pm.me
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