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Seed

They wanted a new world. One where genetics could be curated, bought, and sold. Where black men were nothing more than breeding stock, discarded when their purpose was fulfilled. But they didn’t count on her.

For a year, Stori Deringer has played her part - loyal employee by day, resistance operative by night. With everything at stake, she and her team are poised to dismantle the Leopold breeding facilities from the inside. But when the public vote fails to shut them down, the fight turns deadly. Who would have thought that something so evil would linger in those halls this long?

Note - A sneak preview of Seed is included in my horror collection, Sick xoxo. This is the complete novella and continuation of that story.

181 pages, Paperback

Published August 26, 2025

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About the author

Kenya Moss-Dyme

96 books134 followers
Kenya is the proud author of the collections Sick xoxo, Daymares, and The Mixtape. Her novels include Prey for Me, the hard-hitting story of a monstrous child-abusing preacher, the romantic thriller series A Good Wife, and Devil Inside, a disturbing tale about a cancer patient who morphs into something unrecognizable during treatment.

Dipping her toes into dark fantasy, Kenya debuted The Forever Souls, a bloody romantic series set in the distant future. A talented multi-genre writer, Kenya also appears in the Freestyle Cypher, a collection of urban drama/thrillers, with more volumes on the way.

Watch for her dark fantasy brand to emerge in 2024!

Find her short stories in other anthologies such as Forever Vacancy, Black Magic Women, and Deadly Bargain.

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Profile Image for April.
832 reviews222 followers
August 30, 2025
Kenya is the queen of psychological horror!
Seed was a dark and unsettling read that stays with you long after the last page. From the very beginning, the story pulls you into a chilling atmosphere where horror and psychological suspense intertwine. Not to mention, how thought provoking it was because it definitely gave me some “what if” moments! I will forever love her bold storytelling and trust when I say Kenya isn’t afraid to take readers into the darkest corners of the human experience.
Profile Image for KENDRA SISCOE.
88 reviews
August 23, 2026
Good

Different but good but wasn't long enough! Love this author work no matter what it's about been a fan for a long time
Profile Image for Samyra Alexander.
Author 12 books171 followers
August 26, 2025
Engaging read

This story held my attention from beginning to end. The nutty experimenters, their weird science, and cognitive impaired patients triggered me, but I had to keep reading to see how things would unfold. I’m sure this story will stay with me for some time. The ending was perfect and not at all expected. It’s a must-read.
Profile Image for Shanquelle.
210 reviews8 followers
November 24, 2025
Seed had an incredible premise about genetic engineering, rebellion, and a dystopian system that turns Black men into breeding stock. The beginning hooked me FAST….But somewhere along the way, the story drifted off the very plot it promised. It didn’t stay focused, and the ending felt flat for me. Great concept, shaky execution. And the ending….
Profile Image for RChelle Lynn.
111 reviews11 followers
August 31, 2025
In a world where white-women are demanding “designer” mixed babies, the government has no choice but to answer the call.

Leopald is a gift to some and a curse to many. They’ve positioned themselves as the leading breeding facility. Offering white women the once-in-a-lifetime chance to make the babies of their dreams by paying a small fortune to mate with willing and ready Black men.

On the surface, although sick and twisted, all seems well. The men are volunteers- signing their lives away for the financial stability and longevity of their families, or so it seems.

Stori Deringer knows something isn’t right, and she’s determined to get to the bottom of it by going undercover and working at Leopald. What she finds is terrifying, but she’s barely scratched the surface because the secrets and cover-ups go way further and deeper than she ever expected.

I couldn’t put this book down- it’s a page-turner for sure. The plot is solid, dystopian, terrifying, and made even more so by the fact that this could likely happen in real life. The story was well-developed, fast-paced, and thought-provoking.

Excellent read.
Profile Image for Marcie.
147 reviews8 followers
September 21, 2026
I enjoyed this novella. The premise is a unique spin on a familiar topic. In the book, biracial babies are being engineered to address the shortage of births in the country. Instead of extracting sperm to inseminate- the ladies get the full package 😉 The Leopold Clinic, heading the cause, is doing their own genetic modifications to the men, which creates some “interesting” and frightening results.

Definitely want a part 2. I have so many unanswered questions. I want more on the resistance fighters, and Stori’s mother, and an answer to what happened to patient zero! I was engrossed in the story. It took me a while to finish because the opening grabbed me and I waited until I had time to read in one session.
Profile Image for Sandy D .
5 reviews
November 11, 2025
great book

really enjoyed this book! It’s definitely binge-worthy — once you pick it up, you won’t be able to put it down.

facilities that produce biracial babies hmmm that sounds familiar.
Profile Image for Tanisha Stewart.
Author 175 books501 followers
August 28, 2025
I need more!!

Nobody can do horror like Kenya Moss-Dyme!! I need more. I can definitely see this becoming a series. Many layers to this story 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Profile Image for Autumnn Garland.
3 reviews
September 5, 2026
I really enjoyed the premise of this book but there were way too many unanswered questions and leaps the reader was expected to make to understand what was going on. This should have definitely been a more detailed, fleshed out novel. As a novella it very underbaked .
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463 reviews39 followers
August 27, 2025
What in the absolute …… this was the perfect dosage of craaaazzyy and scary if you allowed yourself to think … what if… I hands down recommend this and it was the perfect in between read I needed in my reading schedule . Loved it!!!
Profile Image for Linette King.
Author 250 books365 followers
October 9, 2025
crazy real!!

Stormi ran a business that required her to make some cutthroat decisions, but I loved the authors ability to keep her feeling human after decommissions instead of growing numb or cold.
SN: when the manager was described I promised I pictured Ms Trunchbull from Matilda!
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1,225 reviews59 followers
April 16, 2026
OMFG Becky don't you just love mixed babies? They are just soo cute with their creamy beige skin and colored eyes. Don't even get me started on the ones who are "lucky" enough to have blonde or red hair.

Ya'll I have heard sooo many white women young and old gush over how adorable mixed babies are, proclaim that they want/need a mixed baby, and argue that their brown baby would NOT be seen as black, NOOO society would see them as mixed so they wouldn't have the same issues are "regular" black folk.

This is a Satirical Horror about how the desire for mixed babies has become a political weapon and new aged chattel slavery/human trafficking.
Before you roll your eyes and scuff at what is being presented, I ask that you look at our current political and social climate. The fact that Pro-Lifers are using abortion as a front to shut down clinics that provide reproductive health in predominately poor and black/brown neighborhoods, or that we have politicians complaining that the TEEN birth rate has gone down, it's very obvious that birth control is in danger.

Now look at the NBA and NFL both are predominantly black but white owned. Black women are the highest educated right now but are often marketed as welfare queens. Black people are believed to have a high pain tolerance, be stronger, and healthier. Donald Trump said we're built differently and are more equip for hard labor. He even admitted he ASSumed black ppl would fill the gap that the deportation of undocumented farm workers has created. Because again you know blacks and hard labor go hand in hand. Our current National Secretary of Health and Human Services said blacks should be on a different vaccine schedule because we don't' get sick the same...
Taking all of that into account and then looking at the high marketability of interracial couples, children, and transracial adoptions in social media, it's not far-fetched to believe that the idea of Mixed Kids is something someone would be willing to kill for, to kid nap for, to create government sponsored breeding centers to cater to the Kardashians.

This was an insane read. I highly recommend it. I think this would be a fantastic book club book.
Profile Image for Brittany.
177 reviews29 followers
March 4, 2026
Seed was… interesting. This dystopian horror story explores a disturbing government system that begins turning Black men into breeding stock in order to produce mixed babies with white women — first through voluntary participation and eventually through forced captivity. The premise itself is unsettling and bold, and it definitely makes for a unique and thought-provoking concept.

The story largely follows Stori, who attempts to infiltrate the system in hopes of dismantling it from the inside as the breeding program spreads across the nation. Her motivations become even more personal when her brother becomes entangled in the situation, pushing her to attempt a desperate plan to save him once things escalate and Black men are forced into the program against their will. Unfortunately, things don’t unfold the way she hopes, which adds another layer of tragedy to the story.

Another thread woven throughout the plot involves a clinical researcher manipulating genetic material in unethical ways. These experiments eventually lead to Black men transforming into feral, subhuman beings, and this disturbing development resurfaces later in the story through the creation of subhuman babies birthed to white women who used the services offered at the government-run breeding facility known as Leopold.

While the premise was certainly intriguing and kept me engaged enough to want to see what would happen next, the overall execution didn’t fully land for me. At times the storyline felt disjointed, and it wasn’t always clear how the different plot elements were meant to connect. There were also moments where parts of the story felt underdeveloped, leaving behind questions and missed opportunities to further expand on the world-building and tie the various threads together more cohesively.

That said, I did appreciate the originality of the concept and the author’s vision for this dystopian horror story. Even though it fell a bit flat for me overall, it was still a unique and memorable premise that stood out from other books in the genre.
Profile Image for Lisa Lee.
614 reviews42 followers
October 2, 2025
Seed by Kenya Moss-Dyme is a phenomenal speculative horror novella with an intensely impactful premise. As the author states in her Note to Readers, this premise is shockingly based on reality (so be sure to read that first), and for me, that was one of the most horrifying aspects (you will understand why when you read about said realism … ew and no and what in the world is wrong with these people).

Flowing with intensity, atrocity, and evocative characters, the story is fast-paced, compelling, and incredibly engrossing. But there’s also a bit more to it than the synopsis suggests. There’s a dark and nasty little prologue that speaks to another ugly side of genetic research, and it ominously foreshadows things to come later. The suspense is fantastic, the horrors are gut-clenching, and both the tale itself and the subtext will suck the air from your lungs.

This is a powerful read. I love Seed both because of and in spite of how it chilled me to the bone and creeped me out intellectually. Those who read the author’s collection Sick xoxo will have seen a sneak preview of this story and this is the completed continuation of that, but either way, this is a horror story not to missed!

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Profile Image for Sherley's Reading Corner.
326 reviews4 followers
August 24, 2025
When I reached the end of Kenya Moss-Dyme’s 𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐝, my jaw was literally on the floor. I sat there thinking, what did I just read?! It was absolutely wild, in the best way possible! After reading this, I had to tell my husband about it and his first words were, “This would make the perfect sci-fi movie.” And I couldn’t agree more!

𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐝 is a fast paced read that explores what happens when doctors and society try to play god. How far are we willing to go to get what we want, and will we be happy with the results? This is a story packed with twists, turns, and nonstop suspense. So much happens so quickly that it feels like you are on a never-ending roller-coaster ride…and I guarantee, you will not want to get off.

Like my other reads by this author, I thoroughly enjoyed this one.

And side note, I loved how the store came full circle from what we saw in the prologue, all the way to the last chapter. Once you read it, you will know exactly what I mean.

If you’re looking for an action-packed thriller that is fast-paced and keeps you on the edge of y our seat, check out 𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐝.
Profile Image for P.M. Raymond.
Author 5 books34 followers
September 10, 2025
When Stori Derringer infiltrates the Leopold breeding labs, she’s doing her part to help the resistance break the genetic experimentation taking place behind its doors. But the very people she means to protect from its grip become as enveloped in the chaos as she does.

Where do I begin with this near future, sort of dystopian, wild ride called SEED? The best way to sum up SEED is – “Handmaid’s Tale” breeding but with black men meets “Tuskegee medical experiments” vibes. There are weighty topics tackled in this novella, all of which are handled very upfront (there’s no mistaking the messaging) but with given care in the execution.

Kenya Moss-Dyme uses the framework of bodily autonomy (or lack thereof) and race and gender to smash through what you would expect in a horror story. Stori as a strong protagonist surrounded by unruly antagonists and she takes extraordinary measures do what is right, but will it be enough?

SEED is so wild, but you get what you came for with this one and you can read it in an afternoon.
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280 reviews8 followers
September 9, 2025
Seed
Kenya Moss-Dyme

I think this satirical dystopian story works so well, because it’s rooted in truth. At this point in our society, there is no longer a veil over our disillusionment. Whatever we’ve held onto, is gone. Stori and a group of rebels use their skills to create a resistance.

The government has garner the support of the wealthy. Unsurprisingly, those with money and status have the upper hand. It’s terrifying that the desires of others can infringe on the rights of another. Sounds familiar, right?

I enjoyed the multiple point of views. One perspective enhanced and supported the next. Kenya uses the momentum of misfortune and destined despair to align the story.

Also, the evolution of each character’s disposition, and/or resolve was enjoyable to witness.

In only 100 pages, a lot of literary ground is covered. Tales like this one, implore me to imagine the weight and complexity of the unknown.

#readandtellwithshantel #kenyamoss-dyme #seed
Profile Image for Detra.honeyblonde.
73 reviews18 followers
September 16, 2025
This book gave me The First Purge…but in reverse — terrifying, bold, and completely un-put-downable. I was genuinely afraid to flip the next page. Suspenseful, shocking, and surreal, Seed reads like a binge-worthy TV series: every chapter felt cinematic and left me wanting more.

Kenya clearly mined real-world fears and then turned them up to eleven. Ten years ago I might’ve called parts unrealistic — now it feels uncomfortably possible. The premise is provocative, the pacing is relentless, and the twists hit hard. If you like political-suspense that rattles you long after you close the book, this one’s for you.

Favorite thing: the way each chapter plays like a scene in a show — vivid, fast, and impossible to ignore.

Would I recommend? Absolutely !
Profile Image for Jacknthebooks .
571 reviews10 followers
September 17, 2025
This book read like a movie. I was invested from page one to the very end. I have never read anything like it, and the scary part about it is that this could happen in real life.

Imagine a world where the government passes a law to give white women their hearts' desire to have a designer baby AKA a mixed baby. Black men are coerced or kidnapped to work at the clinic that specializes in this. While the clinic specializes in designer babies, but at a cost, there is something else going on at the clinic as well. With all the twists and turns, I could not put this book down. I was throughly entertained but also scared. I could definitely see this being a movie, and it needs to be. I highly recommend reading this book.
Profile Image for Charity Riddle.
162 reviews7 followers
August 24, 2025
What in the world did I just read? Just when I think Kenya Moss-Dyme couldn't be any more unhinged, she goes and takes it to the next level. And to find out the foundation of this story was based on a chat room she came across. Makes it even more mind-blowing.
Without giving the story away, just know doctors, women, and this society in general are very warped and demented. It made me feel like I was watching the Twilight Zone. The end did leave me thinking, "Yap Nope Im Out."
Seed is full of triggers for some. And just remember to keep an open mind while reading. If you can do that, then this book is for you.
Profile Image for LEX  Btw The Lines.
89 reviews2 followers
August 30, 2025
The political satire I was not ready for… lol

Listennn I love a good dystopian book, I’m just use to them being zombie related but this!!! It took me a few days to settle my mind because even thought it was satire and over exaggerated it still was shocking because it’s really present day issues.. Oh man I can’t wait to see where Kenya takes this story next. There are just so many ways she can take it from Myron’s story, to the triplets, or Stori journey with the crazy doc. I definitely recommend and I look forward to reading more of this Authors work.

Chef kiss!! Well written…
Profile Image for Krista Beckwith.
Author 8 books28 followers
August 31, 2025
This book felt a little “too real” in this political climate that we’re currently in. Everything from the President to the “reproduction farm” felt like very similar to things it seems this administration is trying to work towards.

I read this bc I saw my last name was one of the character’s last names but I just wanna say…I HATED MOIRA BECKWITH!!! And wished I could’ve bishh slapped her throughout the book! 🤣

I loved the “monster superhuman” scenes and could picture this as a Shudder production movie on Hulu. Someone should make this happen!
Profile Image for Bunny.
199 reviews
September 3, 2025
OH. MY. MFN. GOODNESS……
This was a wild ass ride!! Chile I couldn’t swipe fast enough on this kindle to get to the next page/chApters

A “genetic” lab gone allllll the way wrong. Sad thing is…. In real life there are women who truly are obsessed with the way Mixed babies look and quite literally only deal with black men just because they think the baby is going to come out looking a certain way. And I can guarantee you at some point someone has probably actually thought about funding a laboratory like this.

INSANNNEEEEEE 🤯
Profile Image for Torrie L.
94 reviews17 followers
May 17, 2026
4.5⭐️

Whew, this one took me through it, in a good way. This was very fast paced and kept me engaged throughout.

It was a little eerie and reminiscent of what is going on now with how Black bodies are used to further others' agendas.It was giving very much dystopian, government lab experiments, designer babies and fuckery.

I didn't give it a full 5⭐️ because I did feel like I needed more and I was left with questions, but because it kept me locked into the story from start to finish, I rated a 4.5.
Profile Image for Fatima Munroe.
169 reviews2 followers
August 23, 2025
Never driving down Jefferson Ave again. Ever.

Listen. When I read the sneak peek, I knew this story was going to be something more than just…I don’t want to give out any spoilers. Well maybe one: I knew it would be more than just creating designer babies the biblical way. But the back story was dark. VERY dark. Which is what I love about reading anything from Kenya Moss-Dyme.

Grab this book. And read it with the lights on.

Great job, Kenya!
Profile Image for Mei.
150 reviews1 follower
March 26, 2026
Woo, my anxiety was through the ROOF!!😆 This was my first deep dive into horror and I don’t regret a second of it! 😍😌I was sucked into the story from the first page. This was a dang good book with a compelling narrative! It was chilling in a way that makes one go, “Wait a second, this COULD happen in reality.” It’s an excellent commentary on society, and causes the reader to think and look beyond the surface. 10/10 absolutely recommend!!!😍
Profile Image for Ginny Davis.
Author 8 books10 followers
November 7, 2025
In the current geo- political time that we are in, I often think- that couldn't or wouldn't happen. Seed proves that not only could and would happen but we are well on our way to seeing it in this lifetime. This is the conspiracy theory that may not at all be a theory.
Tailor made babies, sex, underground organizations and supernatural forces all in one tale.
What a journey!
Profile Image for Stevie Hostetter.
Author 22 books42 followers
February 28, 2026
Goodness this book was a wild ride. I'm not sure what I was expecting but it definitely wasn't this. Go in blind with this one because it will have a better impact. I loved this book and that's not surprising because I have loved Dyme's books throughout. If you like emotion, good twists, humor, and weird justice grab this book.
Profile Image for Demetrica Boling.
498 reviews8 followers
August 25, 2025
Ok Kenya, I'm beginning to wonder what lab did your brain come from? This was a Kenya original! There’s always twists, turn around, and come to light moments. Kenya is amazingly unhinged in the horror story telling. This read was exciting, scary, nerve racking, & fast paced. I loved it!
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