The Silence of the Wilting Skin is a 2020 speculative fiction novella by Tlotlo Tsamaase, published by Pink Narcissus Press.

[4] The story is set in an unnamed African city, divided into two racially segregated districts by a train line that carries the spirits of the Black community's dead, including the former boyfriend and some family members of the protagonist.

She is an artist, as is her current girlfriend, and both use their art and their relationship to fight off increasing loss of identity, including some people turning invisible or the color coming off others' skin.

A reviewer from Strange Horizons writes that "each chapter [is] an impressionistic thought-experiment exploring different facets of the world that Tsamaase’s characters occupy—but they provide sufficient thematic synchronicity to bring each concept into a kind of agreement with the others.

"[6] Strange Horizons writes that "[Tsamaase's] prose, like her poetry, prioritizes recurring images, terms, and themes over character, setting, and plot consistency .