Eugen Bacon

The Sauútiverse is a cacophony of sound magic celebrations, the ruevaagi are ululating and the drums are resounding, as we celebrate four years of the Sauúti shared world! 💫🎉

Check out the latest happenings in the Sauútiverse:
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Sauúti Terrors

LISTEN: @genni.bsky.social Reads from ‘The Rawness of You’ (Sauúti Terrors) 📢💫

Editor and contributor Eugen Bacon was invited by the Flame Tree team to record one of her stories from the anthology for their podcast.

YouTube
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🙏🏾💞 appreciate, Sarah!

Congratulations to all with work shortlisted for the BSFA Awards—including Story Hour guests @taracampbell.bsky.social, @thomasha.bsky.social, @foxesandroses.bsky.social, and @wtalabi.com, plus upcoming guest @genni.bsky.social! You are awesome! #BSFAAwards2025 www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

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Foreword Indies Book of the Year Awards

The Nga'phandileh Whisperer by Eugen Bacon

NOVIC by Eugen Bacon

The Nga'phandileh Whisperer by @starsandsabers.bsky.social is a twice finalist in the Foreword Indies Book of the Year Awards, Fantasy & Multicultural, and NOVIC by @meerkatpress.bsky.social is a finalist in Science Fiction. Congrats to all finalists! 🎉 Link: www.forewordreviews.com/awards/final...

Spec Fic and the Politics of Identity: Finding the Self in Other Black speculative poetry works this way too. It’s text that is flexible and immediate. It’s a safe space to explore Afrocentric text rooted in story, song, dance, rhythm that natural flows from my …

Grateful to see my smol essay on the self and identity, the politics of belonging, is a BSFA Awards finalist. 🥹
Congratulations to all finalists! @strangehorizons.bsky.social , @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social
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So much wonderful discussion at the From Identity to Ink: Authenticity and the Author Voice panel at GenreCon 2026. @genni.bsky.social, Cale Dietrich, and Scott Wilson are the best panelists! Thank you for having me as your chair!

Beyond the Glittering World: An Anthology of Indigenous Feminisms and Futurisms Darcie Little Badger is a  Lipan Apache author of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and comics .  Based on a recommendation from a colleagu...

New post - Beyond the Glittering World: An Anthology of Indigenous Feminisms and Futurisms

In the context of book bans and banned word lists, the act of imagining a different future is a critical and important act.

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#BookSky

Sauúti Terrors Has Arrived! Here we go. “Sauúti Terrors”, the second anthology of stories set in the first SFF Shared World created by African and African Diaspora authors which we've been working on as a collective for more than 4 years, has finally been published by Flame Tree Press! So here's wishing a happy book release day to all of us who made this happen, especially those of you who preordered the book or even picked up copies of…

Sauúti Terrors Has Arrived!

Here we go. “Sauúti Terrors”, the second anthology of stories set in the first SFF Shared World created by African and African Diaspora authors which we've been working on as a collective for more than 4 years, has finally been published by Flame Tree Press! So here's…

In case you missed it, the 2nd Sauútiverse anthology (ed. @genni.bsky.social, @stephenembleton.bsky.social and Cherly Ntumy) came out just a month ago. If you're looking for stories that extrapolate african and african diaspora cultures/philosophies into something new and unique, then check it out!

Muntu (Ivory's Story, #1) ONE MAN. TWIN SOULS. AN UNQUENCHABLE BEAST. It is a mu…

MUNTU by @genni.bsky.social is coming in May, but you can add it to your TBR now. From the latest Goodreads review:

"Muntu reads like a folkloric classic, with rich prose and wonderful storytelling."

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The Year in Review 2025 by Eugen Bacon Afrocentered Futurisms Celebrated This Year We might have thought the pandemic was the worst of it, the most dystopian things could get. But our world is, increasingly, in a bad place right now. Th…

@locusmag.bsky.social Year in review. @wtalabi.com, @tlotlotsamaase.bsky.social, @suyidavies.com, @shingai-be-like.bsky.social, @nisishawl.bsky.social, @nalohop.bsky.social
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Sauúti Terrors, edited by @genni.bsky.social @stephenembleton.bsky.social and Cheryl S. Ntumi, is a well balanced anthology that allows the reader to dive into horror with the particular flavour given by the Sauútiverse.

Some thoughts:
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Sitting with the Grief | Los Angeles Review of Books Jenna N. Hanchey explores the recent anthology “Afro-Centered Futurisms in Our Speculative Fiction,” edited by Eugen Bacon.

On @genni.bsky.social's edited collection Afro-centered Futurisms in Our Speculative Fiction -

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Sauúti Terrors UK Book Tour 👌🏾@sauutiverse.bsky.social, @flametree.bsky.social, @nuzo.bsky.social, @andrewhook.bsky.social , @stephenembleton.bsky.social

Celebrating Sauúti Terrors! 🎊 @sauutiverse.bsky.social , @flametree.bsky.social

It's ace.

anOther Nemesis Blog Tour We are thrilled to announce the official blog tour for the dark, powerful, speculative poetry collection, anOther Nemesis by Ai Jiang, Angela Yuriko Smith, Eugen Bacon and Maxwell I. Gold! We invite y...

Our official blog tour also starts next week! meerkatpress.com/another-neme...

anOther Nemesis, a poetry collection

anOther Nemesis spotlight! 💞 @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social , @meerkatpress.bsky.social, @aijiang.bsky.social, @angelayurikosmith.bsky.social, @cybergodwrites.bsky.social
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Of Shadows, Stars, and Sabers – Stars and Sabers

Get your copy for OF SHADOWS, STARS, AND SABERS, featuring 29 sci-fi, horror, and fantasy authors from around the world. Also contains @genni.bsky.social's BSFA longlisted short story “The Shadow Eater of Orino-Rin”. www.starsandsabers.com/of-shadows-s...

Purple page edging with white swirling circles. It’s pretty

Another view showing the wonderful sprayed edge Flame Tree Publishing added to Sauúti Terrors

Also, forgot to tag @genni.bsky.social and @sauutiverse.bsky.social

New Book Spotlight mini-interview with @aijiang.bsky.social @angelayurikosmith.bsky.social @genni.bsky.social and @cybergodwrites.bsky.social up on the blog today

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Thrilled to announce that two of our books are on the BSFA Award longlist!

✨ Eugen Bacon's 'NOVIC'
✨ Carla Dash's 'Monsters & Other Tales of Humanity'

Huge congratulations to the authors! Two stunning, thought-provoking works in the running.

#BSFAAwards #ScienceFiction

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📣The stakes have never been higher. Preorder your copy of anOther Nemesis at Meerkat Press & get your 'Voices will Rise' sticker. https://smpl.is/agu0u

Dark, thought-provoking poetry by Ai Jiang, Angela Yuriko Smith, Eugen Bacon & Maxwell I. Gold.

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Social media can feel like a nemesis... until a blurb like this comes through. 🖤 Thx Marisca Pichette for these wonderful words about anOther Nemesis by Eugen Bacon, Ai Jiang, Angela Yuriko Smith and Maxwell I. Gold. Coming Feb 17!

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Sauúti Terrors book launch

Sauúti Terrors book launch

Sauúti Terrors book launch

Sauúti Terrors book launch

The best book launch! Sauúti Terrors. London, UK. 💞 @flametree.bsky.social, @stephenembleton.bsky.social, @sauutiverse.bsky.social
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Cheryl S. Ntumy, Eugen Bacon, Nick Wells, Olivia Jackson at Flame Tree

Cheryl S. Ntumy, Eugen Bacon, Olivia Jackson at Flame Tree

Sauúti Terrors pre-launch in London, UK, with the awesome crew at @flametree.bsky.social, @sauutiverse.bsky.social Look at those stunning books! Buy now. 💞
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