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Eugen Bacon
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African Australian author, editor. Winner: Solstice, Ignyte British Fantasy, Locus Awards. Finalist Shirley Jackson, PK Dick, World Fantasy Award. Twice Otherwise honoree for exciting work in speculative fiction. eugenbacon.com
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Eugen Bacon @genni.bsky.social · Apr 15
#NebulaAwards. Beyond words and overwhelmed with gratitude! 🙏🏾💕@sfwa.bsky.social
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2025 Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award: Eugen Bacon - Nebula Awards Conference Online
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association is pleased to announce that the 2025 Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award will be presented to Eugen Bacon at the 60th Annual SFWA Nebula Awards® ceremony on...
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February 6, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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The best book launch! Sauúti Terrors. London, UK. 💞 @flametree.bsky.social, @stephenembleton.bsky.social, @sauutiverse.bsky.social
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February 6, 2026 at 12:14 AM
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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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Cheryl S. Ntumy, Eugen Bacon, Nick Wells, Olivia Jackson at Flame Tree Cheryl S. Ntumy, Eugen Bacon, Olivia Jackson at Flame Tree
February 5, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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SAUÚTI TERRORS LAUNCH EVENTS – UK!
There is always magic in Sauútis meeting up in person. 💫

Yesterday's pre-launch meet-up with Cheryl S. Ntumy, Eugen Bacon and Jude Umeh in London, UK kicked things off. Catching up and being able to hold the stunning Sauúti Terrors anthology.

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February 5, 2026 at 11:07 AM
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Congratulations to @genni.bsky.social for becoming an @aurealisawards.bsky.social finalist for THE NGA'PHANDILEH WHISPERER, for Best Horror Novella, published via Stars and Sabers! Read the announcement: www.starsandsabers.com/2026/02/01/e...
We are thrilled for you, Eugen!
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Eugen Bacon – Aurealis Awards Finalist! – Stars and Sabers
Stars and Sabers Publishing announces that Eugen Bacon is an Aurealis Award Finalist for The Nga'phandileh Whisperer.
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February 1, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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Why 16 Oscar nominations for SINNERS matters, and why you've probably never heard of the oldest written Black vampire tale in North America. Happy Black History Month to all who celebrate!
February 1, 2026 at 5:58 PM
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Congrats to all the Aurealis Awards finalists, including @tansyrr.bsky.social @genni.bsky.social @trnapper.bsky.social @kaaronwarren.bsky.social @tanaudel.bsky.social @angelaslatter.bsky.social @mktighewrites.bsky.social @sljohnson.bsky.social @pamelajeffs.bsky.social @fearofemeralds.bsky.social!
2025 Aurealis Awards Shortlist Announcement
We congratulate the Aurealis Awards finalists for 2025! The 2025 Aurealis Awards, Australia’s premier speculative fiction award, attracted more than 775 entries across 14 categories, including reco…
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February 2, 2026 at 1:33 AM
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Startling insight into the #sauutiverse. @sauutiverse.bsky.social . @brittlepaper.bsky.social , @stephenembleton.bsky.social , @wtalabi.com
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Inventing a Shared-World African Speculative Universe: Interview with Sauúti Terrors Editors
We had the incredible opportunity to talk to the editors of the Sauúti Collective, Eugen Bacon, Cheryl S. Ntumy, and Stephen Embleton, about their forthcoming anthology, Sauúti Terrors. They shared wi...
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January 29, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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Congratulations to @genni.bsky.social for her inclusion on the Open Country Mag 60 Notable Books of 2025 for her book, The Nga’phandileh Whisperer: A Sauútiverse Novella! opencountrymag.com/60-notable-b...
Screenshot from Open Country Mag's 60 Notable Books of 2025 The Nga'phandileh Whisperer: A Sauútiverse Novella, Eugen Bacon Stars and Sabers Publishing | September 2025 A bold sci-fi and fantasy novel, Tanzanian author Eugen Bacon's The Ngaphandileh Whisperer follows Chant'L, a gifted young Guardian punished for misusing her sound magic and exiled to a brutal sound-island far from home. Stripped of her status but not her power, she discovers that magic is inborn - and dangerous when driven by rage. An OCM pick.
January 26, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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Humbled to see The Nga'phandileh Whisperer, my Sauúti Novella by @starsandsabers.bsky.social, listed among 60 Notable Books of 2025, and it's an Open Country pick.
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60 Notable Books of 2025
From Chimamanda Adichie, Abdulrazak Gurnah, and Stella Nyanzi to Alain Mabanckou and Siphiwe Ndlovu: the 60 notable African books of 2025.
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January 26, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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We are thrilled for @genni.bsky.social, whose book, The Nga’phandileh Whisperer: A Sauútiverse Novella, has made the preliminary ballot for the Bram Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement in Long Fiction! Congratulations! Read about the book: www.starsandsabers.com/books/the-ng...
The Nga’phandileh Whisperer – Stars and Sabers
The Nga'phandileh Whisperer: A Sauútiverse Novella is a science fiction horror novella from award-winning author Eugen Bacon.
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January 26, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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New & Notable, January 2026 locusmag.com/2026/01...
January 25, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
January 25, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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Congratulations to @genni.bsky.social @voidcricket.bsky.social @stephenembleton.bsky.social Niall C. Grant and Raúl Cruz for @starsandsabers.bsky.social BSFA longlist nominations!
January 22, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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Congratulations to everybody on the BSFA Awards Longlist! Including @atgreenblatt.bsky.social, @premeemohamed.com, @jordankurella.com, @genni.bsky.social, @foxesandroses.bsky.social, @cornellwriter.bsky.social, @pronouncedlahra.bsky.social, @thesuiway.bsky.social, & @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social!
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January 22, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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In short nonfiction, @megapolisomancy.bsky.social, @williamshaw.bsky.social, @hararereview.com, @chloroformtea.bsky.social, @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social, @vallescurarule.bsky.social, @readingtheend.bsky.social, @thehubble101.bsky.social, @genni.bsky.social feature. Vibrant scene right now.
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January 22, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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We are thrilled to announce several BSFA Award Longlist nominations for our writers and cover artists! Congratulations to @genni.bsky.social, @voidcricket.bsky.social, @stephenembleton.bsky.social, Niall C. Grant, and Raúl Cruz!
#BSFA #BSFAAwards #books #horror #scifi #fantasy #coverart
BSFA Awards Longlist! Left to right book covers: OF SHADOWS, STARS, AND SABERS, edited by Jendia Gammon and Gareth L. Powell; ECHOES AND EMBERS: SPECULATIVE STORIES by Pedro Iniguez; THE NGA’PHANDILEH WHISPERER by Eugen Bacon; THE LEGEND LIMINAL by Ren Hutchings Best Novella The Nga'phandileh Whisperer by Eugen Bacon The Legend Liminal by Ren Hutchings Best Short Fiction "The Shadow Eater of Orino-Rin" by Eugen Bacon, in Of Shadows, Stars, and Sabers Best Artwork Cover: Art by Niall C. Grant for Of Shadows, Stars, and Sabers Cover: Art by Raúl Cruz for Echoes and Embers by Pedro Iniguez Cover: Art by Stephen Embleton for The Nga'phandileh Whisper by Eugen Bacon
January 22, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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@genni.bsky.social 's story in the Combat Monsters #anthology ( @blackstonepub.bsky.social ) has been long-listed in the Best Short Fiction category for a British Science Fiction Association (#BFSA) Award!
January 22, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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14.- Sauúti Terrors, edited by @genni.bsky.social, Cheryl S. Ntumy and @stephenembleton.bsky.social (pub by Flame Tree Press)
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January 21, 2026 at 9:42 PM
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Print ARCs for MUNTU by @genni.bsky.social are here! Cover by @nadiarausa.bsky.social.

Pre-orders are live: badhandbooks.com/purchasedire...
January 21, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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Available now. 💞 @flametree.bsky.social, @sauutiverse.bsky.social
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January 20, 2026 at 9:25 PM
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“Sauúti Terrors bursts at the seams with nightmares and endless possibilities. One who ventures into these tales does so at the risk of continuous delight in a unique assortment of Afrocentric worldbuilding, voices and storytelling craft.”
— @suyidavies.com
February 28, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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Happy Release Day! 🎉🍾🥂 Buy now. @sauutiverse.bsky.social, @flametree.bsky.social 💞
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Sauúti Terrors Short Stories - Flame Tree Publishing
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January 20, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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Meet cover artist @stephenembleton.bsky.social, illustrator of @genni.bsky.social's The Nga’Phandileh Whisperer: A Sauútiverse Novella: www.starsandsabers.com/2025/05/17/m...
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Meet Cover Artist Stephen Embleton – Stars and Sabers
Stars and Sabers Publishing features artist Stephen Embleton, cover illustrator of Eugen Bacon's novella, The Nga'phandileh Whisperer, out in September 2025.
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January 17, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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Coming Feb 17th! "anOther Nemesis will slice open your core and scoop out your sensibilities" -Miguel O. Mitchell

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#anOtherNemesis #EugenBacon #AiJiang #AngelaYurikoSmith #MaxwellIGold @Eugen Bacon
January 15, 2026 at 7:52 PM