Eugen Bacon
@genni.bsky.social
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
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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#NebulaAwards. Beyond words and overwhelmed with gratitude! 🙏🏾💕@sfwa.bsky.social
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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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✨ 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
@Eugen Bacon
January 27, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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
@Eugen Bacon
✨ 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
@Eugen Bacon
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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.
@Eugen Bacon
Dark, thought-provoking poetry by Ai Jiang, Angela Yuriko Smith, Eugen Bacon & Maxwell I. Gold.
@Eugen Bacon
January 27, 2026 at 10:03 PM
📣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.
@Eugen Bacon
Dark, thought-provoking poetry by Ai Jiang, Angela Yuriko Smith, Eugen Bacon & Maxwell I. Gold.
@Eugen Bacon
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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!
https://smpl.is/ah1h5
https://smpl.is/ah1h5
February 4, 2026 at 7:52 PM
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!
https://smpl.is/ah1h5
https://smpl.is/ah1h5
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FLASH SALE: Thru Sunday, save 20% off your order at our online shop. Pre-orders. eBooks. Get some.
Titles by @alexgrecian.bsky.social @genni.bsky.social @haileypiperfights.bsky.social @cgolden.bsky.social @timlebbon.bsky.social @claymcleod.bsky.social @lairdbarron.bsky.social
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February 6, 2026 at 5:37 PM
FLASH SALE: Thru Sunday, save 20% off your order at our online shop. Pre-orders. eBooks. Get some.
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Titles by @alexgrecian.bsky.social @genni.bsky.social @haileypiperfights.bsky.social @cgolden.bsky.social @timlebbon.bsky.social @claymcleod.bsky.social @lairdbarron.bsky.social
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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
The best book launch! Sauúti Terrors. London, UK. 💞 @flametree.bsky.social, @stephenembleton.bsky.social, @sauutiverse.bsky.social
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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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February 5, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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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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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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.
@genni.bsky.social
February 5, 2026 at 11:07 AM
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.
@genni.bsky.social
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.
@genni.bsky.social
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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!
#aurealisawards #books
We are thrilled for you, Eugen!
#aurealisawards #books
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
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!
#aurealisawards #books
We are thrilled for you, Eugen!
#aurealisawards #books
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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
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!
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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
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!
What a story! Congrats.
February 1, 2026 at 5:53 AM
What a story! Congrats.
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
Startling insight into the #sauutiverse. @sauutiverse.bsky.social . @brittlepaper.bsky.social , @stephenembleton.bsky.social , @wtalabi.com
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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...
January 26, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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...
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
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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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
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...
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New & Notable, January 2026 locusmag.com/2026/01...
January 25, 2026 at 4:39 PM
New & Notable, January 2026 locusmag.com/2026/01...
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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
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.
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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
Congratulations to @genni.bsky.social @voidcricket.bsky.social @stephenembleton.bsky.social Niall C. Grant and Raúl Cruz for @starsandsabers.bsky.social BSFA longlist nominations!
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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
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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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
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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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 #BSFAAwards #books #horror #scifi #fantasy #coverart
January 22, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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 #BSFAAwards #books #horror #scifi #fantasy #coverart
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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
@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!
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14.- Sauúti Terrors, edited by @genni.bsky.social, Cheryl S. Ntumy and @stephenembleton.bsky.social (pub by Flame Tree Press)
January 21, 2026 at 9:42 PM
14.- Sauúti Terrors, edited by @genni.bsky.social, Cheryl S. Ntumy and @stephenembleton.bsky.social (pub by Flame Tree Press)