Members of the Sauúti collective and co-editors of a new anthology, Eugen Bacon, Stephen Embleton and Cheryl S. Ntumy, are thrilled to announce that Bieke van Aggelen of the African Literary Agency has sold the rights to publish Sauúti Terrors: The Dark Side to Flame Tree Publishing, distributed by Simon and Schuster.
Sauúti Terrors: The Dark Side will feature in Flame Tree’s Beyond and Within story collection series in two anthologies, published a year apart.
“We were confident from the onset in the capabilities of Bieke and her team, comprising Martijn Lindeboom and Debbie van de Zande, on this second major Sauútiverse project!”
— Co-editors Eugen, Cheryl and Stephen.
“The collective is doing some ground-shaking work and I am only too pleased that the African Literary Agency is helping in securing the success and visibility of this unique African venture.”
— Bieke van Aggelen (owner).
“It’s our pleasure to bring to the world these two Sauúti Terrors anthologies that are a perfect fit for Beyond and Within, where we showcase the short stories of diverse and inclusive voices in speculative fiction.”
— Nick Wells, the publisher of Flame Tree Publishing.
The two books in Sauúti Terrors: The Dark Side are off the back of Mothersound: The Sauútiverse Anthology, edited by Wole Talabi—an anthology that continues to enjoy global visibility. It was announced in the Locus Recommended Reading List and a finalist in the Locus and British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) Awards, with stories longlisted in both awards, shortlisted in the BSFA Awards and listed on the HWA Bram Stoker Award® Reading List. It also has multiple stories shortlisted in the Nommo Awards for Speculative Fiction by Africans, with Stephen Embleton’s “Undulation” winning the award for best novella.
Sauúti Terrors unravels the darkest stories in the deepest parts of the Sauúti five-planet system orbiting a binary star.
Praise for Sauúti Terrors
“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.”
— Suyi Davies Okungbowa, award-winning author of Lost Ark Dreaming, Warrior of the Wind, and Son of the Storm
“Fascinating. Impressive. My goodness. This is creation. Reading these stories is actively participating in creation. Each story propelled me to read the next. I want to read everything written about these worlds. I can’t get enough of this. How does anyone write like this? The terror here is definitely the skin crawling type.”
— Makena Onjerika, Winner of the 2018 Caine Prize for African Writing
“This latest anthology returns readers to the groundbreaking Sauútiverse—an African-centered glimpse of possible far flung futures that eerily mirror our own present and past. Once again, the Sauúti Collective—in co-editors Eugen Bacon, Cheryl S. Ntumy, Stephen Embleton—has gathered a commendable and talented set of writers who deliver fantastically imaginative stories that remind us why we fear the dark, and the unknown.”
— P. Djèli Clark, award-winning author of Ring Shout and A Master of Djinn
Bakare Oluwatobiloba
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