Flame Tree Publisher, Nick Wells, and Sauúti Collective co-editors, Eugen Bacon, Cheryl S. Ntumy, and Stephen Embleton, are thrilled to unveil the cover of Sauúti Terrors. The anthology is set to be released Sauúti Terrors in Flame Tree’s Beyond and Within story collection series in January 2026. Represented by Bieke van Aggelen of the African Literary Agency, the book will be distributed by Simon and Schuster in the US, and Hachette in the UK, Europe, and Asia.
Sauúti Terrors is a collection of stories written by contemporary African writers, revealing the deepest part 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, and 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
Sauúti Terrors will be available from Flame Tree Publishing in January 2026.
Grab your copy on the Flame Tree website now!
Sarah Adeyemo
Sarah Adeyemo, SWAN IX, is a Nigerian poet, writer, editor, spoken word artiste and communication expert. The debut author of “The Shape of Silence”. She draws inspiration from solitude and experiences. She is a fellow of the SprinNG Writing Fellowship. Her works appeared or are forthcoming in The Shallow Tales Review, The Muse Journal, The Weganda Review, Everscribe Magazine, Afrillhill Press, Poems For Persons Interest, TV-63 Magazine, Northern Writers Forum Journal, Eboquills, Rinna Lit. Anthologies, and elsewhere. She's a member of the Swan Collective. She tweets @SarahInkspires.
