Stephen Embleton
From KwaZulu-Natal to Oxford.
Academic Visitor to Oxford Uni 2022
2024 Nommo Award Winner Best Novella: “Undulation”.
YA urban fantasy “Bones & Runes”
SF novel “Soul Searching”
Sauúti Collective (@sauutiverse.bsky.social)
He/Him
stephen.embleton.co.za
- Reposted by Stephen Embleton🚀 An amazing night at the Flame Tree Press Sauúti Horrors anthology launch, where I caught @stephenembleton.bsky.social and @genni.bsky.social and met the wonderful Cheryl Ntumy and Jude Umeh. This sci-fi universe is 100% African and bursting with detail. Get it today wherever you find your books!
- What a night!!!
- What an Amazing Book Launch in London, UK! 🚀💫 Even with the cold and rain, London did not disappoint with all the love & support for Sauúti Terrors. Editors @genni.bsky.social Cheryl S. Ntumy, & @stephenembleton.bsky.social were joined by fellow Sauúti Jude Umeh reading excerpts and great Q&A.
- Reposted by Stephen EmbletonThe best book launch! Sauúti Terrors. London, UK. 💞 @flametree.bsky.social, @stephenembleton.bsky.social, @sauutiverse.bsky.social www.flametreepublishing.com/sauuti-terro...
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- Reposted by Stephen EmbletonWe’re delighted to share that Issue V of Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology has made the 2025 @locusmag.bsky.social Recommended Reading List! Congratulations to everyone included.
- Reposted by Stephen EmbletonWell then! The 2025 Locus Recommended Reading List is out and I’m very glad that my @sauutiverse novella DESCENT makes an appearance alongside some of the best SFF work published last year. locusmag.com/2026/02/2025... 🚀 I know how much effort goes into this list so congratulations to all of us.
- Reposted by Stephen EmbletonWe are proud to have @wtalabi.com’s Sauútiverse novella "Descent", published in Clarkesworld Magazine, featured in the 2025 Locus Recommended Reading List 🔥💫 locusmag.com/2026/02/2025... This makes the story eligible for the Locus Award, where voting is open to everyone! poll.voting.locusmag.com
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- Thanks to Ainehi Edoro and @brittlepaper.bsky.social (from the start of this Sauúti journey) for this Sauúti Terrors feature and the opportunity to go into @sauutiverse.bsky.social more deeply. 🙏🏼🔥💫 brittlepaper.com/2026/01/weve...
- Reposted by Stephen EmbletonThanks to @brittlepaper.bsky.social for this Sauúti Terrors feature: 🔥💫🙏 We cover building a shared African sci-fi/fantasy world from scratch, the five planets, two suns, sound magic, and our Story Bible that lets writers step in and create. ✨ brittlepaper.com/2026/01/weve...
- Reposted by Stephen EmbletonWhen a review of the anthology specifically mentions your story 😊 "Kyi’yaji by Xan van Rooyen was one of my favorite stories, equal parts chilling and mesmerizing. I loved the concept within and how music was used as the catalyst. I found this one profoundly moving." Link 👇 #booksky #horror
- Reposted by Stephen EmbletonWe 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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- An excellent review of our Sauúti Terrors! 🔥❤️💫
- New review! Thanks to Flame Tree Press for the beautiful copy! www.candacenolaauthor.com/post/01-25-2...
- Reposted by Stephen Embleton"[SAUÚTI TERRORS delves] into themes of feminine rage & empowerment, of self-identity & place, of family, societal expectations & everything in-between all while told through the lens of a new world with a lush history of lore, legend, & deities all its own." Thank you to @candacenola.bsky.social 🔥
- New review! Thanks to Flame Tree Press for the beautiful copy! www.candacenolaauthor.com/post/01-25-2...
- Reposted by Stephen Embleton#Glasgow Join our Shona Kinsella for Sauúti Terrors! She's chairing Eugen Bacon, Stephen Embleton and Cheryl S. Ntumy in celebration of this collection of African and African Diaspora stories on 3rd Feb at Waterstones Argyle ST. Ticket link below: @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social @shonak.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Stephen EmbletonSauúti artwork for a Sauúti novella, nominated 🎨 💫
- WOW! Two of my cover illustrations made the BSFA long list for Best Artwork! 🙏🏼 @genni.bsky.social’s The Nga’phandileh Whisperer (Stars and Sabers Publishing) @sauutiverse.bsky.social And @nerinedorman.bsky.social’s The Company of Birds (Mirari Press) #NoAI www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
- Reposted by Stephen EmbletonCongratulations to @genni.bsky.social @voidcricket.bsky.social @stephenembleton.bsky.social Niall C. Grant and Raúl Cruz for @starsandsabers.bsky.social BSFA longlist nominations!
- WOW! Two of my cover illustrations made the BSFA long list for Best Artwork! 🙏🏼 @genni.bsky.social’s The Nga’phandileh Whisperer (Stars and Sabers Publishing) @sauutiverse.bsky.social And @nerinedorman.bsky.social’s The Company of Birds (Mirari Press) #NoAI www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
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- Reposted by Stephen Embleton14.- Sauúti Terrors, edited by @genni.bsky.social, Cheryl S. Ntumy and @stephenembleton.bsky.social (pub by Flame Tree Press)
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- Reposted by Stephen EmbletonA lot of my favorite stories from last year were published in Clarkesworld (they also published my @sauutiverse.bsky.social novella "Descent"!) so its going to be near impossible to select just a few. But hey, let your faves know you enjoyed their work by voting y'all!
- Help us select the 2025 finalists for our annual Clarkesworld Readers' Poll. Nominate your favorite Clarkesworld stories and cover art at: www.surveymonkey.com/r/clarkeswor... POLL CLOSES THURSDAY, JANUARY 22th at 3PM EST
- Ooooooooh 👻 “Sauúti Terrors bursts at the seams with nightmares and endless possibilities.“ — Suyi Davies Okungbowa, “Stories here do not shy away from the unsettling, the bone-chilling, the hair-raising, and the blood-curdling.“ — Chisom Umeh
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- Reposted by Stephen EmbletonWith the @sauutiverse.bsky.social about to hit Glasgow to launch the new Flame Tree anthology Sauúti Terrors, @genni.bsky.social whets our appetite with some links to free work from the Afrocentric speculative universe. britishfantasysociety.org/sauutiverse-...
- Reposted by Stephen EmbletonCurious about @sauutiverse.bsky.social? @genni.bsky.social is here to get you started!
- With the @sauutiverse.bsky.social about to hit Glasgow to launch the new Flame Tree anthology Sauúti Terrors, @genni.bsky.social whets our appetite with some links to free work from the Afrocentric speculative universe. britishfantasysociety.org/sauutiverse-...
- Reposted by Stephen EmbletonLoves, y'all go read the review and also pick up the book when it comes out on the 20th. It's a really brilliant work.
- REVIEW: SAUÚTI TERRORS 📖 "Stories here do not shy away from the unsettling, the bone-chilling, the hair-raising, and the blood-curdling." 😱💀👻 @izom-chisom.bsky.social reviews Sauúti Terrors for BSFA Vector vector-bsfa.com/2026/01/13/s... @genni.bsky.social @stephenembleton.bsky.social
- Reposted by Stephen EmbletonDigging into this gorgeous anthology of dark tales set in the Sauútiverse ahead of chatting with the editors at @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social on February 3rd. Book a ticket to join us here: www.waterstones.com/events/prese... @sauutiverse.bsky.social
- Reposted by Stephen EmbletonREVIEW: SAUÚTI TERRORS 📖 "Stories here do not shy away from the unsettling, the bone-chilling, the hair-raising, and the blood-curdling." 😱💀👻 @izom-chisom.bsky.social reviews Sauúti Terrors for BSFA Vector vector-bsfa.com/2026/01/13/s... @genni.bsky.social @stephenembleton.bsky.social
- We’re in Glasgow 3 Feb!! 📖
- @waterstones.bsky.social & britfantasysoc.bsky.social are delighted to present Sauúti Terrors Short Stories! We're joined by co-editors @genni.bsky.social, @stephenembleton.bsky.social & Cheryl S. Ntumy in a discussion chaired by BFS Chair @shonak.bsky.social www.waterstones.com/events/prese...
- Reposted by Stephen Embletonwritten by African and African Diaspora writers.The editors will be discussing the process of working on a collection in a shared world, the process of selecting stories and authors to include, and the joys of bringing this shared world into a new genre, before signing copies of the book.
- Reposted by Stephen EmbletonSauúti Terrors brings together a powerful and haunting collection of short stories from the groundbreaking Sauútiverse. Sauúti Terrors tells of the doomed, the damned, the shunned, the cunning, the destroyers, the noxious, and more, in the worlds of the living, the in-between and the dead,
- Reposted by Stephen EmbletonJoin BFS chair @shonak.bsky.social in chatting with Eugen Bacon, Stephen Embleton and Cheryl S Nutmy, the editorial team behind Sauùti Terrors @sauutiverse.bsky.social on February 3rd at @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social at 7pm! Book your tickets here: www.waterstones.com/events/prese...
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- Glasgow, we’re heading your way in Feb for some terror! Cheryl, Eugen and I will be there to launch Sauúti Terrors! 💀 👻 💫
- @waterstones.bsky.social & britfantasysoc.bsky.social are delighted to present Sauúti Terrors Short Stories! We're joined by co-editors @genni.bsky.social, @stephenembleton.bsky.social & Cheryl S. Ntumy in a discussion chaired by BFS Chair @shonak.bsky.social www.waterstones.com/events/prese...
- 2026 is going to be a busy year for me (woohoo!) and something I've been waiting to announce is the worldwide reissue of Bones & Runes in the Fall of 2026! 👀📖📚🙏 Rosarium Publishing, @rosariumbill.bsky.social Bill Campbell, will be launching Bones & Runes in the US and globally.
- Reposted by Stephen EmbletonINTERVIEW: 🎤💫🪐 The Sci-Fi Feminist spoke with Sauúti member Cheryl S. Ntumy about Cheryl's literary work, her SFF writing in general, and the Sauútiverse–including the upcoming release of the second Sauúti anthology, Sauúti Terrors.
- Reposted by Stephen EmbletonWhat an exciting interview! 🌌 Cheryl's work in the Sauútiverse sounds incredible! Can't wait for Sauúti Terrors! 📚✨ Keep shining, SFF queens! #WomenInSFF #SauútiTerrors
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- Reposted by Stephen EmbletonJoin editors Eugen Bacon, Cheryl S. Ntumy and Stephen Embleton for a Sauúti' Terrors UK book tour end Jan -mid Feb 2026! Pre-orders available! @genni.bsky.social @stephenembleton.bsky.social www.simonandschuster.com/books/Sauuti...
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- Proud editors!!! 👀 🙏🏼❤️
- BOOK MAIL! 📦📚🚀💫 Sauúti Terrors is on its way. We received our editor copies of our horrific offspring 👻💀 Launching 20 January 2026! Editors. Cheryl S. Ntumy, @genni.bsky.social , @stephenembleton.bsky.social Preorder Now: www.flametreepublishing.com/sauuti-terro...
- Reposted by Stephen EmbletonBOOK MAIL! 📦📚🚀💫 Sauúti Terrors is on its way. 💃🏾 @genni.bsky.social in Australia, one of the anthology's three editors, opens her book mail from Flame Tree Publishing Eds. Cheryl S. Ntumy Eugen Bacon @stephenembleton.bsky.social Preorder Now: Out 20 January 2026
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- It was awesome to bring Wole’s characters to life, visually 🙏🏼💫 👀 Character Promo Art
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- Reposted by Stephen Embleton#book news! @flametree.bsky.social, @simonschuster.bsky.social, @sauutiverse.bsky.social, @stephenembleton.bsky.social www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/202...
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- I’m happy to announce I am being represented by the Elise Dillsworth Literary Agency 🥳 in particular for my current novel in progress (nearly there!). ✍🏼 I’m grateful to Elise for the opportunity and believing in my writing. 🙏🏼 We keep on writing! elisedillsworthagency.com/authors/step...
- Congrats to Eugen Bacon (ed.) and all involved! This collection of essays is unique, bold and insightful. African speculative fiction for the win! 🔥
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- Reposted by Stephen EmbletonI was lucky enough to hear Wole Talabi read some of his novella "Descent" at Flights of Foundry, and having just finished reading it, I want to make everyone else read it, too. Fascinating worldbuilding; gorgeous images; a thoughtful portrayal of how and why we seek knowledge. tinyurl.com/wt-descent
- Great @locusmag.bsky.social of my @sauutiverse.bsky.social novella "Descent" published in @clarkesworldmagazine.com! "evocative descriptions and worldbuilding as well as some wonderful visceral writing" Awesome to see people have enjoyed the story. Read/Listen: clarkesworldmagazine.com/talabi_05_25/
- Reposted by Stephen EmbletonThank you so much. I really appreciate everyone that has read and talked about my @sauutiverse.bsky.social novella! Its getting so much love from readers and I am humbled by it. 🙏🏾🚀 📖☁️
- I was lucky enough to hear Wole Talabi read some of his novella "Descent" at Flights of Foundry, and having just finished reading it, I want to make everyone else read it, too. Fascinating worldbuilding; gorgeous images; a thoughtful portrayal of how and why we seek knowledge. tinyurl.com/wt-descent
- Reposted by Stephen EmbletonA wonderful treat (we'll for sure be there) - On 07 November, Cheryl S. Ntumy will be reading from her novella Songs for the Shadows and also talking a bit about the @sauutiverse.bsky.social. Sign up now at: www.eventbrite.com/e/first-frid... #BookSky
- Reposted by Stephen EmbletonSpotlighting more gender-expanding genre fiction from 2022 & 2023: "Squire" (@nadiashammas.bsky.social & @saraalfageeh.bsky.social) winners of the 2023 @goldencobra.bsky.social "The Unbalancing" (@rblemberg.bsky.social) "Mage of Fools" (@genni.bsky.social) "The Way of Baa’gh" (Cheryl S. Ntumy)
- Reposted by Stephen EmbletonEdited by @genni.bsky.social @stephenembleton.bsky.social and Cheryl Ntumy. With cover insert art by @destructcode.bsky.social. @sauutiverse.bsky.social
- Reposted by Stephen EmbletonThe Sauútiverse keeps expanding! Behold the cover for our 2nd anthology: Sauúti Terrors! Following Mothersound, return to the Sauútiverse - our collectively-built, Afrocentric, matriarchal shared-world of strange planets & sound magic - for dark fantasy, SF & horror stories & poetry. Jan 2026.
- Sauúti Terrors Cover Reveal! Out in January 2026 👻☠️🔥
- Flame Tree Publisher, Nick Wells, and Sauúti Collective co-editors, Eugen Bacon, Cheryl S. Ntumy and Stephen Embleton, are thrilled to share with you the cover of Sauúti Terrors. @genni.bsky.social @stephenembleton.bsky.social @nickwells451.bsky.social
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