I can’t wait for this!

@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...

What an exciting conversation! Wole Talabi's work in the Sauútiverse sounds incredible! 🌌 Can't wait to dive into "Descent"! Keep shining, SFF community! ✨ #SFF #WoleTalabi #Descent

@jonathanstrahan.bsky.social at @coodestreet.bsky.social spoke with Sauúti member and Hugo, Nebula and World Fantasy Award nominated writer, @wtalabi.bsky.social Wole Talabi, about his SFF writing, and his Sauútiverse novella "Descent". 🚀🪐 www.podbean.com/media/share/...

What an exciting interview! 🌌 Cheryl's work in the Sauútiverse sounds incredible! Can't wait for Sauúti Terrors! 📚✨ Keep shining, SFF queens! #WomenInSFF #SauútiTerrors

INTERVIEW: 🎤💫🪐 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.

On JayLit! My Hedberg novel, sponsored by the Copyright Agency. @meerkatpress.bsky.social @utas.edu.au @sauutiverse.bsky.social jaylit.com/cover-reveal...

And on Books+Publishing! It's behind a firewall but you get the gist... @meerkatpress.bsky.social, @sauutiverse.bsky.social 🥰 www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/202...

Join 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...

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...

BOOK 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

Stoked about this @librarything.com #author #interview! 🙏🏾💞 @meerkatpress.bsky.social @starsandsabers.bsky.social @sauutiverse.bsky.social @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social

A ceremonious unboxing. The Nga'phandileh Whisperer, a #sauuti # novella @sauutiverse.bsky.social @starsandsabers.bsky.social @stephenembleton.bsky.social

#book news! @flametree.bsky.social, @simonschuster.bsky.social, @sauutiverse.bsky.social, @stephenembleton.bsky.social www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/202...

Thank 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

A 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

Spotlighting 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)

@sauutiverse.bsky.social , @meerkatpress.bsky.social 💞

Edited by @genni.bsky.social @stephenembleton.bsky.social and Cheryl Ntumy. With cover insert art by @destructcode.bsky.social. @sauutiverse.bsky.social

The 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.

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

THE NGA'PHANDILEH WHISPERER by @genni.bsky.social is a bold & fascinating sci-fi cosmic horror tale, setting up the Sauútiverse, rooted in African mythology, language, & culture. A review: fanfiaddict.com/review-the-n... @lordtbrffa.bsky.social @starsandsabers.bsky.social @sauutiverse.bsky.social

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/

Now available to watch: reading my @sauutiverse.bsky.social novella, 'Undulation', from Seattle Worldcon 2025 on Wednesday. @press-android.bsky.social vimeo.com/1109895345/3...

Check out ALL the awesome works available in The African SF Novels and Novellas Bundle from StoryBundle - Curated by our very own Sauúti, @genni.bsky.social – with a variety of pay tiers to suit. 👀 📖 📚 🔥 Including Cheryl S. Ntumy's Sauúti novella, "Songs for the Shadows"! storybundle.com/scifi

Also, I recommend covering *anything* the @sauutiverse.bsky.social is doing. It's all been so super!

If you're interested in African Fiction, please also follow the @sauutiverse.bsky.social for SO much book joy. If you're not? You really should get into it. The stories being told are as excellent as they are mind-changing. Which is precisely why they are being held back by the power structure.

😍🎁 @starsandsabers.bsky.social , @sauutiverse.bsky.social www.starsandsabers.com/books/the-ng...

On Wed I’ll be reading from my 2024 Nommo winning novella, “Undulation”published in @sauutiverse.bsky.social anthology Mothersound.📖 “This a story of storytellers, of questioning the foundations of society, of mothers & their children, of finding your voice & finding the truth.” #SeattleWorldcon2025

READ SAUÚTI FLASH FICTION! 'Listen, Don’t Touch' by Cheryl S. Ntumy is now available free in @mythaxis.bsky.social Issue 42. 👀📖💫 mythaxis.co.uk/issue-42/lis...

Relatedly, will soon read/forthcoming: The Nga'phandileh Whisperer x @genni.bsky.social , another @sauutiverse.bsky.social novel(la) 👏🏿👏🏿, from @starsandsabers.bsky.social ! 💙📚

NOT voting for Wole does not preclude buying his books or supporting his work. Convergence Problems Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon Incomplete Solutions Unquiet On The Eastern Front Deep Dream: Science Fiction Exploring the Future of Art Follow and support the @sauutiverse.bsky.social

5 days! #fricanSFF @storybundle.bsky.social , @meerkatpress.bsky.social , @rdspress.bsky.social, @tachyonpub.bsky.social, @sauutiverse.bsky.social, @nalohop.bsky.social, @tobiasbuckell.bsky.social, @nuzo.bsky.social, @miltonmvmedia.bsky.social, @therisingtithes.bsky.social storybundle.com/scifi

Cover Reveal of the latest Sauúti work: @genni.bsky.social’s "The Nga'phandileh Whisperer" Out September 2025 from @starsandsabers.bsky.social jaylit.com/cover-reveal...

Cover Reveal of the latest Sauúti work: @genni.bsky.social’s "The Nga'phandileh Whisperer" Out September 2025 from @starsandsabers.bsky.social

Cover Illustration DETAIL @genni.bsky.social's "The Nga'phandileh Whisperer" I got to visualise an ominous moonlit scene alive with texture, colour and movement. @sauutiverse.bsky.social @starsandsabers.bsky.social More on the process: stephen.embleton.co.za/2025/05/cove... #bookcoverillustration

This was my 2nd Sauúti book - looking forward to diving into more stories from this wonderful collaborative story-universe! (p.s. I've been wondering - is there a Sauúti playlist? 👀)

💫🌟 Mothersound getting some love out there!

13 days to go! @storybundle.bsky.social @meerkatpress.bsky.social, @rdspress.bsky.social, @sauutiverse.bsky.social, @miltonmvmedia.bsky.social, @nalohop.bsky.social, @tachyonpub.bsky.social, @nuzo.bsky.social, @tobiasbuckell.bsky.social, @therisingtithes.bsky.social storybundle.com/scifi

SAUÚTI NOVELLA: 'Descent' by Wole Talabi Take a deep dive into a new Sauúti story: Descent by @wtalabi.bsky.social available in the May 2025 edition of @clarkesworldmagazine.com clarkesworldmagazine.com/artbio_224/

Included in this fantastical lineup is the Sauúti Collective’s “Mothersound” anthology! 👀📖🔥

And yes, for those wondering, the name of one of the characters in this story is a reference to the wonderful @tananarivedue.bsky.social who kindly supported the inaugural @sauutiverse.bsky.social anthology. Just a little Tuckerization to say thank you and add your name to Sauuti lore!

Take a deep dive into a new Sauúti story out there: @wtalabi.bsky.social’s “Decent” out in Clarkesworld mag 📖👀

See you in 2026 horror fans! 🫡

Double the Terror! We’re super excited to share with you the authors and poets in Book 2 of Sauúti Terrors: The Dark Side by Flame Tree Publishing, distributed by Simon and Schuster. sauuti.com/sauuti-terro... #AfricanSFF @genni.bsky.social @xanwriter.bsky.social @stephenembleton.bsky.social

Our collection of Afro-centred Futurism essays is getting some well deserved acknowledgment out there 👏🏼🌟A finalist in the Foreword Indies Book of the Year Awards 🏆💫 including the @sauutiverse.bsky.social world building.

Sauúti Terrors is een collectie korte, speculatieve verhalen van Afrikaanse auteurs, die in twee delen zal worden uitgebracht bij Flame Tree. Kende je de Sauútiverse nog niet? Zoek dan de allereerste anthologie eens op, Mothersound. ❤️❤️

Thank you to @brittlepaper.bsky.social for supporting and spotlighting the Sauútiverse from its inception! 😱💀🪐🚀👻 READ HERE: brittlepaper.com/2025/03/flam... Sauúti Terrors will feature in Flame Tree’s Beyond and Within story collection series in two anthologies, published a year apart.

We’re super excited to share with you the authors and poets in the first anthology, Sauúti Terrors: The Dark Side by Flame Tree Publishing, distributed by Simon and Schuster. sauuti.com/sauuti-terro... @genni.bsky.social @xanwriter.bsky.social @wtalabi.bsky.social @stephenembleton.bsky.social