Sauúti Terrors Short Stories
Eugen Bacon editor Stephen Embleton editor Cheryl S Ntumy editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Flame Tree Publishing
Published:20th Jan '26
Should be back in stock very soon
A powerful dark science fiction collection in a stunning edition, bringing back the revolutionary Afrocentric Sauútiverse.
Co-editors Eugen Bacon, Stephen Embleton and Cheryl S. Ntumy bring us 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.
Co-editors Eugen Bacon, Stephen Embleton and Cheryl S. Ntumy bring us a powerful and haunting collection of short stories from the groundbreaking Sauútiverse, following the success of Mothersound: The Sauútiverse Anthology. 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. Unravel the darkest stories in the deepest parts of the Sauúti five-planet system with its two suns, and orbiting a binary star.
Bringing together African and African diaspora writers, the collection features five-time Bram Stoker Award winner and recipient of the Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award Linda D. Addison and other prominent speculative fiction authors, including T.L. Huchu, Xan van Rooyen, Jamal Hodge, Ishola Abdulwasiu Ayodele, Wole Talabi, Mazi Nwonwu, Kofi Nyameye, D.S. Falowo, Shingai Njeri Kagunda, J. Umeh, Moustapha Mbacké Diop, Miguel O. Mitchell, DaVaun Sanders and Nerine Dorman.
The Flame Tree Beyond and Within short story collections bring together tales of myth and imagination by modern and contemporary writers, carefully selected by anthologists, and sometimes featuring short stories from a single author. Overall, the series presents a wide range of diverse and inclusive voices with myth, folkloric-inflected short fiction, and an emphasis on the supernatural, science fiction, the mysterious and the speculative. The books themselves are gorgeous, with foiled covers, printed edges and published only in hardcover editions, offering a lifetime of reading pleasure.
“In this latest anthology, we’re shown a dark and terrible aspect of this world, not as a mere scare tactic, but to remind us that a universe this wide and sprawling wouldn’t be remotely realistic if it didn’t possess a horrific underbelly. Stories here do not shy away from the unsettling, the bone-chilling, the hair-raising, and the blood-curdling. The writers are super inventive in the ways they describe horror and fright. Across 18 short stories and poems, they boldly unleash all manner of terror.”
-- Chisom Umeh, award-winning Nigerian fiction writer and poetFascinating. 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 WritingThis 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“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“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“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"Perfect for both fans of horror and fans of science fiction, Sauúti Terrors is already shaping up to be one of the most unique and vital anthologies released in 2026."
-- The LinISBN: 9781835626405
Dimensions: 122mm x 195mm x 25mm
Weight: 600g
416 pages