Stephen Embleton

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Stephen was born in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and is now a resident in Oxford, United Kingdom, since being the 2022 James Currey Fellow at the African Studies Centre, Oxford University. His background is Graphic Design, Creative Direction and Film.

His first short story was published in 2015 in the "Imagine Africa 500" speculative fiction anthology, followed by more in the “Beneath This Skin” 2016 Edition of Aké Review, “The Short Story is Dead, Long Live the Short Story! Vol.2”, the debut edition of Enkare Review 2017, The Bloody Parchment, AfroSFv3, The Kalahari Review, Burning House Press, Omenana Magazine, and The Shallow Tales Review. He was featured in Part 11 of the 100 African Writers of SFF on Strange Horizons.

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COVER REVEAL: Sauúti Terrors Anthology (Book 1)

Illustration: Akintoba Kalejaye
We (co-editors, Eugen Bacon, Cheryl Ntumy and myself) as excited to reveal the cover for the next volume of Sauúti stories and poems. We had the pleasure of editing and writing our own terror-filled stories for this volume due out worldwide in January 2026 from Flame Tree Publishing, and Simon & Schuster

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