Eugen Bacon's Blog, page 7
January 5, 2022
Preorder now – Mage of Fools (with swag)!
Preorders are now open for Mage of Fools, along with publisher swag goodies, for only $15! Preorder now.
January 1, 2022
Locus feature – writers as agents of change
“I like to think of authors as agents of change, and we do have a certain responsibility in our writing…”
December 4, 2021
Publishers Weekly – Mage of Fools makes top 10 SF, Fantasy & Horror adult books, Spring 2022
My upcoming novel Mage of Fools made the Publishers Weekly – Top 10 SF, Fantasy & Horror, adult books for Spring 2022.
Eugen Bacon. Meerkat, Mar. 15 ($15.95 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-946154-66-8)
In a world ravaged by climate change and where literature is outlawed, one woman must find a way to topple the throne in order to save her children.
November 25, 2021
She’s a beaut! Saving Shadows
She’s pretty as a wish! Stunning in the paperback and the signed hardback edition is produced in high-grade silk finish paper. Get a copy at NewCon Press now.
November 17, 2021
Saving Shadows – now on Kindle!
“Saving Shadows is a lightning sizzle of pure poetic energy. Through the prism of sharp speculative fiction, the darkest hues of our world are revealed, reflected, refracted into a myriad of brilliant shards. Each piece dazzles, cutting quick and deep. Absolutely unforgettable.” – Lisa L. Hannett, award-winning author of Songs for Dark Seasons
November 11, 2021
Saving Shadows – black speculative prose poetry out now!
Stunning new collection of #blackspeculative prose poetry out now, NewCon Press. Full page illustrations by Italian artist Elena Betti contemplating the written word
November 2, 2021
Innate solace and challenge – Foreword Reviews on Danged Black Thing
“Eugen Bacon’s speculative short story collection Danged Black Thing ignites the dreadful reverberations of sacrifice and the unflinching trajectory of choices set in motion.
By embedding horror into the realm of possibilities, Bacon disarms modern comfort, twisting the mundane into towers of inevitable consequence.” – Foreword Reviews, read more
October 31, 2021
Happy release day! Danged Black Thing. Out now!
RAIN WAS A hungry widow. That wet August dusk, the heart talked history – Angerboda had only to check its pieces, each heavier than its size. The widow it was, each droplet keened with shoeless children, but the rain’s harmonica was filled with brandy and brine.— ‘A Pod of Mermaids’ in Danged Black Thing.
Huzzah! Happy Release Day! Out Now.
October 18, 2021
‘A Taste of Unguja’ in Haunted Travel Anthology
I have an African Australian story in this haunted travel anthology by Dark Moon Books. With Suyi Davies Okungbowa (Nigeria), Tlotlo Tsamaase (Botswana), Dilman Dila (Uganda), and more. My migrant tale ‘A Taste of Unguja’ features my birth home, Tanzania. Find out more.
October 8, 2021
Out now! Danged Black Thing
‘Brilliant, erudite, playful – Bacon’s new collection of short stories is a feast of literary delights, which takes us places around the world and into parallel realities, and into the past, present and future. Bacon is a wizard of genres, bending and blending them at her masterful will, at home in horror and tragedy just as much as in comedy. And even at the bleakest, most dystopian moments, Bacon’s pages still shimmer with the sensual beauty of her prose.’ LEE KOFMAN, award-winning author of Split and Imperfect.
