Sauúti Published Works

A full list of all published Sauúti related works and how to find them.

NOVEMBER 2024 Songs for the Shadows by Cheryl S. Ntumy

Songs for the Shadows by Cheryl S. Ntumy is available for purchase – and just the beginning for decades - or centuries - of #Sauútiverse collaborative African storytelling! Curious?

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"Set in the Sauúti universe and tightly packed with rich worldbuilding, Songs for the Shadows is crafted in beautiful prose and depth, meditating on silence and sound and song as powerful cultural entities—a magic system of sound excavation and the folding and manipulation of time that blew me away!”Tlotlo Tsamaase, Caine Prize Finalist and author of Womb City

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'Epistles to Our Mother' – COMING SOON

'Epistles to Our Mother' – out soon in a special issue of the Australasian Association of Writing Programs (AAWP) Text Journal on writing from the fringes.

"The juxtaposition of prose and poetry, known words and invented language, is creative and a pleasure to read. The humour underlying the narration creates a shared understanding between narrator and reader. For example, ‘They all bargained, harangued, cajoled and threatened, until the urgency of the situation passed.'"

Mothersound: The Sauútiverse Anthology (2023)

The culmination of nearly two years of world building, and after a successful crowdfunding campaign, Mothersound: The Sauútiverse Anthology was published in November 2023 by Android Press. Read more...

Xan van Rooyen's "The Heretic Harmonic" (2024)

Published in Andromeda Spaceways Magazine Issue #94.

Eugen Bacon's "Mystery of the Vanishing Echoes" (2024)

Published in the 'Sherlock is a Girl's Name' anthology from Clan Destine Press (AUS) and Improbable Press (US).

Eugen Bacon's "The Alphabet of Pinaa: An AI Reinvents Zerself on an Inhabited Moon" (July 2023)

Sold to Interzone and featuring art by Juliana Pinho. Read online.