Stephen Embleton
@stephenembleton.bsky.social
From KwaZulu-Natal to Oxford.
Academic Visitor to Oxford Uni 2022
2024 Nommo Award Winner Best Novella: “Undulation”.
YA urban fantasy “Bones & Runes”
SF novel “Soul Searching”
Sauúti Collective (@sauutiverse.bsky.social)
He/Him
stephen.embleton.co.za
Academic Visitor to Oxford Uni 2022
2024 Nommo Award Winner Best Novella: “Undulation”.
YA urban fantasy “Bones & Runes”
SF novel “Soul Searching”
Sauúti Collective (@sauutiverse.bsky.social)
He/Him
stephen.embleton.co.za
“This book is a philosophical thriller that is as complex as it’s action-packed.”
Thanks to @genni.bsky.social for the inclusion and review of Soul Searching 💫🙏🏼
Available in the latest StoryBundle:
storybundle.com/scifi
Thanks to @genni.bsky.social for the inclusion and review of Soul Searching 💫🙏🏼
Available in the latest StoryBundle:
storybundle.com/scifi
August 18, 2025 at 7:54 AM
“This book is a philosophical thriller that is as complex as it’s action-packed.”
Thanks to @genni.bsky.social for the inclusion and review of Soul Searching 💫🙏🏼
Available in the latest StoryBundle:
storybundle.com/scifi
Thanks to @genni.bsky.social for the inclusion and review of Soul Searching 💫🙏🏼
Available in the latest StoryBundle:
storybundle.com/scifi
Now available to watch: reading my @sauutiverse.bsky.social novella, 'Undulation', from Seattle Worldcon 2025 on Wednesday.
@press-android.bsky.social
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@press-android.bsky.social
vimeo.com/1109895345/3...
August 18, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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...
@press-android.bsky.social
vimeo.com/1109895345/3...
It's always a pleasure having my work available on StoryBundle! 👀 📖 📚 🔥
Check out ALL the awesome works available in The African SF Novels and Novellas Bundle - Curated by @genni.bsky.social
storybundle.com/scifi
Check out ALL the awesome works available in The African SF Novels and Novellas Bundle - Curated by @genni.bsky.social
storybundle.com/scifi
August 14, 2025 at 5:14 AM
It's always a pleasure having my work available on StoryBundle! 👀 📖 📚 🔥
Check out ALL the awesome works available in The African SF Novels and Novellas Bundle - Curated by @genni.bsky.social
storybundle.com/scifi
Check out ALL the awesome works available in The African SF Novels and Novellas Bundle - Curated by @genni.bsky.social
storybundle.com/scifi
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
“This a story of storytellers, of questioning the foundations of society, of mothers & their children, of finding your voice & finding the truth.”
#SeattleWorldcon2025
August 12, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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
“This a story of storytellers, of questioning the foundations of society, of mothers & their children, of finding your voice & finding the truth.”
#SeattleWorldcon2025
From the central character’s dress detail and jewellery to the rough texture and subtle pattern of the paper background permeating all elements, for me, make it something you want to pick up and hold.
May 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
From the central character’s dress detail and jewellery to the rough texture and subtle pattern of the paper background permeating all elements, for me, make it something you want to pick up and hold.
African fabrics, beadwork and patterns are rich in inspiration, key elements I drew from to create a tactile illustration.
May 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
African fabrics, beadwork and patterns are rich in inspiration, key elements I drew from to create a tactile illustration.
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
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
May 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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
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
Dabbling in fantasy world maps with/for Cheryl Ntumy 🤩✍️ 🗺️ #illustration
May 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Dabbling in fantasy world maps with/for Cheryl Ntumy 🤩✍️ 🗺️ #illustration
It’s out! 👀 📖
The 10th anniversary edition of @omenanamag.bsky.social with goodies to read! Including my Sauúti story, The Legend of the Echo Well.
@sauutiverse.bsky.social
omenana.com/2024/12/24/t...
The 10th anniversary edition of @omenanamag.bsky.social with goodies to read! Including my Sauúti story, The Legend of the Echo Well.
@sauutiverse.bsky.social
omenana.com/2024/12/24/t...
December 24, 2024 at 7:30 PM
It’s out! 👀 📖
The 10th anniversary edition of @omenanamag.bsky.social with goodies to read! Including my Sauúti story, The Legend of the Echo Well.
@sauutiverse.bsky.social
omenana.com/2024/12/24/t...
The 10th anniversary edition of @omenanamag.bsky.social with goodies to read! Including my Sauúti story, The Legend of the Echo Well.
@sauutiverse.bsky.social
omenana.com/2024/12/24/t...
The grandkids have some cool thera-pet cards worth sharing 😉
December 23, 2024 at 7:38 PM
The grandkids have some cool thera-pet cards worth sharing 😉
I'm really excited to have a story coming out soon in the 10th Anniversary edition of @omenanamag.bsky.social! And a @sauutiverse.bsky.social story no less! In good company.
December 12, 2024 at 11:10 PM
I'm really excited to have a story coming out soon in the 10th Anniversary edition of @omenanamag.bsky.social! And a @sauutiverse.bsky.social story no less! In good company.
Mirari Press had a long deadline, which gave me the time (and creative freedom) to experiment and add the detail I wanted to, giving Nerine’s cover the TLC it so deserved.
Coming soon! Feb 2025
@nerinedorman.bsky.social
Coming soon! Feb 2025
@nerinedorman.bsky.social
December 2, 2024 at 11:54 AM
Mirari Press had a long deadline, which gave me the time (and creative freedom) to experiment and add the detail I wanted to, giving Nerine’s cover the TLC it so deserved.
Coming soon! Feb 2025
@nerinedorman.bsky.social
Coming soon! Feb 2025
@nerinedorman.bsky.social
Suyi’s introduction to our essay collection gets right to it, framing the insights of all the writers sharing their ideas and personal perspectives in creating with our unique voices. Thank you, @suyidavies.com 🙏🏼💫
Read the introduction here:
bloomsburycp3.codemantra.com/viewer/66f31...
Read the introduction here:
bloomsburycp3.codemantra.com/viewer/66f31...
November 20, 2024 at 8:45 AM
Suyi’s introduction to our essay collection gets right to it, framing the insights of all the writers sharing their ideas and personal perspectives in creating with our unique voices. Thank you, @suyidavies.com 🙏🏼💫
Read the introduction here:
bloomsburycp3.codemantra.com/viewer/66f31...
Read the introduction here:
bloomsburycp3.codemantra.com/viewer/66f31...
Fellow African SFF writer Unathi Magubeni has passed away.
A huge loss to African lit and African fantasy. Unathi’s novella, Nwelezelanga (The Star Child) is a lovely, magical story. 🙏🏼❤️😢
Unathi was interviewed along with Blaize Kaye and I in 2016 by Geoff Ryman
strangehorizons.com/issue/100-af...
A huge loss to African lit and African fantasy. Unathi’s novella, Nwelezelanga (The Star Child) is a lovely, magical story. 🙏🏼❤️😢
Unathi was interviewed along with Blaize Kaye and I in 2016 by Geoff Ryman
strangehorizons.com/issue/100-af...
November 13, 2024 at 6:04 PM
Fellow African SFF writer Unathi Magubeni has passed away.
A huge loss to African lit and African fantasy. Unathi’s novella, Nwelezelanga (The Star Child) is a lovely, magical story. 🙏🏼❤️😢
Unathi was interviewed along with Blaize Kaye and I in 2016 by Geoff Ryman
strangehorizons.com/issue/100-af...
A huge loss to African lit and African fantasy. Unathi’s novella, Nwelezelanga (The Star Child) is a lovely, magical story. 🙏🏼❤️😢
Unathi was interviewed along with Blaize Kaye and I in 2016 by Geoff Ryman
strangehorizons.com/issue/100-af...
Some stone bothering at the Hoar Stone and then the Hawk Stone.
🪨 ❤️💫
🪨 ❤️💫
November 7, 2024 at 9:11 PM
Some stone bothering at the Hoar Stone and then the Hawk Stone.
🪨 ❤️💫
🪨 ❤️💫
Our essay collection is dropping everywhere! 👀💫🕺🏻
Awesome to be included with @genni.bsky.social Cheryl Ntumy @dilmandila.com.web.brid.gy @nerinedorman.bsky.social @xanwriter.bsky.social @suyidavies.com @nuzo.bsky.social @tobithedreamer.bsky.social @aniyonsenga.bsky.social
@sauutiverse.bsky.social
Awesome to be included with @genni.bsky.social Cheryl Ntumy @dilmandila.com.web.brid.gy @nerinedorman.bsky.social @xanwriter.bsky.social @suyidavies.com @nuzo.bsky.social @tobithedreamer.bsky.social @aniyonsenga.bsky.social
@sauutiverse.bsky.social
November 7, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Our essay collection is dropping everywhere! 👀💫🕺🏻
Awesome to be included with @genni.bsky.social Cheryl Ntumy @dilmandila.com.web.brid.gy @nerinedorman.bsky.social @xanwriter.bsky.social @suyidavies.com @nuzo.bsky.social @tobithedreamer.bsky.social @aniyonsenga.bsky.social
@sauutiverse.bsky.social
Awesome to be included with @genni.bsky.social Cheryl Ntumy @dilmandila.com.web.brid.gy @nerinedorman.bsky.social @xanwriter.bsky.social @suyidavies.com @nuzo.bsky.social @tobithedreamer.bsky.social @aniyonsenga.bsky.social
@sauutiverse.bsky.social
Nuzo! @nuzo.bsky.social
Look what I won from @titanbooks.bsky.social delivered today ❤️🙏🏼📖👀
So awesome to get goodies from writers whose work you admire.
Look what I won from @titanbooks.bsky.social delivered today ❤️🙏🏼📖👀
So awesome to get goodies from writers whose work you admire.
November 5, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Nuzo! @nuzo.bsky.social
Look what I won from @titanbooks.bsky.social delivered today ❤️🙏🏼📖👀
So awesome to get goodies from writers whose work you admire.
Look what I won from @titanbooks.bsky.social delivered today ❤️🙏🏼📖👀
So awesome to get goodies from writers whose work you admire.
Always a treat meeting up with Cheryl in Oxford! Lots to catch up on and projects to chat about. 💫 And getting her awesome @sauutiverse.bsky.social novella “Songs for the Shadows” signed 👀📖✏️
Get your copy from @atthisarts.com
Get your copy from @atthisarts.com
October 31, 2024 at 6:09 AM
Always a treat meeting up with Cheryl in Oxford! Lots to catch up on and projects to chat about. 💫 And getting her awesome @sauutiverse.bsky.social novella “Songs for the Shadows” signed 👀📖✏️
Get your copy from @atthisarts.com
Get your copy from @atthisarts.com
Another haul from World of Books — mostly pre-loved 📚❤️👀
October 26, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Another haul from World of Books — mostly pre-loved 📚❤️👀
Dear Writer,
You are not alone. There are support systems out there. Seek them out. You deserve it.
Find out about the grant here:
www.rlf.org.uk/apply-for-a-...
You are not alone. There are support systems out there. Seek them out. You deserve it.
Find out about the grant here:
www.rlf.org.uk/apply-for-a-...
October 7, 2024 at 6:04 AM
Dear Writer,
You are not alone. There are support systems out there. Seek them out. You deserve it.
Find out about the grant here:
www.rlf.org.uk/apply-for-a-...
You are not alone. There are support systems out there. Seek them out. You deserve it.
Find out about the grant here:
www.rlf.org.uk/apply-for-a-...
I'm extremely grateful to say I have been awarded a grant by the Royal Literary Fund. 🙏❤️📖
It’s not something I would've thought I'd need, or thought existed, if it weren’t for a Brittle Paper article in June.
Gentle support, with a clear goal. Keep writing!
stephen.embleton.co.za/2024/10/roya...
It’s not something I would've thought I'd need, or thought existed, if it weren’t for a Brittle Paper article in June.
Gentle support, with a clear goal. Keep writing!
stephen.embleton.co.za/2024/10/roya...
October 7, 2024 at 6:03 AM
I'm extremely grateful to say I have been awarded a grant by the Royal Literary Fund. 🙏❤️📖
It’s not something I would've thought I'd need, or thought existed, if it weren’t for a Brittle Paper article in June.
Gentle support, with a clear goal. Keep writing!
stephen.embleton.co.za/2024/10/roya...
It’s not something I would've thought I'd need, or thought existed, if it weren’t for a Brittle Paper article in June.
Gentle support, with a clear goal. Keep writing!
stephen.embleton.co.za/2024/10/roya...
In a Dark, Dark Room arrived today 👏🏼
September 30, 2024 at 4:10 PM
In a Dark, Dark Room arrived today 👏🏼
Recent secondhand haul—3 for £20 and a fourth (on its way) free. Free delivery. Research begins. 💫 Via World of Books 👌🏼
September 28, 2024 at 8:05 PM
Recent secondhand haul—3 for £20 and a fourth (on its way) free. Free delivery. Research begins. 💫 Via World of Books 👌🏼
My essay “Cosmologies & Languages Building AfricanFuturism” mentioned in the @bsfa.bsky.social Vector review of the Bloomsbury Academic anthology championed by our editor/collaborator @genni.bsky.social 🙏🏼 + @sauutiverse.bsky.social’s amazing world building collaboration.
September 17, 2024 at 7:54 AM
My essay “Cosmologies & Languages Building AfricanFuturism” mentioned in the @bsfa.bsky.social Vector review of the Bloomsbury Academic anthology championed by our editor/collaborator @genni.bsky.social 🙏🏼 + @sauutiverse.bsky.social’s amazing world building collaboration.
isiZulu translation of Nathi Olifant’s “Blood, Blades and Bullets: Anatomy of a Glebelands hitman” 👏🏼 🔥
We need more translations!
Nice one Happiness Books.
happinessbooks.co.za
We need more translations!
Nice one Happiness Books.
happinessbooks.co.za
August 22, 2024 at 7:27 AM
isiZulu translation of Nathi Olifant’s “Blood, Blades and Bullets: Anatomy of a Glebelands hitman” 👏🏼 🔥
We need more translations!
Nice one Happiness Books.
happinessbooks.co.za
We need more translations!
Nice one Happiness Books.
happinessbooks.co.za