Dr Eugen Bacon shares why IPEd is her professional home and the anthology that tested her as both writer and editor.

Crimson in Quietus, Eugen Bacon (Meerkat Press 978-1-96574-007-1, $18.95, 270pp, tp) September 2026. Cover by Tricia Reeks. Eugen Bacon's third novel, Crimson in Quietus, is set in the Sauútiverse, a shared science fiction / fantasy universe created by a collective of African and African diaspora writers. Crimson in Quietus is the first thing I've ever read in this setting. It won't be my last. First off – what a wonderful, …Read More

Crimson in Quietus, Eugen Bacon (Meerkat Press 978-1-96574-007-1, $18.95, 270pp, tp) September 2026. Cover by Tricia Reeks. Eugen Bacon's third novel, Crimson in Quietus, is set in the Sauútiverse, a ...

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From the queen of genre-bending speculative fiction, comes the newest Sauútiverse offering, a mystery like no other, where the investigator is not a detective, but a sound scientist. In a world where ...

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Eugen Bacon is an African Australian author. She is a Solstice, British Fantasy, Ignyte, Locus, Foreword Indies and BSFA Award winner. She’s also a twice World Fantasy and Shirley Jackson Award finali...

In this accomplished collection of 16 genre-bending stories, Bacon (Crimson in Quietus) sends characters on literal and metaphor...