Overview

When a precocious Guardian in Sector Z in New Inku'lulu-an elite space outpost-misuses her sound magic, the Guardians punish her by stripping away her magical ability. Chant'L is exiled to Savage Mound, a sound island on planet Wiimb-ó. She discovers that magic is inborn, never truly lost or taken, and summons the Nga'phandileh, creatures of unreality. But her magic is more than she bargained for. Now the Guardians in Sector Z find themselves with a massive catastrophe they must not only keep secret, but resolve. A science fiction horror from an award-winning queen of Afro-Irreal genre bending. A glossary of Bantu, Afrocentric and authorly-crafted words complements this genre-bending, cross-cultural novella. Something beautiful, something dark in lyrical language packed with affection, dread, anguish and hope.

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""Eugen Bacon is a master of using bold, evocative prose to guide the reader through a uniquely speculative world. It's clear the author has selected each word with great care, artfully arranging them throughout the narrative with an almost musical quality that begs to be read aloud in order to fully experience Bacon's own brand of sound magic."" - P.A. Cornell, Nebula finalist author of ""Once Upon a Time at The Oakmont"" ""The Nga'phandileh Whisperer by Eugen Bacon is bursting with imagination, culture, magic, and the mystique of distant worlds. This enchanting yarn blends science-fiction, fantasy, and horror to create a beautiful and timeless song."" - Pedro Iniguez, Bram Stoker Award finalist, and author of Echoes and Embers: Speculative Stories ""The Nga'phandileh Whisperer is mythic and ancient, feverish and insistent, lyrical and atmospheric, eerie yet enchanting-an enticingly strange exploration of the power of sound by a poetic storyteller."" - Ai Jiang, Nebula and Bram Stoker and Hugo Award finalist of A Palace Near the Wind and Linghun

""Eugen Bacon is a master of using bold, evocative prose to guide the reader through a uniquely speculative world. It's clear the author has selected each word with great care, artfully arranging them throughout the narrative with an almost musical quality that begs to be read aloud in order to fully experience Bacon's own brand of sound magic."" - P.A. Cornell, Nebula finalist author of Shoeshine Boy & Cigarette Girl ""The Nga'phandileh Whisperer by Eugen Bacon is bursting with imagination, culture, magic, and the mystique of distant worlds. This enchanting yarn blends science-fiction, fantasy, and horror to create a beautiful and timeless song."" - Pedro Iniguez, Bram Stoker Award finalist, and author of Echoes and Embers: Speculative Stories ""The Nga'phandileh Whisperer is mythic and ancient, feverish and insistent, lyrical and atmospheric, eerie yet enchanting-an enticingly strange exploration of the power of sound by a poetic storyteller."" - Ai Jiang, Nebula and Bram Stoker and Hugo Award finalist of A Palace Near the Wind and Linghun

Author Information

Eugen Bacon is an African Australian author. She's a Nebula, British Fantasy and Foreword Indies Award winner, a twice World Fantasy Award finalist, and a finalist in the Shirley Jackson, Philip K. Dick Award, and the Nommo Awards for speculative fiction by Africans. Eugen is an Otherwise Fellow, and was also announced in the honor list for 'doing exciting work in gender and speculative fiction'. Danged Black Thing made the Otherwise Award Honor List as a 'sharp collection of Afro-Surrealist work'. Visit her at eugenbacon.com.

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