A Place Between Waking and Forgetting
by Eugen Bacon
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Pub Date Sep 19 2024 | Archive Date Dec 31 2024
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A Place Between Waking and Forgetting is dark speculative fiction, an Afro-Irreal collection in which transformative stories of culture, diversity, climate change, unlimited futures, collisions of worlds, mythology, and more, inhabit. It cases black people stories in bold and evocative text, at times deeply flawed but potentially redeemable protagonists in rich hues of blackness and light. Something beautiful, something dark in lyrical language packed with affection, dread, anguish and hope.
Featuring the World Fantasy Award finalist story “The Devil Don’t Come With Horns”, this collection of short stories is the latest offering by a genre-bending, multi-award winner.
It arrives with a poetic introduction by award-winning writer and poet Linda D. Addison, the first African-American recipient of the world-renowned HWA Bram Stoker Award, and has received five awards for her collections. Addison has been honored with the HWA Lifetime Achievement Award, HWA Mentor of the Year and SFPA Grand Master of Fantastic Poetry.
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Advance Praise
“These 18 impressive speculative shorts from Bacon (Serengotti) nimbly traverse subgenres while combining rich magic and mythology with a sharp exploration of what it means to be African both in and away from Africa.”—Publishers Weekly
“…evokes a unique interplay between narrative and language reminiscent of Nalo Hopkinson. In this collection, readers will find themes of family, togetherness, loss, and more…Bacon’s work is staggeringly good, and this newest collection is a testament to her excellence. Highly recommended.”—A.E. Siraki, Booklist
“Bacon packs a great deal into a deceptively slim volume. The stories are so original and varied they merit repeat readings that will yield more discoveries each time you turn to them. And the cover art by Bizhan Khodahbandeh beautifully expresses the essence of the book.” —Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores
“What a wonderful collection this is, beautifully put together and so satisfying. Bacon’s place between waking and forgetting lies somewhere in the slipstream, and there are infinities between these covers for readers to experience (far more profound than a TARDIS). It will be one of the best single-author SF collections you’ll ever read.”—Harare Review
In A Place Between Waking and Forgetting, Bacon takes readers into a dark speculative world. Her use of surrealism to explore culture, mythology, climate change and diversity, among other themes, is evocative, compelling and lyrical. With an enlightening poetic introduction by Linda D. Addison, Bacon then takes the reins with a collection of 17 short stories, which opens with the World Fantasy Award finalist The Devil Don’t Come with Horns. — Weekend Australian
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| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781947879782 |
| PRICE | $17.95 (USD) |
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Reviewer 1604627
This is an absolutely masterful collection. Eugen Bacon is a wonderful writer and never gives us more than exactly what is needed to tell the story. Each story sits on its own, a wholly complete story and universe, but rarely are we left with complete explanations either. It's a bit of an unsettling feeling, reading so many small stories back to back and not getting all the answers you want - but I think that's also kind of the point.
The characters are very diverse in terms of gender, race, and sexuality. The stories are also very diverse in tone and theme, though there are recurring themes throughout such as climate change, colonialism, and misogyny.
The book's only drawbacks really say more about me than they do about the book. I would have loved a couple of the stories to be longer - but that's entirely personal preference, and I have so much respect for the craftspersonship involved in these stories. I'll note here that I rated this 4.5 stars on other platforms, simply because, as someone who prefers long-form fiction, this drawback was a bit of a hang-up for me personally; but as NetGalley doesn't have an option for half stars, I'm very, very happy to rate it 5/5, as it is excellent! Having read this, I'm now a huge fan and intend to read everything Eugen Bacon has written.
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