Published Works

2015-2023
Fiction:
- 'Land of Light': 'Imagine Africa 500' speculative fiction anthology (2015/2016) (Speculative Fiction). 8,000 words. Read more... (Malawi)
- 'Veiled': 2016 'Beneath This Skin' Edition of Aké Review (2016) (Fiction). 1,450 words. Read here... (Nigeria)
- 'Water': 'The Short Story is Dead, Long Live the Short Story! Vol.2' anthology (2017) (Fiction). 3,100 words. Available on Amazon (South Africa)
- 'Sub Migratio': the debut edition of Enkare Review (2017) (Speculative Fiction). 3,500 words. Read here... (Kenya)
- 'Inktober': 2018 edition of 'The Bloody Parchment' (2018) (SF/Horror). 1,250 words. Available on Amazon. (South Africa)
- 'The Girl with Two Bodies': The Kalahari Review (Nov 2018) (Fantasy). 7,050 words. Read here... (South Africa)
- 'Journal of a DNA Pirate': Volume 3 of 'AfroSF' (Dec 2018) (SF). 8,150 words. Available on Amazon etc.
- 'Why Not Magoos': The Kalahari Review (Oct 2019) (Fiction). 2,600 words. Read online here. (South Africa)
- 'Fear Thyself': Burning House Press (20 July 2020) (Flash Fiction). 180 words. Read online here. (South Africa)
- 'Soul Searching' (novel): Guardbridge Books (Aug 2020) (Speculative Fiction). UK/US (UK)
- 'Self-Destruct': Omenana Speculative Fiction Magazine #18 (22 July 2021) (Speculative Fiction). 2,115 words. Read online here. (Nigeria)
- 'Of Robots & War': The Shallow Tales Review #37 "PARANATURE" (31 January 2022) (Historical Creative Fiction). 3,800 words. Read online here. (Nigeria)
- 'Bones & Runes' (novel): Abibiman Publishing (14 February 2022) (YA Fantasy). Kindle, Paperback Amazon UK (UK)
- 'Our Mother Creator': Syllble (1 October 2022) (Fantasy/Mythology). 600 words. Read online here. (US)
- 'Soyinka's Memory': The Shallow Tales Review #40 "MEMORY" (31 January 2023) (Literary, Magical Realism, Fantasy). 3,100 words. Read online here. (Nigeria)
- 'Taking Turns': Languages of Water – a cross-lingual hybrid anthology (July 2023) (Speculative Fiction), 1,050 words. MV Media (USA) Available on Amazon.
- 'Undulation' (novella): Mothersound: The Sauútiverse Anthology' – Android Press (US) / Luna Press (UK) – 16,300 words (US & UK)
- Essay: 'Cosmologies and Languages Building Africanfuturism'. Coming 2024/2025 with Bloomsbury Academic. 5,200 words.
Editor: African Writers Series
Creative Non-Fiction:
Mbilo: A Winter Storm – 2021 (Creative Historical Non-Fiction) – not externally published
Poetry:
The Cock & The Crow: an ode to the downtrodden – published in iJusi #6, 1997.
Non-Fiction:
'Cosmologies and Languages Building Africanfuturism'. Coming 2024/2025 with Bloomsbury Academic. 5,200 words.
"There is Magic in African Literature" – essay (and cover feature), University of Oxford, African Studies Centre 2022 – full unabridged article here. Identifying the traditional beliefs, magic, magical realism and fantasy in the first 101 works of the original African writer Series from the 1950s to 1970s.
Stephen's Nominated Works:
- 2021 JAMES CURREY PRIZE FOR AFRICAN LITERATURE – Top 5 Finalist for an Unpublished Novel): BONES & RUNES
- 2021 NOMMO AWARDS Finalist (Novel Category): SOUL SEARCHING
- 2020 NOMMO AWARDS Long List (Short Story Category): THE GIRL WITH TWO BODIES
- 2019 NOMMO AWARDS Long List (Short Story Category): JOURNAL OF A DNA PIRATE
- 2018 NOMMO AWARDS Long List (Short Story Category): SUB MIGRATIO
- 2017 NOMMO AWARDS Long List (Short Story Category): LAND OF LIGHT
Tendai Huchu on Bones & Runes:
"Highly original and compelling. Embleton's strange world is immersive and intriguing. This is a novel of adventure and ideas.”
– T.L. Huchu, author of 'The Library of the Dead’
Aurealis Magazine review Bones & Runes:
"Embleton’s portrayal overflows with imagination, filling it to the brim with all manner of beings and deities from Zulu tradition. Richly imagined and powerfully authentic.”
– Damien Lawardorn, AUREALIS #148, March 2022
Read Joanna Woods' Review of Soul Searching here: Africa in Words
Read the Aurealis Review for Soul Searching here: Aurealis #138 March 2021
Find out more on Guardbridge Books, the Guardbridge Store and GoodReads. Purchase Soul Searching here:
Paperback Outlets:
- Amazon (US)
- Amazon (UK)
- Barnes & Noble
- Waterstones
- Loot (South Africa)
READ 'LAND OF LIGHT' ONLINE: The project from Geoff Ryman via the Manchester Review produced a themed online edition on the Rise of African Science Fiction & Fantasy featuring a reprint of my first SF short story “Land of Light”. http://www.themanchesterreview.co.uk/?p=7680