Chasing Whispers

Name: Chasing Whispers
Brand: HighBridge Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Eugen Bacon
ISBN: 9781696610742

Author: Eugen Bacon

Narrator: Nene Nwoko

Unabridged: 7 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Highbridge Audio

Published: 01/31/2023

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Urban, Science Fiction, Collections & Anthologies

Synopsis

Chasing Whispers is a unique Afro-irrealist collection of Black speculative fiction in transformative stories of culture, longing, hybridity, unlimited futures, a collision of worlds, and folklore. It contains thirteen stories, eleven of which are original, with a commanding introduction by D. Harlan Wilson. The collection is aligned with the themes of Eugen Bacon's other fiction, and her recognition in the honor list of the 2022 Otherwise Fellowships for "doing exciting work in gender and speculative fiction."

Chasing Whispers casts a gaze at mostly women and children haunted by patriarchy, in stories packed with affection, dread, anguish, and hope. The connecting theme is a black protagonist with a deep longing for someone, someplace, something… and a recurring phrase in each story: "a deep and terrible sadness."

About Eugen Bacon

Eugen Bacon is an African Australian author of several novels and fiction collections as well as Writing Speculative Fiction. Her books Ivory's Story, Danged Black Thing, and Saving Shadows were finalists for the British Science Fiction Association Awards, and she has been nominated for, or has won awards, including the Foreword Indies Award, Bridport Prize, Copyright Agency Prize, Horror Writers Association Diversity Grant, Otherwise Fellowship, Nommo Award, and others. Bacon's creative work has appeared in Award Winning Australian Writing, Fantasy magazine, Year's Best African Speculative Fiction, and Fantasy & Science Fiction.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Stitching on July 05, 2024

I tend to find the word evocative ridiculously overused when it comes to describing writing styles but in this particular case, I think it really is the most fitting word. Bacon has a unique and highly stylized literary voice and while it can be challenging to read it's also satisfying and if you le......more

Goodreads review by Laurie (barksbooks) on November 03, 2022

Chasing Whispers is a fantastic collection of short stories that starts out strong and stays that way. You’ll want to find a quiet spot to sit down with this one so you can submerge yourself in its dark and strange worlds. These stories are filled with longing, with disappointment, with transformati......more

Goodreads review by H.V. on November 01, 2023

Chasing Whispers is thematically varied, but all the stories are unified by a sense of uncanniness and displacement, and by protagonists who push against oppressive people, systems, and circumstances in search of meaning and a place for themselves. Bacon’s writing leans fearlessly into the isolation......more

Goodreads review by Bianca Rose (Belladonnabooks) on August 30, 2022

To be honest, I’m not really sure how to rate or review this book as it’s written well but I didn’t really understand it. My ratings are based on both quality and enjoyment so I’m unable to give Chasing Whispers a high rating but I want to be clear - I believe this says more about me rather than the......more

Goodreads review by Carrie on January 17, 2023

Short review: I am fully in love with this author. Long review: By the third story, I ended up searching for Eugene Bacon and looking into her and her other writing. I hadn’t come across the term “Afrofuturism” before, which sadly showcases how lacking I still am in the diversity of books I consume,......more