Description

Chasing Whispers is a unique Afroirrealist 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 Bacons 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