<p>&ldquo;<em>With Murmured in Dreams Stephen Bacon takes us everywhere. Science fiction, the supernatural, the mythic and the horrific collide with both a future Britain and that of the not-so-distant past, with the quiet breezes of a Greek island and with war-ravaged Rwanda and Chad.</em>&rdquo; <strong>Priya Sharma</strong></p><p>&ldquo;<em>Stephen Bacon has a keen instinct for the horror of the ordinary, his prose is considered, his voice distinct. But what also distinguishes his fiction is the ability to startle readers; to instigate the re-reading of sentences to make certain that something that disturbing was actually intended. Bacon prods with pins</em>.&rdquo; <strong>Adam Nevill</strong> author of &lsquo;The Ritual&rsquo; and &lsquo;Some Will Not Sleep&rsquo;</p><p>&ldquo;<em>Stephen Bacon is a born writer who cares deeply about </em><em>story</em><em> and the way it is delivered. This intoxicating collection &ndash; an object lesson in tension, subtlety and power &ndash; is littered with broken, beautiful characters operating within the uncertain margins of society and sanity. It is a book fully deserving of a wide audience.</em>&rdquo; <strong>Conrad Williams</strong> author of &lsquo;One&rsquo; and &lsquo;I Will Surround You&rsquo;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>