The future is now, and it’s not what we were promised. The optimistic science fiction of old was wrong. Progress is not linear, technology creates as many problems as it solves, and the concept of a better tomorrow has become an abstraction that is in no way guaranteed. When looking at the future now, we no longer ask what is possible, we wonder how we’ll cope. Contained within this anthology are 29 never-before-published works by supremely talented authors. Brace yourself for the all too real horrors of what could very well be our terribly monstrous futures.
M. H. Ayinde, P. A. Cornell, Yelena Crane, Rodrigo Culagovski, Koji A. Dae, Kevin M. Folliard, Lew Furber, Andrea Goyan, Ivy Grimes, Kay Hanifen, D. A. Jobe, Wailana Kalama, Rae Knowles, Catherine Kuo, Rich Larson, Avra Margariti, J. A. W. Mc Carthy, Christi Nogle, Ashleigh Shears, D. Roe Shocky, Lisa Short, Hugh A. D. Spencer, Simo Srinivas, Kanishk Tantia, M. Elizabeth Ticknor, S. J. Townend, Kaitlin Tremblay, Emily Ruth Verona, Aigner Loren Wilson
Edited by Alex Woodroe. Introduction by Andrew F. Sullivan, author of THE MARIGOLD. Cover art by Olly Jeavons.
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Introduction by Andrew F. Sullivan
Fully Comprehensive Code Switch by M. H. Ayinde
The Body Remembers by P. A. Cornell
Subscribers Only by Yelena Crane
You Don’t Have to Watch This Part by Rodrigo Culagovski
The Least I Can Do by Koji A. Dae
Normalcy Protocol by Kevin M. Folliard
My Strengths Include Customer Service and Teamwork by Lew Furber
Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve by Andrea Goyan
The Wrong Mall by Ivy Grimes
Nanny Clouds by Kay Hanifen
A Front Row Seat for Miss Evelyn by D. A. Jobe
Kill Switch by Wailana Kalama
Shiny™ People by Rae Knowles
About a Broken Machine by Catherine Kuo
Dissection by Rich Larson
Who Sees All by Avra Margariti
Consider This An Opportunity by J. A. W. Mc Carthy
Once a Traveler by Christi Nogle
A Smooth Handover by Ashleigh Shears
Scary Canary Actuary by D. Roe Shocky
Father Figure by Lisa Short
The Burn-Outs by Hugh A. D. Spencer
Kavo, Beta (Eat, Child) by Simo Srinivas
I Promise I’ll Visit, Ma by Kanishk Tantia
Inter-Dimensional Travel Solutions by M. Elizabeth Ticknor
All the Parts of a Mermaid That I Can Recall by S. J. Townend
For Those Not Yet Lost by Kaitlin Tremblay
A Flicker by Emily Ruth Verona
How I Creak for You by Aigner Loren Wilson