This city of ours, whose land reaches across its two lakes like the arm of a drowning Man, is burdened … More
Category: The Future
Posing utopic, apocalyptic, dystopic, or superhero solutions to “The Future.” Writers depict futuristic alternative worlds in politics, environment, gender, religion, sexuality, or ethnography.
Kodi Saylor: Three Poems from The Future
Subject: Requirements for Emulation To: Octopus GirlsFrom: Bureau of EconomicsDate: 6/2/16, 10/25/16Subject: Requirements for Emulation We, guardians of—it has come … More
THE DEATH OF THE CYBORG ORACLE, a new sci-fi novel by Jordan A. Rothacker, reviewed by Jarrod Campbell (Spaceboy Books)
Genre tropes are rarely taken seriously by ivory tower literati, which is to their detriment given the wonderful writing that … More
Asa Montgomery: Three Poems from The Future
Like having your eyes sewn shut 1 Someone planted a treein my stomach. Roots tore through my ribs, limbs pokingunder … More
The Future: SACRED PLACES TAROT DECK by Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint
The Night City PROVIDENCE, FROM TWILIGHT TO THE hour of the wolf. The hill, the river, the secret stairs behind … More
“Woe of the World,” a Future Drama by Rachel Joseph
GoatChorus of SufferersMedeaAntigoneSusanMollyLizzieOrestesGaryRodolfoTed At rise: A ritual. Sunrise to sunset. SUFFERERS OH, THE WOE OF THE world … More
“Plastic Light,” flash fiction from The Future by Jerrod Schwarz
THE DAM WAS A WEIRD body at night. Big half of a hip. Bladderskin wrapped over a coccyx. Cut a … More
The Future: “Really Good Puppets,” a short story by Jill M. Talbot
THINGS CAN BE PEOPLE, WHEN you get down to it, and this can be dangerous. It is most dangerous when … More
Fiction from The Future: “Old Faithful” by Nathan Dragon
HE’D SAY IF MAYBE HE got a new one, he’d be able to get some work done. The desk chair … More
The Future: “Women with Runes,” a short story by Michelle Dove
Independence IT IS HERE—THE CELEBRATION of our country’s birth—and the heat is a trillion or two trillion degrees. To stay … More
The Future: Three Poems by Holly Day
Despite My Reservations Regarding the Apocalypse the dragon outside my bedroom window tells methat the end is coming soon, that … More
Fiction from The Future: “Dog Days” by Michael Chin
FROM BACK BEFORE ALL THE dogs were gone, I remember Waffles. The first time Waffles stole a waffle from Dad’s … More
