By Paul Theroux
A short story about a pandemic even more devastating than COVID-19.
Future Tense Fiction
Dream Soft, Dream Big
By Hal Y. Zhang
A new short story about science, startups, and a cultish online community.
The Suicide of Our Troubles
By Karl Schroeder
A short story where pollution tries to remove itself from the environment.
The State Machine
By Yudhanjaya Wijeratne
A short story about a government run entirely by machines.
Legal Salvage
By Holli Mintzer
A short story about AI, thrifting, and aesthetics.
How to Pay Reparations: a Documentary
By Tochi Onyebuchi
A new short story about AI, systemic racism, and reparations.
The Last of the Goggled Barskys
By Joey Siara
A new short story about trying to short-circuit dependence on technology.
Scar Tissue
By Tobias S. Buckell
A new short story about what it’s like to raise a robot.
Daffodil’s Baby
By Alyssa Virker
A new short story about reproductive technologies and fandom.
Paciente Cero
By Juan Villoro
A new short story about China, Mexico, the U.S., and the tangled politics of trash and recycling.