Mpendulo: The Answer

Future Tense Fiction

Stylized illustration of two young people facing one another, wearing masks over their mouths, with bright red skin, against a chaotic, colorful abstract background.

Mpendulo: The Answer

By Nosipho Dumisa

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Illustration of a person wearing a virtual-reality headset, looking up at a distorted collection of nightmarish images in shades of red and pink.

Thoughts and Prayers

By Ken Liu

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Illustration of a flying drone-style robot and a crow flying together over a neighborhood.

When Robot and Crow Saved East St. Louis

By Annalee Newitz

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An illustration showing three identical human heads as piggy banks, with hands putting a coin in one and smashing another with a hammer.

Overvalued

By Mark Stasenko

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A person sitting in a chair, facing away, with a bunch of small helicopter-style drones flying around them against a black background

Burned-Over Territory

By Lee Konstantinou

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Illustration for the story "Lions and Gazelles," showing a runner's feet and lower legs, distorted against a purple and red background.

Lions and Gazelles

By Hannu Rajaniemi

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When We Were Patched

By Deji Bryce Olukotun

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The Starfish Girl

By Maureen McHugh

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A Brief and Fearful Star

By Carmen Maria Machado

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Safe Surrender

By Meg Elison

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