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Magazine of social-political and progressive speculative fiction, feminist SF, queer SF, eco SF, world SF and cyberpunk. (Bleets by Djibril.) futurefire.net

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Arthur Robert Tracy IV @arttracy.bsky.social · 8h
I'm very happy to see this piece back in print. If you have not read it, you should read it. If you have read it, you should read it again.
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The Future Fire @thefuturefire.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If you have comments or reviews of any of the stories or art in TFF #77, please leave a note under the post at press.futurefire.net/2026/09/new-...
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New Issue 2026.77
“Mi inspiración para luchar […] siempre ha venido del agua: la protección por la vida, por cuidar lo que nos hace ser a nosotros quienes ...
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The Future Fire @thefuturefire.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The Future Fire #77 came out earlier this month: futurefire.net/2026.77/ Featuring stories from @mahailasmith.ca, Nissa Harlow, @baxtersa.bsky.social, @prioryruins.bsky.social, @badwriter.bsky.social and @mxmerrow.bsky.social Cover art by Leyelle M.G. Artists: Carmen Moran and L.E. Badillo
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Sam Baxter @baxtersa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I have a short story in the latest issue of The Future Fire! Thanks so much @thefuturefire.bsky.social for giving it and its sibling stories a home. “Salt Water in Their Veins” is a generational tale about the transience of home and the inseparableness of who we are and where we come from.
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The Future Fire @thefuturefire.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The Future Fire #77 came out earlier this month: futurefire.net/2026.77/ Featuring stories from @mahailasmith.ca, Nissa Harlow, @baxtersa.bsky.social, @prioryruins.bsky.social, @badwriter.bsky.social and @mxmerrow.bsky.social Cover art by Leyelle M.G. Artists: Carmen Moran and L.E. Badillo
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Mahaila Smith (they/them) @mahailasmith.ca · 20/09/2026
I have a new flash piece about space crabs in The Future Fire! 🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀https://futurefire.net/2026.77/fiction/new.html Let me know what you think!!
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A New Shell, Mahaila Smith
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gwendolyn hicks @prioryruins.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
i have a very gay novelette out in @thefuturefire.bsky.social 🌧️ a goatherd travels to the edge of the world as she knows it, searching for missing rain, but what she comes upon instead is a lonesome woman in a lighthouse. i hope you enjoy “A Word, and Its Keeping”: futurefire.net/2026.77/fict...
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A Word, and Its Keeping, Gwendolyn Hicks
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M. X. Merrow @mxmerrow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"The King of Swords" is out now in Future Fire. A man finds a sword in a grave. He swears an oath. The sword keeps its promises — and so does he. @thefuturefire.bsky.social #booksky #specfic #sff
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The Future Fire @thefuturefire.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
We welcome L.A. Hyland, author of the poem “Why Would I Be a Woman” in The Future Fire #76, for the last in this #microinterview season press.futurefire.net/2026/07/micr...
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Microinterview with L.A. Hyland
We welcome L.A. Hyland, author of the poem “ Why Would I Be a Woman ” in The Future Fire #76, for the last in this microinterview season. ...
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The Future Fire @thefuturefire.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Colleen Anderson, author of the poem “In Our Nature” in The Future Fire #76, is this week’s #microinterview guest, here to talk about her poem, betrayal and alternate history press.futurefire.net/2026/07/micr...
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Microinterview with Colleen Anderson
Colleen Anderson, author of the poem “ In Our Nature ” in The Future Fire #76, is this week’s microinterview guest, here to talk about her ...
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The Future Fire @thefuturefire.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
And this week's guest in the #microinterview series is Toeken, artist of “Believe Me” and “The Trident-Tailed Water Monster” in The Future Fire #76. press.futurefire.net/2026/07/micr...
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The Future Fire @thefuturefire.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
welp
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The Future Fire @thefuturefire.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Crystal Koo, author of “Titanium Chef” in The Future Fire #76, joins us for this week’s #microinterview, and for a chat about her story, artificial personalities and writing press.futurefire.net/2026/06/micr...
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Microinterview with Crystal Koo
Crystal Koo, author of “ Titanium Chef ” in The Future Fire #76, joins us for this week’s microinterview, and for a chat about her story, a...
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The Future Fire @thefuturefire.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Oh hells yes do we want WorldCon 2029 to be in Dublin! @dublin2029.bsky.social TFF will attend WC for the first time in ten years, if it happens.
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The Future Fire @thefuturefire.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Rae Zalopany, author of “The Trident-Tailed Water Monster” in The Future Fire #76, is with us today for a #microinterview about her story, monsters, writing and water press.futurefire.net/2026/06/micr...
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Micro-interview with Rae Zalopany
Rae Zalopany, author of “ The Trident-Tailed Water Monster ” in The Future Fire #76, is with us today for a microinterview about her story,...
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The Future Fire @thefuturefire.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
We’re joined by Christine Amsden, author of “Believe Me” in The Future Fire #76, for the first of this issue’s #microinterview series press.futurefire.net/2026/06/micr...
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Micro-interview with Christine Amsden
We’re joined by Christine Amsden, author of “ Believe Me ” in The Future Fire #76, for the first of this issue’s microinterview series. A...
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The Future Fire @thefuturefire.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
In case you didn't get caught up on the stories and poems in TFF#76 before we ran out of bandwidth for the month, the issue has been Waybacked: web.archive.org/web/20260516...
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Katie Conrad @katieaconrad.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
My story The Protector of the Forest is available now on @thefuturefire.bsky.social Click below to read about grief, guilt, community, trees, and bringing folklore to the stars. futurefire.net/2026.76/fict...
A photograph of the tops of tress overlaid with the text "We'd been living on Toivoa for a year when the trees began to die."
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The Future Fire @thefuturefire.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/05/2026
Issue #74 of The Future Fire features free, social-political #speculativefiction (SF, fantasy, horror, surreal, poetry, etc.) and art. futurefire.net/2026.76
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The Future Fire @thefuturefire.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
And we're back futurefire.net
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Social Political and Progressive Speculative Fiction: FeministSF QueerSF EcoSF Postcolonial and Cyberpunk
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The Future Fire @thefuturefire.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
And the final #microinterview in the current series is with Lyra Meurer, author of “Fruiting Bodies” in The Future Fire #75 press.futurefire.net/2026/04/micr...
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Micro-interview with Lyra Meurer
And the final micro-interview in the current series is with Lyra Meurer, author of “ Fruiting Bodies ” in The Future Fire #75. Art © 2026...
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The Future Fire @thefuturefire.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
S.J. Ladds, author of eco-SF story “Prata Neptunia” in The Future Fire #75, is today’s guest in the #microinterview series press.futurefire.net/2026/04/micr...
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Micro-interview with S.J. Ladds
S.J. Ladds, author of eco-SF story “ Prata Neptunia ” in The Future Fire #75, is today’s guest in the microinterview series. Art © 2026 E...
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Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
The second, in @castofwonders.org, embraces difference as well as accepting it, using its power to make a stand. "Born of the Mountain's Chill" originally appeared in @thefuturefire.bsky.social last year, and is now available in audio. www.castofwonders.org/2026/04/cast...
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Cast of Wonders 683: Born of the Mountain’s Chill | Cast of Wonders
I was born on a day of deepest cold, on a mountain wrapped in ice, and lived there without worry for the first fifteen years of my life. Then came the newcomers and their village, fires, and judgement...
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LF Howard Writing @lfhowardwriting.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
I can’t believe I missed this for a while! Thanks to The Future Fire for posting a little interview with me for the edition my short story “We Will See” was featured in.
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The Future Fire @thefuturefire.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
The TFF website has been brought down by the hallucination and plagiarism scraper bots again (in my experience, this can last up to a week before our hosting provider lets us open again). In the meantime, you can still enjoy issue #75 at the Web Archive: web.archive.org/web/20260402...
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The Future Fire @thefuturefire.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Happy 100th birthday to Marilyn Erskine, who started in show business as an infant and later starred in Science Fiction Theater in the 1950s, includes episodes “The Frozen Sound” (1955), “The Legend of Crater Mountain” (1956) and “Sun Gold” (1956).
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The Future Fire @thefuturefire.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Sylvie Althoff (@sylvie-althoff.bsky.social), author of “The Visitor” in The Future Fire #75, joins us to talk about writing, time travel and other decisions for today’s #microinterview. press.futurefire.net/2026/04/micr...
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Micro-interview with Sylvie Althoff
Sylvie Althoff, author of “ The Visitor ” in The Future Fire #75, joins us to talk about writing, time travel and other decisions for today...
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Sylvie Althoff @sylvie-althoff.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Extremely cool micro-interview with the artist who illustrated my story "The Visitor" in The Future Fire! Fascinated to see the manifestation of ideas that emerged from my brain and landed in someone else's.
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The Future Fire @thefuturefire.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
We welcome Davian Aw, author of the poem “ship of living ghosts” in The Future Fire #75, to the latest in this issue’s #microinterview series press.futurefire.net/2026/04/micr...
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Micro-interview with Davian Aw
We welcome Davian Aw, author of the poem “ ship of living ghosts ” in The Future Fire #75, to the latest in this issue’s microinterview ser...
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Marc Criley @marcc.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
I have some thoughts, and a story, at @thefuturefire.bsky.social!
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The Future Fire @thefuturefire.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Leyelle M.G., artist of “The Visitor” and “the weight of winter” in The Future Fire #75, joins us for another of this month’s #microinterview s, talking about art, creativity and artists. press.futurefire.net/2026/04/micr...
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Micro-interview with Leyelle M.G.
Leyelle M.G., artist of “ The Visitor ” and “ the weight of winter ” in The Future Fire #75, joins us for another of this month’s microinte...
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The Future Fire @thefuturefire.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
And today we’re joined by Marc A. Criley (@marcc.bsky.social), author of the wonderful “A Multitude of Sparks Descend” in The Future Fire #75, for a #microinterview and chat about creation myths, antiquities and writing. press.futurefire.net/2026/04/micr...
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Micro-interview with Marc A. Criley
And today we’re joined by Marc A. Criley, author of the wonderful “ A Multitude of Sparks Descend ” in The Future Fire #75, for a micro-int...
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Dawn Vogel @historyneverwas.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
My story, "Salt in Our Veins," appears in this anthology. Still love my sweet story about friends, pirates, and family!
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The Future Fire @thefuturefire.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
If 2026 is the new 2016, then let's make the wonderful Fae Visions of the Mediterranean trend again: press.futurefire.net/p/fae-vision... @nottinauta.bsky.social #bringback2016
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Fae Visions
Fae Visions of the Mediterranean An Anthology of Horrors and Wonders of the Sea 2016, Futurefire.net Publishing Edited by: Valeria Vi...
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Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Story Reprint Day! My story from @thefuturefire.bsky.social's May 2025 issue is now available @castofwonders.org in audio!
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The Future Fire @thefuturefire.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
We’re delighted to be joined by Ellis Bray (@flytingnwriting.bsky.social), artist of “Prata Neptunia” and “ship of living ghosts” in The Future Fire #75, for a quick #microinterview about art, forms and letters. press.futurefire.net/2026/04/micr...
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Micro-interview with Ellis Bray
We’re delighted to be joined by Ellis Bray, artist of “ Prata Neptunia ” and “ ship of living ghosts ” in The Future Fire #75, for a quick ...
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The Future Fire @thefuturefire.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
L.F. Howard (@lfhowardwriting.bsky.social), author of “We Will See” in The Future Fire #75, joins us for the first of this issue’s #microinterview series, for a chat about aliens, space travel and writing. press.futurefire.net/2026/04/micr...
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Micro-interview with L.F. Howard
L.F. Howard, author of “ We Will See ” in The Future Fire #75, joins us for the first of this issues microinterview series, for a chat abou...
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The Future Fire @thefuturefire.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Finally the TFF website has come back from "509 bandwidth exceeded" (aka the Plagiarism and Hallucination Bots have been at it again). Please enjoy TFF #75 while you can! futurefire.net/2026.75/
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The Future Fire @thefuturefire.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Does anyone have current contact details for Kathryn Allan (formerly Bleedingchrome; editor of Accessing the Future)? I think her old professional domain has expired/been cybersquatted.
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Marc Criley @marcc.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
My story, A Multitude of Sparks Descend, is now available to freely read in the current issue of @thefuturefire.bsky.social . An absolutely stunning illustration by Melkorka accompanies it.
The cover page of issue 2026.75 of The Future Fire, illustrated by Melkorka.

Two ethereal beings, one blue and one gold, represented as nebulas and stars, face one another, eyes closed.
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The Future Fire @thefuturefire.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Happy 135th birthday to Clare Winger Harris, often credited as the first woman to publish science fiction under her own name (a novel in 1923, a dozen stories in Weird Tales and Amazing Stories over the next decade). Maybe not quite #feministsf even by 1920s standards but…
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The Future Fire @thefuturefire.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Happy 50th birthday to Milla Jovovich, of The Fifth Element, Resident Evil series, Ultraviolet, and many other schlock scifi or horror franchises. Keep kicking cgi ass!
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The Future Fire @thefuturefire.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Michael Jackson's #Thriller was released 43 years ago today. Biggest selling album of all time, most effective use of a full-on horror movie as promo video for the title track, and all round legendary release. Out #OnThisDay in 1982.
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The Future Fire @thefuturefire.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Happy 127th birthday to sf/fantasy writer, allegorist and university academic C.S. Lewis (The Space Trilogy, 1938–45 & Chronicles of Narnia, 1950–56), born #onthisday in 1898.
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The Future Fire @thefuturefire.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Please welcome @toeken.bsky.social, long-time collaborator and artist of “The Sons of Victor Levitak” and “Unblooded Gospel” in The Future Fire #74, for this week’s installment of our #microinterview series. press.futurefire.net/2025/11/micr...
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Micro-interview with Toeken
Please welcome Toeken, long-time collaborator and artist of “ The Sons of Victor Levitak ”  and “ Unblooded Gospel ” in The Future Fire #74...
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The Future Fire @thefuturefire.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Today @laurenferebee.bsky.social, author of “Sentinel” in The Future Fire #74, joins us for a chat about omens, preservation and evolution in the latest instance of our #microinterview feature press.futurefire.net/2025/11/micr...
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Micro-interview with Lauren Ferebee
Lauren Ferebee, author of “ Sentinel ” in The Future Fire #74, joins us for a chat about omens, preservation and evolution in the latest in...
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The Future Fire @thefuturefire.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Today @laurenferebee.bsky.social, author of “Sentinel” in The Future Fire #74, joins us for a chat about omens, preservation and evolution in the latest instance of our #microinterview feature press.futurefire.net/2025/11/micr...
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Micro-interview with Lauren Ferebee
Lauren Ferebee, author of “ Sentinel ” in The Future Fire #74, joins us for a chat about omens, preservation and evolution in the latest in...
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The Future Fire @thefuturefire.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
We’re very happy to introduce V. Zixin, author of “The Better Ends” in The Future Fire #74, who joins us for this week’s #microinterview. press.futurefire.net/2025/11/micr...
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Micro-interview with V. Zixin
We’re very happy to introduce V. Zixin, author of “ The Better Ends ” in The Future Fire #74, who joins us for this week’s microinterview. ...
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The Future Fire @thefuturefire.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Nancy S. Koven, author of “Seven Stories for Now and Later” in The Future Fire #74, joined us for a quick chat about extinction, fetishization and writing in this week’s #microinterview press.futurefire.net/2025/10/micr...
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Micro-interview with Nancy S. Koven
Nancy S. Koven, author of “ Seven Stories for Now and Later ” in The Future Fire #74, joins us for a quick chat about extinction, fetishiza...
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The Future Fire @thefuturefire.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Nancy S. Koven, author of “Seven Stories for Now and Later” in The Future Fire #74, joined us for a quick chat about extinction, fetishization and writing in this week’s #microinterview press.futurefire.net/2025/10/micr...
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Micro-interview with Nancy S. Koven
Nancy S. Koven, author of “ Seven Stories for Now and Later ” in The Future Fire #74, joins us for a quick chat about extinction, fetishiza...
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