near-future SF
Found 5 works tagged 'near-future SF'.
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Cicada
Published Feb 12, 2020 · 1,699 words (7 minutes) · 3 likes · 663 views
Horror Literary Fiction Science Fiction Caren Gussoff hacking cyberpunk science fantasy near future near-future SF
Cicada is a diver: an information broker who knows how to reach the Brimstone, the elusive under-under-belly of the internet. But the Brimstone isn’t just hard to get to—it’s devilishly hard to return from.
Author Caren Gussoff Sumption lives in Seattle and has published five novels and over 100 short stories. She was the recipient of the Speculative Literature Foundation’s Gulliver Grant, and was the Carl Brandon Society’s Octavia E. Butler Scholar at Clarion West. She’s also new to Curious Fictions, so give her a warm welcome!
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Green
Published Nov 28, 2019 · 2,365 words (9 minutes) · 4 likes · 769 views
Literary Fiction Science Fiction dystopia reprint near-future story near future midwestern author jen knox dystopian near-future SF
Joseph’s only deviation from regulation minimalism is an illicit second bicycle... until he meets Alyssa, a dumpster-diving, live-streaming, crowd-funded wanderer.
Award-winning author Jen Knox hails from Ohio, and her work has been featured in The Best Small Fictions 2017, The Saturday Evening Post, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, and NPR, among many others.
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Like Old People Do
Published Oct 23, 2019 · 706 words (3 minutes)
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Everybody knows you ain't supposed to talk direct to people's faces. Because that's what old people do. But somehow, even though she the most beautiful girl in the whole train car, she don't got a phone. So how we supposed to talk?
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Too Close for Comfort
Published Jul 11, 2019 · 3,343 words (13 minutes) · 662 views
Science Fiction Hard science fiction Hard SF near-future SF neanderthal
Near-future hard science fiction shows its age very quickly. In fact, one scientific fact in this story was proven wrong between the time it was accepted for publication and when it actually came out. That trend has continued since it was first published in 2010, but I remain fond of this one, largely because I still don't know the answer to the central question: Is a Neanderthal a human or an animal?
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This Is a Letter to My Son
Published Mar 6, 2019 · 4,922 words (18 minutes) · 522 views
Science Fiction transgender identity near-future SF
Kellsey’s mother, long-dead from a terminal illness, only speaks to her in pre-recorded videos. But Kellsey’s mother speaks to Kevin, since she could never know that her child would one day transition. When Kellsey learns that her hormone treatments now make her susceptible to the same cancer that killed her mother—and that a new medical procedure can alter her internal gender identity—she must choose between becoming the son she never wanted to be or the daughter she may not survive as.
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