Issue 8 of FUTURE SF is themed Medical SF and guest-edited by RM Ambrose.Table of contents:"Second Generation" by Julie Nováková (Czech Republic)"Panoptes" by Eliza Victoria (Philippines)"Keloid Dreams" by Simone Heller (Germany)"Chrysalis" by David Brin (USA)"The Post-Conscious Age" by Su Min (China) translated by Nathan FariesNon-fiction:The Other Reel review column by Paul Levinson

"A powerful story can inspire both health workers and concerned readers to take heart and believe in our ability to cope with changing times."– David Brin, author of The Postman and EARTH"Let's make sure the future of healthcare isn't a dystopia!"– Annalee Newitz*, author of Autonomous, The Future of Another Timeline, Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age,* and Scatter, Adapt, and Remember"Compelling stories ...

Humanity Among The StarsWhat happens when we reach out into the vastness of space? What hope for us amongst the stars? Multi-award winning editor Jonathan Strahan brings us fourteen new tales of the future, from some of the finest science fiction writers in the field.The fourteen startling stories in this anthology feature the work of Greg Egan, Aliette de Bodard, Ian McDonald, Karl Schroeder, Pat Cadigan, Karen Lord, Ellen Klages, Adam Roberts, Lin...

In the vein of poetry collections like Milk and Honey and Adultolescence, this compilation of short, powerful poems from teen Instagram sensation @poeticpoison perfectly captures the human experience.In Light Filters In, Caroline Kaufman—known as @poeticpoison—does what she does best: reflects our own experiences back at us and makes us feel less alone, one exquisite and insightful piece at a time. She writes about giving up too much of yourself to someone else, not fitting in, end...

What is there to do, when you have the power to do anything? John can fly, he can see through solid objects, he can take over the world and give it back again, but what he's looking for is something else…At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

An anthology of near future science fiction from VICE’s acclaimed, innovative digital speculative story destination, Terraform—in print for the first time.Terraform hones the predictive capacity of science fiction and seeks new, vivid, and visceral ways to depict the future we’re hurtling toward, translating the decay and anxiety that surround us into something else, something unexpected, something that burns like a beacon and upends the ...

Curious George embarks on an out-of-this world adventure and lends some helping hands—and feet—to save the space station astronauts.George is thrilled to visit the Space Center to help Professor Pizza and Professor Einstein. First up, he's making a special delivery to the international space station. Then it's time to help solve a problem with the Mars rover, and George dreams of going where no monkey (or human) has gone before—Mars! Join George on an exciting journ...

Fiction: “How to Become a Mars Overlord” by Catherynne M. Valente, “Patient Zero” by Tananarive Due, “Arvies” by Adam-Troy Castro, “More Than the Sum of His Parts” by Joe Haldeman.Nonfiction: “Dear Mars” by Pamela Gay, “Bangs & Whimpers: A Look at the Top Five Doomsday Scenarios” by Carol Pinchefsky, “Interview: Robert J. Sawyer” by Andrea Kail, “Cyborg-netics” by Matt London.Author Spotlights: Catherynne M. Valente, Tananarive Due, Adam-Troy Castro, Joe Haldeman

“They don’t make plus size spacesuits” is a sci-fi short story collection, featuring an introductory essay. It is written by long-time fat activist, Ali Thompson of Ok2BeFat.This book is a incandescent cry from the heart, a radical turn away from utopian daydreaming of future body perfection to center a fat perspective instead.Ali invites people to experience a fictional version of a few of the many ways that fatphobia can manifest in a life. The ways that the people closest ...

An exploration of potential tomorrows from the host of the massively popular and critically acclaimed podcast *Flash ForwardFlash Forward: An Illustrated Guide to Possible (And Not So Possible) Tomorrows* takes readers on a journey from speculative fiction to speculative “fact.” Producer and host of the podcast Flash Forward, Rose Eveleth poses provocative questions about our future, which are brought to life by 12 of the most imaginative ...

Nankichi Niimi is undoubtedly one of Japan's most highly regarded writers of fantasy fiction. Book 3 of Tales from a Japanese Dreamland is an introduction to Niimi's writing through one of his most famous children's stories.Mama fox only wants the best for her little one, so when the cold winter arrives and her precious boy needs some mittens, then she knows what she must do. The only problem is that she is afraid and her legs won't take her any further. So her son must go on his o...

For a long time the subject of Beyond Humans has been one that for the most part has been a stable stance across the world but that's about to change in big ways. Also Canadian sisters in a small town.