The Future Fire
@thefuturefire.bsky.social
Magazine of social-political and progressive speculative fiction, feminist SF, queer SF, eco SF, world SF and cyberpunk. (Bleets by Djibril.)
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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.
An absolutely stunning illustration by Melkorka accompanies it.
February 8, 2026 at 2:53 PM
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.
An absolutely stunning illustration by Melkorka accompanies it.
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…
January 18, 2026 at 11:51 AM
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…
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!
December 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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!
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.
November 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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.
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.
November 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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.
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.
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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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November 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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.
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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
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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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November 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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
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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
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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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November 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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
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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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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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November 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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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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
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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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November 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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
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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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November 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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
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The Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying Novelettes feat. @analogsf.bsky.social @thefuturefire.bsky.social @bcsmagazine.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...
Smart Search List of the Day
The Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying Novelettes feat. @analogsf.bsky.social @thefuturefire.bsky.social @bcsmagazine.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com/search/smart/fiction/paying-novelettes-ytiEdb4J
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October 31, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying Novelettes feat. @analogsf.bsky.social @thefuturefire.bsky.social @bcsmagazine.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...
That is surely one possibility. Some day, I hope.
October 29, 2025 at 9:35 PM
That is surely one possibility. Some day, I hope.
To be clear, I'm not recommending the BBC short film as a good example of that genre.
I am saying I'd like to see more pieces in that genre. Where do I find them?
I am saying I'd like to see more pieces in that genre. Where do I find them?
October 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
To be clear, I'm not recommending the BBC short film as a good example of that genre.
I am saying I'd like to see more pieces in that genre. Where do I find them?
I am saying I'd like to see more pieces in that genre. Where do I find them?
And while as the archaeologists in the replies have pointed out, the narrator in that story isn't a very good archaeologist (even by 20th century standards), it *is* a piece of archaeological science fiction—which is the only genre I love more than anthropological speculative fiction.
October 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
And while as the archaeologists in the replies have pointed out, the narrator in that story isn't a very good archaeologist (even by 20th century standards), it *is* a piece of archaeological science fiction—which is the only genre I love more than anthropological speculative fiction.
There's some #socialpolitical #sciencefiction if you want it. Weird mix of old-fashioned (even for the 60s!) moralising, and eerily modern-feeling critique of materialism and environmental destruction. And a pastiche of archaeological narrative-making.
And today I learned that in 1962 the BBC let Jaquetta Hawkes imagine the archaeology of apocalyptic Britain. As a short film 👀10/10 Will weird your day youtu.be/c8yEIe69M4k?...
1962: What Was Britain Like Before the Apocalypse? | Monitor: The Lonely Shore | BBC Archive
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October 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
There's some #socialpolitical #sciencefiction if you want it. Weird mix of old-fashioned (even for the 60s!) moralising, and eerily modern-feeling critique of materialism and environmental destruction. And a pastiche of archaeological narrative-making.
This week we welcome Justin Taroli, author of “Unblooded Gospel” in The Future Fire #74, for a super brief #microinterview about his story, dreams and writing press.futurefire.net/2025/10/micr...
Micro-interview with Justin Taroli
This week we welcome Justin Taroli, author of “ Unblooded Gospel ” in The Future Fire #74, for a super brief chat about his story, dreams a...
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October 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
This week we welcome Justin Taroli, author of “Unblooded Gospel” in The Future Fire #74, for a super brief #microinterview about his story, dreams and writing press.futurefire.net/2025/10/micr...
We’re delighted to be joined by @eleanorglewwe.bsky.social, author of “Limue’s Alphabet” in The Future Fire #74, for a quick chat about alphabets and languages, in this week’s installment of our #microinterview series press.futurefire.net/2025/10/micr...
Micro-interview with Eleanor Glewwe
We’re delighted to be joined by Eleanor Glewwe, author of “ Limue’s Alphabet ” in The Future Fire #74, for a quick chat about alphabets and...
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October 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
We’re delighted to be joined by @eleanorglewwe.bsky.social, author of “Limue’s Alphabet” in The Future Fire #74, for a quick chat about alphabets and languages, in this week’s installment of our #microinterview series press.futurefire.net/2025/10/micr...
Rowley Amato, author of “The Sons of Victor Levitak” in The Future Fire #74, joins us to talk about his story and other speculative matters in our micro-interview series press.futurefire.net/2025/10/micr...
Micro-interview with Rowley Amato
Rowley Amato, author of “ The Sons of Victor Levitak ” in The Future Fire #74, joins us to talk about his story and other speculative matte...
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October 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Rowley Amato, author of “The Sons of Victor Levitak” in The Future Fire #74, joins us to talk about his story and other speculative matters in our micro-interview series press.futurefire.net/2025/10/micr...
#microinterview We’re joined by @nsborwein.bsky.social, author of the wonderful poem “The Void 𝘐𝘴 in a Playful Mood Tonight” in The Future Fire #74, to talk about alienation, transmateriality, and writing. press.futurefire.net/2025/09/micr...
Micro-interview with Naomi Simone Borwein
We’re joined by Naomi Simone Borwein, author of the wonderful poem “ The Void Is in a Playful Mood Tonight ” in The Future Fire #74, to ta...
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September 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
#microinterview We’re joined by @nsborwein.bsky.social, author of the wonderful poem “The Void 𝘐𝘴 in a Playful Mood Tonight” in The Future Fire #74, to talk about alienation, transmateriality, and writing. press.futurefire.net/2025/09/micr...
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If you'd like to comment on, review, give feedback or say anything else about any of the stories, poems and art in this issue, please do so in the comment thread under the blog post at: press.futurefire.net/2025/09/new-...
New issue: 2025.74
“We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by hum...
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September 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
If you'd like to comment on, review, give feedback or say anything else about any of the stories, poems and art in this issue, please do so in the comment thread under the blog post at: press.futurefire.net/2025/09/new-...
If you'd like to comment on, review, give feedback or say anything else about any of the stories, poems and art in this issue, please do so in the comment thread under the blog post at: press.futurefire.net/2025/09/new-...
New issue: 2025.74
“We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by hum...
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September 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
If you'd like to comment on, review, give feedback or say anything else about any of the stories, poems and art in this issue, please do so in the comment thread under the blog post at: press.futurefire.net/2025/09/new-...
And I know it's at the top of this thread, but I just wanted to point out THAT COVER ART! by Barbara Candiotti.
September 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
And I know it's at the top of this thread, but I just wanted to point out THAT COVER ART! by Barbara Candiotti.
There’s a guy at the bar with lips like wet marble and a credit score you can feel in your spine. He orders vodka neat. Who drinks vodka neat? People who don’t need mixers, or feelings, or food. People who glide.
#speculativefiction #freeScifi
#speculativefiction #freeScifi
September 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
There’s a guy at the bar with lips like wet marble and a credit score you can feel in your spine. He orders vodka neat. Who drinks vodka neat? People who don’t need mixers, or feelings, or food. People who glide.
#speculativefiction #freeScifi
#speculativefiction #freeScifi
Justin Taroli gives us “Unblooded Gospel,” a razor sharp, queer, punk, urban apocalypse, with art by the splendid @toeken.bsky.social.
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Unblooded Gospel, Justin Taroli
There’s a guy at the bar with lips like wet marble and a credit score you can feel in your spine. He orders vodka neat. Who drinks vodka neat? People who don’t need mixers, or feelings, or food. Peopl...
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September 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Justin Taroli gives us “Unblooded Gospel,” a razor sharp, queer, punk, urban apocalypse, with art by the splendid @toeken.bsky.social.
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