Future Science Fiction Digest

Science fiction magazine featuring stories from across the globe. In this issue we have original fiction and translations from China, the Ukraine, Nigeria, Italy, and the United States. Fiction contents:"The Rule of Three" by Lawrence M. Schoen"SisiMumu" by Walter Dinjos"The Emperor of Death" by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko"One Bad Unit" by Steve Kopka"The Substance of Ideas" by Clelia Farris"In All Possible Futures" by Dantzel Cherry"Perfection" by Mike Resnick"Wordfall" by Liang Ling. Also included is an interview with Hollywood showrunners Javier Grillo-Marxuach and Jose Molina, an essay about the role of empire in SF storytelling, and a profile of Marina and Sergey Dyachenko by their translator and friend Julia Meitov Hersey. Includes 65,000 words of fiction and articles.

Second issue of FUTURE SF features nine stories by ten authors from six different countries totaling over 50,000 words of original fiction. From the time of the dinosaurs to the heat death of the universe, from thinking and feeling androids to human consciousness spanning multiple bodies, from cats on the Moon to alien salad dressing that makes plastic digestible and delicious, these tales have something for everyone. Table of contents:"Tideline Treasures, or Growing Up Along the Mile-High Dyke" by Tais Teng and Jaap Boekestein"The Roost of Ash and Fire" by David Walton"The Lord of Rivers" by Wanxiang Fengnian (translated by Nathan Faries)"No Body Enough" by Dantzel Cherry"An Actual Fish" by Natalia Theodoridou"The Peculiar Gravity of Home" by Beth Cato"The Zest for Life" by N. R. M. Roshak"The Token" by Mike Resnick"To Save a Human" by Svyatoslav Loginov (translated by Max Hrabrov).

Issue 3 of Future Science Fiction digest features over 60,000 words of fiction. A selection of moon-based stories commemorates the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, followed by a sampling of AI stories (featuring both humans owning robotic dogs and robots owning live dogs!), with a little bit of time travel to round things out. Fiction from authors in the United States, China, Russia, Bulgaria, and Sri Lanka.

Fourth issue of FUTURE SF themed Alien Invasion features eight stories from the UK, Russia, China, USA, Sweden, and Italy. Table of Contents: "They Are Coming" by Paul R. Hardy "The Building Atop the Hill" by Alexander Bachilo (translated by Alex Shvartsman) "A Typical Tale of Bloodlust and Conquest" by Mike Resnick "You Came to the Tower" by Shaenon K. Garrity "Through the Fog, a Distant Land Appears" by Wanxiang Fegnian (translated by Nathan Faires) "Yi" by Oskar Källner (translated by Gordon Jones) "The Last Trial" by Stephen S. Power "The Messiah of the Thirteenth Colony" by Davide Camparsi (translated by Michael Colbert)

Future SF is a magazine focusing on international science fiction. In this issue we feature stories from Sweden, Germany, and Brazil:* A virtual priest of the Fundamental DOS must help a young wanderer in post-apocalyptic Europe.* A cultural officer for the Circle of Suns is forced to decide which members of the conquered alien species will live and which will die.* Two artificial intelligences meet in a fan fiction forum.

Future SF is a magazine focusing on international science fiction. In this issue we feature stories from the Czech Republic, Catalonia, Russia, and the United States.

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 Faries Non-fiction: The Other Reel review column by Paul Levinson

Future SF is a magazine focusing on international science fiction.In this oversized issue we've collected stories from the established masters as well as some exciting up-and-comers in China, Japan, and South Korea.From machine societies to ocean depths, from interstellar migrations to genetically engineered mermaids, these tales envision very different, often dark, but always fascinating futures.Includes the following stories:Rœsin by Wu Guan (translated from Chinese by Judith Huang)Raising Mermaids by Dai Da (translated from Chinese by S. Quouyi Lu)Butterfly Blue by Gustavo Bondoni (Argentina)Reflection by Gu Shi (translated from Chinese by Ken Liu; reprint)Whale Snows Down by Kim Bo-Young (translated from Korean by Sophie Bowman)Formerly Slow by Wei Ma (translated from Chinese by Andy Dudak)Just Like Migratory Birds by Taiyo Fujii (translated from Japanese by Emily Balistrieri)

Contents:"Knights of the Phantom Realm" by Wanxiang Fengnian (China) translated by Nathan Faries"The Jellyfish" by K.A. Teryna (Russia) translated by Alex Shvartsman"Artificial Zen at the End of the World" by Gunnar De Winter (Belgium)"Unredacted Reports from 1546" by Leah Cypess (USA)"Follow" by T. R. Siebert (Germany)Cover art by Luca Oleastri (Italy)Cover layout by Jay O'Connell (USA)Interior art by K.A. Teryna (Russia)

Stories from Austria, China, Germany, USA, and Russia. "Old People's Folly" features a cantankerous, disabled old lady protagonist living a difficult life many generations after the collapse of modern society. When she meets a young and idealistic woman from before the collapse, whose personality has been digitally stored, there's both a culture clash and a generational divide. Can the two find something in common in order to help a teenager in need?"The Life Cycle of a Cyber-Bar" is a madcap, unorthodox narrative that may have minor notes of Douglas Adams but is really unlike anything you've read. To say too much would be to spoil the story.Alexa Seidel returns to the pages of Future SF with a dark novelette about a xenoarchaeologist who finds more in an alien dig than she bargained for. I mean, does anyone ever find nice things in a creepy alien structure?Whether or not you know Jane Espenson by name, you've probably enjoyed her work. She's written for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Game of Thrones, Gilmore Girls, Battlestar Galactica, and, most recently, Foundation. Her epistolary story is about a despicable human being who ends up doing something very good, despite himself.Finally. there's a story by another returning author, Oleg Divov. His satirical and very Russian look at the process of elections is guaranteed to feel relevant to modern readers everywhere.

Featuring a Gravity-Award winning novella "A Mountain of Dust"Contents:"A Mountain of Dust" by Wanxiang Fengnian (tr. Judith Huang) (China)"Echoes of a Broken Mind" by Chirstine Lucas (Greece)"Three Times Dad Saved the World, and One Time He Didn't" by P.G. Galalis (USA)

Featuring stories from USA, the UK, China, Sweden, and Cuba. "A Friend on the Inside" by Will McIntosh (USA)"Four-Letter Word" by Alexy Dumenigo (Cuba), translated by Toshiya Kamei"Rat's Tongue" by Xing Fan (China), translated by Judith Huang"Vagrants" by Lavie Tidhar (UK)"The Sweetness of Berris and Wine" by Jo Miles (USA)"Paean for a Branch Ghost" by Filip Wiltgren (Sweden) Cover art: Oleksandr Kulichenko (Ukraine)Cover design: Jay O'Connell (USA)

Science fiction magazine featuring great stories from across the globe. In this issues, there are translated stories from Ukraine, Greece, and China. Contents: "Rescue Rangers" by H. L. Oldie (Ukraine), translated by Julia Meitov Hersey"Deja Loop" by Kostas Charitos (Greece), translated by Dimitra Nicolaidou and Victor Pseftakis"The Exclusion Zone" by Volodymyr Arenev (Ukraine), translated by Max Hrabrov"The Immaculate Ivory Tower" by Li Huayi (China), translated by Nathan Faries Cover art: Kateryna Kosheleva (Ukraine)

Inaugural issue of a new science fiction magazine with an added focus on international fiction and translation. Ranging from lyrical to humorous, from optimistic to jaded, from earthbound to interstellar, these stories offer six very different glimpses into the future. Matthew Kressel's "The History Within Us" takes place during the final stages of the heat death of the universe, where a ship filled with refugees of different species is huddled near one of the last burning stars, and that star is about to go nova. Tatiana Ivanova's satirical "Impress Me, Then We'll Talk About the Money" imagines the consequences of unscrupulous pharmacologists creating drugs that allow people to fulfill their deepest desire, which is to change. In "Earthrise," Lavie Tidhar examines what it means to be an artist in a futuristic society where humanity has colonized the solar system. In Alvaro Zinos-Amaro's "e^h" human colonists encounter a region of space in which their junk DNA mutates, revealing information encoded there by aliens. Teng Ye's "Universal Cigarettes" is a tongue-in-cheek tale of a grandiose marketing stunt with a dark twist reminiscent of Philip K. Dick's work. In the Nebula Award-nominated "Utopia, LOL?" by Jamie Wahls, a modern-day human wakes from cryogenic suspension in a utopian future overseen by a benevolent computer.