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The 2024 Future Worlds Prize is now open for entries! They’re looking for great works of science fiction and fantasy by new writers who self-identify as a person of colour.
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The Ballad of Robinson Clyde – Alexander D Jones
Down in the valley that nobody knows the name of lives a very old man. A man who’d seemingly been there since time began. He was the last line of defence. Nobody had asked him, he took it upon himself. He sat in his hut, four walls, three windows, two doors, one roof. All hours he sat. Waiting. Watching. Waiting.
Read moreBehind the Wall – Hamilton Perez
It was the middle of the night that woke her. Savannah sat in bed, soaked with sweat, listening intently for the sound that woke her to come again. “Is someone there?” she asked the dark with shaky confidence, like she’d asked it a thousand times before and was still waiting for an answer. The strange noise returned — thump, thump,
Read moreQuid Pro Quo – Mark Keane
I was uneasy the minute I saw the Police Scotland crown and thistle crest on the envelope. I put the letter to one side, tried to ignore it and then tore it open. My assistance was required with on-going enquiries. I was to report to Chief Inspector Baillie, Edinburgh Division. There was no explanation but I knew it had to
Read moreObservers – Gareth D Jones
I was rather surprised when my Observer first appeared. I was watching TV – a reality show ironically – when he flickered into existence in the corner of the lounge. Like an old fluorescent light with a faulty starter, his image stuttered dimly, then sprang into full colour. I say colour, but he was pretty much grey and beige all
Read moreHecatomb 3019 – Callum Colback
Faint bubbling from the tubes in Carly’s nose was the only sound in the care home room. Helen stroked her sisters’ hair and gazed out the window at the city street. Magnetic Levitation, or MagLev, orbs zipped along the Admanium metal road, their drivers scrolling dataslates or talking into the screens built into their arms. Brilliant white buildings stood tall
Read moreThe Space Between Us – Melanie Rees
The vacuous space between our worlds clasped me in shadow. There was a strange feeling of static in the air, as if someone had rubbed a balloon across my skin. I couldn’t actually feel the ground, but as the Drukari representative floated through the blackness, a dirt track and crossroads materialised underneath her feet. She looked the same as the
Read moreIf Man Is Dead, Everything Is Possible – Walter Milner
The holly bush was small, no more than three feet high, its glossy green leaves glinting in the low afternoon sun which slanted between the trees. It struggled for air and light, surviving on what escaped the great oaks and beeches and elms around it. The air had a dry taste of earth and moss and mushroom. The wood was
Read morePerspective is Everything – Robert B. Allen
“It happened again I tell you! It really did! I was abducted by the giant aliens, the same ones as last time!” Not this again…. “There I was, minding my own business, just grabbing a bite when I felt a searing pain. I was frozen in terror, paralyzed! And just like before, I was drawn up into the sky! I
Read moreThe Lunar Moth – Matias Travieso-Diaz
“What color moth do you want?” The old man and his visitor sat on hassocks covered with a leather that was dark and cracked with age, in the spare mountain hut. They sipped autumn flush tea, savoring the amber liquid’s musky flavor, while the old man readied himself to deliver his lecture for the thousandth time. “I don’t understand” replied
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