Future Tense Fiction

The Conundrum of Information Scarcity in a Time of Information Overload

Andrea Thomer

Feb 27, 2021 9:01 AM

Read a New Short Story About Learning to Solve an Art Mystery

Leigh Alexander

Feb 27, 2021 9:00 AM

If Nonhumans Can Speak, Will Humans Learn to Listen?

Iveta Silova

Jan 30, 2021 5:59 AM

What if Hyenas and Humans Could Communicate?

Simon Brown

Jan 30, 2021 5:58 AM

12 Short Sci-Fi Stories to Make You Think Hard About the Future

Torie Bosch

Dec 31, 2020 11:00 AM

To Whom Do Health Care Workers Owe Their Ultimate Loyalty in a Pandemic?

Allison Bond

Dec 29, 2020 5:41 AM

Read a New Short Story by Paul Theroux About a Future Pandemic

Paul Theroux

Dec 29, 2020 5:40 AM

Can We Convince the Sleeping Brain to Process Our Problems?

Kristin E.G. Sanders

Dec 26, 2020 10:01 AM

What if We Could Dream Our Way to a Scientific Breakthrough?

Hal Y. Zhang

Dec 26, 2020 10:00 AM

What if Nature Could Speak for Itself?

Anna V. Smith

Nov 28, 2020 9:01 AM

“The Suicide of Our Troubles”

Karl Schroeder

Nov 28, 2020 9:00 AM

Big Mother Can Be Just As Threatening As Big Brother

S.B. Divya

Sept 26, 2020 10:01 AM

Read a New Short Story About a Government Run Entirely by Machines

Yudhanjaya Wijeratne

Sept 26, 2020 10:00 AM

Racism Cannot Be Reduced to Mere Computation

Charlton McIlwain

Aug 29, 2020 9:01 AM

What Might It Look Like if a City Used an Algorithm to Pay Reparations?

Tochi Onyebuchi

Aug 29, 2020 9:00 AM

How Can an A.I. Develop Taste?

Kate Compton

July 25, 2020 5:51 AM

Read “Legal Salvage,” a New Sci-Fi Short Story About … Thrifting

Holli Mintzer

July 25, 2020 5:50 AM

How Not to Optimize Parenthood

Brigid Schulte

June 27, 2020 9:01 AM

Read a New Short Story About Trying to Short-Circuit Kids’ Dependence on Technology

Joey Siara

June 27, 2020 9:00 AM

When the Robot You Consider Family Tries to Sell You Something

John Frank Weaver

May 30, 2020 9:01 AM

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