Burned-Over Territory

Future Tense Fiction

Illustration from Lee Konstantinou's short story "Burned-Over Territory," showing a person with a shaved head and an earring seated, facing away, against a black background, with camera drones hovering around their head.

Future Tense Fiction Book Launch: Washington, DC

Join us to celebrate the launch of Future Tense Fiction: Stories of Tomorrow, a new anthology of science fiction from Future Tense, with France Córdova, director of the National Science

Future Tense Fiction: Double Spiral

By Marcy Kelly

Illustration for Emily St. John Mandel's story "Mr. Thursday." Stylized image of a person in the background looking at a yellow car through a window, and another person in the foreground with their hand up, as if to say "stop."

Future Tense Fiction Book Launch: New York

Join us at the Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice to celebrate the launch of Future Tense Fiction: Stories of Tomorrow, a new anthology of science fiction from Future Tense,

Future Tense Fiction: What the Dead Man Said

By Chinelo Onwualu

Future Tense Fiction Book Launch: San Francisco

Join us to celebrate the launch of Future Tense Fiction: Stories of Tomorrow, a new anthology of science fiction from Future Tense, with award-winning fiction authors Annalee Newitz, Meg Elison,

Future Tense Fiction Book Launch: Phoenix

Join us to celebrate the launch of Future Tense Fiction: Stories of Tomorrow, a new anthology of science fiction from Future Tense, with award-winning fiction authors Paolo Bacigalupi and Maureen

Announcing Future Tense Fiction: Stories of Tomorrow

by Torie Bosch, SLATE

Review: Future Tense Fiction

Kirkus Reviews

Future Tense Fiction: Zero in Babel

By E. Lily Yu

Future Tense Fiction: Stories of Tomorrow

An anthology of mind-bending science fiction short stories by some of the top authors in the field, drawn from our Future Tense Fiction project. How will living with scientific upheaval and technological transformation change the world–and us?

2019 Campbell and Sturgeon Awards Winners

Locus Magazine

Future Tense Fiction: Space Leek

By Chen Qiufan

Starred Review:Future Tense Fiction: Stories of Tomorrow

Publishers Weekly

Future Tense Fiction: No Moon and Flat Calm

by Elizabeth Bear

Future Tense Fiction: The Song Between Worlds

By Indrapramit Das

Mpendulo: The Answer

By Nosipho Dumisa

Thoughts and Prayers

by Ken Liu

When Robot and Crow Saved East St. Louis

by Annalee Newitz

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Short Fiction Roundup: April 2018

Maria Haskins
Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog

Future Tense Fiction: Mother of Invention

A new short story by the author of Marvel’s Black Panther: Long Live the King, Nnedi Okorafor.

Digital cartoon drawn Image from the short story The Minnesota Diet. Four people watching a woman smash a whole into a wall with a hammer.

Future Tense Fiction: The Minnesota Diet

A new short story from the author of the Nebula Award–winning All the Birds in the Sky, Charlie Jane Anders.

Future Tense Fiction: “Mr. Thursday,” by Emily St. John Mandel

“She’d seen the coat before in this moment, exiting this train, here. Every face in the crowd looked somehow familiar.” Read the full story on Slate.com

Illustration of a woman with long hair, pronounced eyebrows, and full lips, against a red background.

Future Tense Fiction

In April 2016 CSI launched a new experiment with the Future Tense Channel at Slate: a regular writing series featuring original science fiction stories by well-known authors. We launched Future

Illustration of a woman with long hair, pronounced eyebrows, and full lips, against a red background.

Future Tense Fiction: “Mika Model,” by Paolo Bacigalupi

“The girl, the robot … this thing—I’d seen her before, all right. I’d seen her in technology news stories about advanced learning node networks…”