The Future Fire

The Future Fire (TFF) is an online magazine, always open to submissions of beautiful and useful short stories and poetry in Social-political and Progressive Speculative Fiction, Feminist SF, Queer SF, Eco SF, World SF and Cyberpunk, and an experiment in and celebration of new writing, published four times a year.

The Future Firethefuturefire
2025-06-01

Looks like futurefire.net/ is back after a few days of "exceeding our bandwidth".

Great to time catch up on the wonderful stories, poems and art in our spring issue!

The Future Firethefuturefire
2025-04-26

@asakiyume 😞

The Future Firethefuturefire
2025-04-26

@asakiyume Yeah. What a world we live in.

The Future Firethefuturefire
2025-04-25

XKCD today's not pulling any punches.

The Future Firethefuturefire
2025-03-23

Happy Birthday Akira Kurosawa, who would have been 115 today!

The Future Firethefuturefire
2025-03-03
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2025-02-04
I keep convincing myself I've posted this then realising I haven't. But if I have, here it is again.
An illustration for "Two Hybrids" by Rachel Rodman. In @thefuturefire@mastodon.social.
#illustration #art #artist #ArtDept #ProductionDesign #PixelFed #scotland #creature #CharacterArt #character #EdwardLear #TheOwlAndThePussyCat #FutureFireMagazine #ShortFiction #poetry
Illustration. Two friends stand next to each other. The taller (right) looking down at the other (left) with affection. The shorter waving happily to the viewer. The taller is an owl-cat. The smaller is a frog-rat.
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J.R. Mabry, The Where, the Who & the What: A Gnostic Science Fiction Novel. Apocryphile Press, 2025. Pp. 668. ISBN 978-1-958061-92-3. $24.99 pb/$0.99 e. Reviewed by Don Riggs reviews.futurefire.net/2024/12/mabr...

Mabry, The Who the Where and t...

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We’re joined for this week’s #microinterview by @jonolfert.bsky.social, author of “Whiskey Mud” in The Future Fire #71 press.futurefire.net/2024/12/micr...

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We welcome Rachel Rodman, author of the poem “Two Hybrids” in The Future Fire #71, for a brief chat in the #microinterview series. press.futurefire.net/2024/12/micr...

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Sebastian Timpe, artist of “Deep Sea Baby” and cover artist of The Future Fire #71, joins us for this week’s #microinterview. press.futurefire.net/2024/12/micr...

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#microinterview We’re delighted to chat today with @vanessafogg.bsky.social, author of “That Small, Hard Thing on the Back of Your Neck” in The Future Fire #71. press.futurefire.net/2024/12/micr...

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Today our old friend L.E. Badillo, artist of “In the Field” in The Future Fire #71, dropped by for the next installment in our #microinterview series. press.futurefire.net/2024/12/micr...

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#microinterview We’re joined today by Faith Allington @faithallington.bsky.social author of “Deep Sea Baby” in The Future Fire #71 press.futurefire.net/2024/12/micr...

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CĂ©cile Matthey, artist of “Whiskey Mud” in The Future Fire #71 and TFF’s in-house artist, joins us for a #microinterview. press.futurefire.net/2024/12/micr...

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We welcome Shelly Jones @shellyjones.bsky.social author of “In the Field” in TFF #71, for a short chat about her story, aliens, writing and cosy mysteries! press.futurefire.net/2024/11/micr... #microinterview

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Devan Barlow @devanbarlow.bsky.social author of the poem “A Moon Witch Seeks a Shell” in The Future Fire #71, joins us for the first in this season’s micro-interviews press.futurefire.net/2024/11/micr...

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Internal art: @fluffgar.bsky.social, Melkorka, @sarahsalcedo.bsky.social, L.E. Badillo, @flytingnwriting.bsky.social, Sebastian Timpe + Cécile Matthey Copyediting: Brian Olszewski + @huwage.bsky.social Editors: Djibril al-Ayad, @nottinauta.bsky.social, @rdeburca.bsky.social, @mlclark.bsky.social

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