Found 14 works tagged 'near future'.
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Titan Descansos
Published Jan 9, 2021 · 2,085 words (8 minutes) · 74 views
Science Fiction siblings near future first contact space flight
Have you ever seen little crosses or bunches of flowers by the side of the road and recognized the tragedy commemorated there? This is a way to recognize the dead, to mark the spot of their unexpected passing. It seems a very human thing to do. And so, when we go deeper and deeper into space, what parts of our humanity will we take with us. Will we recognize it when we find it?
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Indispensable
Published Aug 13, 2020 · 1,007 words (4 minutes) · 183 views
Science Fiction Romance Love technology AIs coffee artificial intelligence Robots sci-fi near future
An office worker has to decide whether to allow her company to create an AI version of her to replace her.
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An Examination of the Trash Recovered at Armstrong Lunar Park
Published Jul 20, 2020 · 943 words (4 minutes) · 1 like · 369 views
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During a government shutdown, one ranger at a lunar park takes it upon themselves to continue clean-up.
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Cats Don’t Care About Universal Basic Income
Published Feb 25, 2020 · 4,124 words (15 minutes) · 1 like · 716 views
Fantasy Humor Science Fiction near future cat Basic Income
Bailey the cat provides commentary as his human starts getting her first universal basic income payments. She doesn't quit her job or waste her money on frivolous spending. But she does have to adjust to this change in her life.
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Cicada
Published Feb 12, 2020 · 1,699 words (7 minutes) · 3 likes · 626 views
Horror Literary Fiction Science Fiction Caren Gussoff hacking cyberpunk science fantasy near future near-future SF
Cicada is a diver: an information broker who knows how to reach the Brimstone, the elusive under-under-belly of the internet. But the Brimstone isn’t just hard to get to—it’s devilishly hard to return from.
Author Caren Gussoff Sumption lives in Seattle and has published five novels and over 100 short stories. She was the recipient of the Speculative Literature Foundation’s Gulliver Grant, and was the Carl Brandon Society’s Octavia E. Butler Scholar at Clarion West. She’s also new to Curious Fictions, so give her a warm welcome!
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Green
Published Nov 28, 2019 · 2,365 words (9 minutes) · 4 likes · 730 views
Literary Fiction Science Fiction dystopia reprint near-future story near future midwestern author jen knox dystopian near-future SF
Joseph’s only deviation from regulation minimalism is an illicit second bicycle... until he meets Alyssa, a dumpster-diving, live-streaming, crowd-funded wanderer.
Award-winning author Jen Knox hails from Ohio, and her work has been featured in The Best Small Fictions 2017, The Saturday Evening Post, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, and NPR, among many others.
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Quirks
Published Apr 10, 2019 · 3,430 words (13 minutes) · 1 like · 641 views
Science Fiction near future labor unions
Collective Bargaining and Direct Memory Transfer -- watch out for the quirks.
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Evaluation Notes for Candidates in the Shape-shifter Intelligence Program
Published Apr 4, 2019 · 1,109 words (5 minutes) · 3 likes · 1032 views
Horror Science Fiction espionage nonbinary lgbtq+ transgender near future shapeshifting
When a government agency develops a shape-shifter program and requires participants to play roles across genders and sexes, the participants discover both enlightening and deeply unsettling things about themselves and the program's agenda. (This story is ownvoices. And raw. There is a content warning for dysphoria and transphobia. There are also moments of self-discovery. It has my full heart.)
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Cerise Sky Memories
Published Feb 28, 2019 · 953 words (4 minutes) · 1 like · 559 views
Science Fiction sci-fi near future memory biotech
A genetically engineered human discovers some of her implanted memories are real and goes in search of the person who gave them to her.
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Waterlilies
Published Oct 27, 2018 · 4,956 words (19 minutes) · 286 views
Humor Science Fiction near future nanotechnology visual arts
An artist gets more than he bargained for when he uses nanotechnology to create his artwork. After all, why does "grey goo" have to be grey?
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