Found 8 works tagged 'near future'.
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Green
Published Nov 28, 2019 · 2,365 words (9 minutes) · 4 likes · 353 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 · 314 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 · 416 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) · 287 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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Razbliuto in Ink
Published Sep 19, 2017 · 998 words (4 minutes) · 527 views
Science Fiction Romance Love rock star tattoo sci-fi space travel near future music space bittersweet astronaut
An astronaut and a rock star get tattoos that measure the strength of their love for each other.
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The Memory Ward
Published Sep 19, 2017 · 949 words (4 minutes) · 544 views
Science Fiction secrets Strange friendship revenge sci-fi near future memory
In the near-future, an elderly woman with a past extracts her most precious memories so as not to lose them.
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Let Me Sleep When I Die
Published Sep 19, 2017 · 886 words (4 minutes) · 589 views
Horror Science Fiction technology biotech Strange military epistolary sci-fi near future
When new technology enables humanity to live forever, an elderly war veteran makes a case for a more natural death.
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Sardines in a Tin Can
Published Sep 17, 2017 · 1,541 words (6 minutes) · 522 views
Science Fiction near future first person POV Robots With Feels Robots space travel escape sci-fi
A group of laborers on a distant planet plot their escape from their work camp.
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