The Future Fire #34

by Djibril al-Ayad (Editor), A.J. Fitzwater, Simon Kewin

We are impressed and delighted by the power of literature, even fiction in the little corner of literature that is our contribution to the speculative genres. Stories that have the power to imagine an empty world and remind us of what we have, what we love, what we stand to lose. Stories whose power is to hold up the fierce and the beautiful, the elements that fill us with fire and lust to keep living, however old and tired we may be. Stories that have the power to remind us of the horrors and atrocities of history, even of the “good guys” who “won” and wrote that history. Stories that we have to read again, because we were too busy loving the writing the first time to realize the punch to the throat the actual content was giving us.

For today, we’re very excited to leave you with five new stories, and ten beautiful illustrations: stories of hope, despair, of the past, of the future, of death and of rebirth. Thanks and congratulations to our authors A.J., Anthony, Curtis, Omi and Simon, and artists Carmen, Martin, Michael, Miguel and Pandalion. This is an outstanding issue, and a perfect tribute to our tenth anniversary year.

92 pages, ebook

First published September 1, 2015