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Void Future
It seemed like a good idea at the
It was a simple electronic device that made reality seem bigger and more authentic than life itself. It could also give the wearer a sense of wisdom, authority, and power, no matter how misled or even insane that person might be.
Add to that a stew of wishful thinking, willful ignorance, and unintended consequences, and what could go wrong? How long would it take? And how bad would it get?
Void Future is about the human side of a planet-wide catastrophe that no one had the foresight to imagine. In the words of Vera Kamchatka, “You never see the color of the knife.”
100,000 words
About Wayne Wightman's
John Brunner, the legend “Wayne Wightman is agreeable company, both in person and via the printed page. As to the former, I’m afraid you will have to wait the chance to make his acquaintance…. As to the latter, however, now’s your chance.”
Orson Scott Card, Hugo and Nebula “[Wayne Wightman is] …one of the names I[‘ve] learned to look for…. He…is a romantic whose stories confess his belief that individuals can be larger than life, that their decisions can change the world around them.”
Best Story of the Year 2011 awarded to Wayne Wightman's “Brutal Interlude” by Orson Scott Card's online magazine The Intergalactic Medicine Show.
Richard Paul Russo, Philip K. Dick Award “One of Wightman’s great strengths is his willingness to go to the edge. He pulls no punches, whether the story is serious or violent or manic. You can count on him to take you places other writers shy away from.”
Lewis Shiner, writer par excellence and “Wayne Wightman… has produced an impressive series of connected stories… full of manic energy, rich in colors and emotions.”
Ed Ferman, editor of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science “He writes top quality sf and fantasy, humor and horror, and he never forgets to tell a compelling tale.”
It was a simple electronic device that made reality seem bigger and more authentic than life itself. It could also give the wearer a sense of wisdom, authority, and power, no matter how misled or even insane that person might be.
Add to that a stew of wishful thinking, willful ignorance, and unintended consequences, and what could go wrong? How long would it take? And how bad would it get?
Void Future is about the human side of a planet-wide catastrophe that no one had the foresight to imagine. In the words of Vera Kamchatka, “You never see the color of the knife.”
100,000 words
About Wayne Wightman's
John Brunner, the legend “Wayne Wightman is agreeable company, both in person and via the printed page. As to the former, I’m afraid you will have to wait the chance to make his acquaintance…. As to the latter, however, now’s your chance.”
Orson Scott Card, Hugo and Nebula “[Wayne Wightman is] …one of the names I[‘ve] learned to look for…. He…is a romantic whose stories confess his belief that individuals can be larger than life, that their decisions can change the world around them.”
Best Story of the Year 2011 awarded to Wayne Wightman's “Brutal Interlude” by Orson Scott Card's online magazine The Intergalactic Medicine Show.
Richard Paul Russo, Philip K. Dick Award “One of Wightman’s great strengths is his willingness to go to the edge. He pulls no punches, whether the story is serious or violent or manic. You can count on him to take you places other writers shy away from.”
Lewis Shiner, writer par excellence and “Wayne Wightman… has produced an impressive series of connected stories… full of manic energy, rich in colors and emotions.”
Ed Ferman, editor of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science “He writes top quality sf and fantasy, humor and horror, and he never forgets to tell a compelling tale.”
398 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 23, 2017
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