What do you think?
Rate this book
Future Days
Join the adventure through dystopian worlds, to outer planets and into a speculative future. Welcome to the Future Days anthology. 17 authors imagine a future with thrilling tales, starships, unlikely heroes and exotic aliens all of which combine to make Future Days a must-read sci-fi fantasy short story collection. Featuring 'USA Today' bestselling author Christopher Nuttall. Amazon bestselling sci-fi authors Rick Partlow and P.P. Corcoran and award-winning author R.B. Kelly, alongside rising stars in the sci-fi fantasy genre.
Contents:
'The Good Citizen': short fiction by Aline Boucher Kaplan. Out of work? Need to pay the bills? Don’t worry the government is looking for a few good people to work in the colonies. And, oh yeah, its compulsory.
'Cell Effect': short fiction by Christopher Cousins. Saiden has abilities. Abilities the government wants to weaponize. Only one thing stands in their way, Ret Saiden.
'Greener Pastures: short fiction by Justin C. Fulton. When the line between a utopian virtual world and harsh reality become blurred, the choices we make can be fatal.
'Orbital Burn: short fiction by David M. Hoenig. Heroes come in all shapes and sizes. Who would have thought convicted criminal Slade would be one of them?
'A Winter's Day': short fiction by Edward Ahern. Ever-Young Cryogenics promise its clients a brief spell of life every decade. But, what happens when your family grow old and die, but you don’t?
'Colony': short fiction by Gunnar De Winter. In a hierarchical society decided by birth, instructions must be followed. Unless you are a radical and want to destroy the system.
'The Pink Shar-Ship Switcher': short fiction by James Worrad. Jada is a businesswoman intent on climbing the corporate ladder by sealing a lucrative deal. That is, until a Being from another reality intervenes.
'Custodian': short fiction by Johnny Pez. Only a special kind of person volunteers to stay awake during the long voyages between the stars while the rest of the crew sleeps. But what happens when he gets lonely?
'The Caller': short fiction by Lisa Timpf. A job she hates on a world with too many problems. But what if she can escape to a new world and start again? Can she leave everything she knows, and loves, behind?
'The Trickle-Down Effect': short fiction by Mark Lynch. Denton, a man who would do what needed to be done to survive in the ‘Pit’. The lowest, dirtiest, crime ridden part of a mega city forgotten by the ‘One Percenters’ living in their luxurious towers.
'Jericho': short fiction by Matthew William. A new world. Ripe for colonization. Pre-prepared by nanite Seedlings for the arrival of their human designers. But what happens when the designers become your God?
'Ghosts': short fiction by Rachael Kelly [as by R.B. Kelly]. The storms bring the
Seekers. Machines with one purpose, to bring death. Only sometimes death is not quite death.
'Mother': short fiction by Rick Partlow. A mother’s love is the strongest of all. Protect and nurture your children to your dying breath. Even if that means genocide.
'The Cull': short fiction by P.P. Corcoran. Humanity has reached its peak. Genetic manipulation makes humans faster, smarter and stronger. But at what cost?
'The Rescue': short fiction by Claire Davon. An Alien shuttle is downed. Lt. ‘Dee’ Delaney must find it and secure the alien survivors until help arrives. Easy.
'The Man-Eater': short fiction by Christopher G. Nuttall.
'Castrum': short fiction by J.C.H. Rigby.
Contents:
'The Good Citizen': short fiction by Aline Boucher Kaplan. Out of work? Need to pay the bills? Don’t worry the government is looking for a few good people to work in the colonies. And, oh yeah, its compulsory.
'Cell Effect': short fiction by Christopher Cousins. Saiden has abilities. Abilities the government wants to weaponize. Only one thing stands in their way, Ret Saiden.
'Greener Pastures: short fiction by Justin C. Fulton. When the line between a utopian virtual world and harsh reality become blurred, the choices we make can be fatal.
'Orbital Burn: short fiction by David M. Hoenig. Heroes come in all shapes and sizes. Who would have thought convicted criminal Slade would be one of them?
'A Winter's Day': short fiction by Edward Ahern. Ever-Young Cryogenics promise its clients a brief spell of life every decade. But, what happens when your family grow old and die, but you don’t?
'Colony': short fiction by Gunnar De Winter. In a hierarchical society decided by birth, instructions must be followed. Unless you are a radical and want to destroy the system.
'The Pink Shar-Ship Switcher': short fiction by James Worrad. Jada is a businesswoman intent on climbing the corporate ladder by sealing a lucrative deal. That is, until a Being from another reality intervenes.
'Custodian': short fiction by Johnny Pez. Only a special kind of person volunteers to stay awake during the long voyages between the stars while the rest of the crew sleeps. But what happens when he gets lonely?
'The Caller': short fiction by Lisa Timpf. A job she hates on a world with too many problems. But what if she can escape to a new world and start again? Can she leave everything she knows, and loves, behind?
'The Trickle-Down Effect': short fiction by Mark Lynch. Denton, a man who would do what needed to be done to survive in the ‘Pit’. The lowest, dirtiest, crime ridden part of a mega city forgotten by the ‘One Percenters’ living in their luxurious towers.
'Jericho': short fiction by Matthew William. A new world. Ripe for colonization. Pre-prepared by nanite Seedlings for the arrival of their human designers. But what happens when the designers become your God?
'Ghosts': short fiction by Rachael Kelly [as by R.B. Kelly]. The storms bring the
Seekers. Machines with one purpose, to bring death. Only sometimes death is not quite death.
'Mother': short fiction by Rick Partlow. A mother’s love is the strongest of all. Protect and nurture your children to your dying breath. Even if that means genocide.
'The Cull': short fiction by P.P. Corcoran. Humanity has reached its peak. Genetic manipulation makes humans faster, smarter and stronger. But at what cost?
'The Rescue': short fiction by Claire Davon. An Alien shuttle is downed. Lt. ‘Dee’ Delaney must find it and secure the alien survivors until help arrives. Easy.
'The Man-Eater': short fiction by Christopher G. Nuttall.
'Castrum': short fiction by J.C.H. Rigby.
244 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 15, 2018
76 people are currently reading
57 people want to read
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
November 6, 2018
A good anthology
An interesting compilation of sci-fi and fantasy stories with twist in the tale. I liked how most of the stories allow the reader to create their own ending.
An interesting compilation of sci-fi and fantasy stories with twist in the tale. I liked how most of the stories allow the reader to create their own ending.
November 9, 2018
GREAT READ!
Some of the stories were better than others but overall, I really enjoyed each quite a bit. My favorite? It touched my heart: THE CALLER. But then there was another THE MAN-EATER that made me go look up the author to find other works! Actually, I think one of the author's also sent me looking for more and I discovered a great blog, 'Lawyers, Guns & Money.' I think the author or primary contributor was again Christopher Nuttall! Or maybe it was PP Corcoran? Whatever ....READ THE BOOK AND CHECK OUT *ALL* THE AUTHORS 💞💞 You'll be glad you did!
All in all, lots of superb short stories with terrific leads to other equally great other types of reading material. Pretty cool! I'll be ready to buy the next one edited by Mr. Nuttall. I just hope his health steadily improves!
Some of the stories were better than others but overall, I really enjoyed each quite a bit. My favorite? It touched my heart: THE CALLER. But then there was another THE MAN-EATER that made me go look up the author to find other works! Actually, I think one of the author's also sent me looking for more and I discovered a great blog, 'Lawyers, Guns & Money.' I think the author or primary contributor was again Christopher Nuttall! Or maybe it was PP Corcoran? Whatever ....READ THE BOOK AND CHECK OUT *ALL* THE AUTHORS 💞💞 You'll be glad you did!
All in all, lots of superb short stories with terrific leads to other equally great other types of reading material. Pretty cool! I'll be ready to buy the next one edited by Mr. Nuttall. I just hope his health steadily improves!
July 26, 2021
only 4 of the 17 stories were written by women. most of the stories were standard issue sexist junk but i really enjoyed the one about cryogenic freezing and a couple of radical space tales.
October 29, 2020
Pretty solid sf anthology
Starts with a bang in the dystopian heart of american capitalism and ends with a hopeful tale of soldiers turning the cards on their abusers.
Speaking of capitalism in one of the stories it repeatedly says 'capitism' which I am guessing is an oopsie.
The stories are all relatively good which is nice though some punch way above their weight class.
You have scary, hopeful, and incredibly sad heroism mixed in with cryonic life and death, custodians of the starlanes, and Callers and cullers. Warm hearted AI mothers sinning in the vastness of space and brilliant, deadly, and cold hearted village of the damned children ready to conquer.
The book feels fresh with the writers all being new to me or at least I didn't recognize any overt styles or names.
Starts with a bang in the dystopian heart of american capitalism and ends with a hopeful tale of soldiers turning the cards on their abusers.
Speaking of capitalism in one of the stories it repeatedly says 'capitism' which I am guessing is an oopsie.
The stories are all relatively good which is nice though some punch way above their weight class.
You have scary, hopeful, and incredibly sad heroism mixed in with cryonic life and death, custodians of the starlanes, and Callers and cullers. Warm hearted AI mothers sinning in the vastness of space and brilliant, deadly, and cold hearted village of the damned children ready to conquer.
The book feels fresh with the writers all being new to me or at least I didn't recognize any overt styles or names.
March 22, 2020
Hit and miss
The shorter stories work well, the longer ones, not so much. Worth giving a go, and overall not a bad collection
The shorter stories work well, the longer ones, not so much. Worth giving a go, and overall not a bad collection
June 3, 2020
Standard dystopian tripe. Don't bother.
Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews