In case you didn't get caught up on the stories and poems in TFF#76 before we ran out of bandwidth for the month, the issue has been Waybacked: web.archive.org/web/20260516...

My story The Protector of the Forest is available now on @thefuturefire.bsky.social Click below to read about grief, guilt, community, trees, and bringing folklore to the stars. futurefire.net/2026.76/fict...

Issue #74 of The Future Fire features free, social-political #speculativefiction (SF, fantasy, horror, surreal, poetry, etc.) and art. http://futurefire.net/2026.76/

And we're back futurefire.net

And the final #microinterview in the current series is with Lyra Meurer, author of “Fruiting Bodies” in The Future Fire #75 press.futurefire.net/2026/04/micr...

S.J. Ladds, author of eco-SF story “Prata Neptunia” in The Future Fire #75, is today’s guest in the #microinterview series press.futurefire.net/2026/04/micr...

The second, in @castofwonders.org, embraces difference as well as accepting it, using its power to make a stand. "Born of the Mountain's Chill" originally appeared in @thefuturefire.bsky.social last year, and is now available in audio. www.castofwonders.org/2026/04/cast...

I can’t believe I missed this for a while! Thanks to The Future Fire for posting a little interview with me for the edition my short story “We Will See” was featured in.

The TFF website has been brought down by the hallucination and plagiarism scraper bots again (in my experience, this can last up to a week before our hosting provider lets us open again). In the meantime, you can still enjoy issue #75 at the Web Archive: web.archive.org/web/20260402...

Happy 100th birthday to Marilyn Erskine, who started in show business as an infant and later starred in Science Fiction Theater in the 1950s, includes episodes “The Frozen Sound” (1955), “The Legend of Crater Mountain” (1956) and “Sun Gold” (1956).

Sylvie Althoff (@sylvie-althoff.bsky.social), author of “The Visitor” in The Future Fire #75, joins us to talk about writing, time travel and other decisions for today’s #microinterview. press.futurefire.net/2026/04/micr...

Extremely cool micro-interview with the artist who illustrated my story "The Visitor" in The Future Fire! Fascinated to see the manifestation of ideas that emerged from my brain and landed in someone else's.

We welcome Davian Aw, author of the poem “ship of living ghosts” in The Future Fire #75, to the latest in this issue’s #microinterview series press.futurefire.net/2026/04/micr...

I have some thoughts, and a story, at @thefuturefire.bsky.social!

Leyelle M.G., artist of “The Visitor” and “the weight of winter” in The Future Fire #75, joins us for another of this month’s #microinterview s, talking about art, creativity and artists. press.futurefire.net/2026/04/micr...

And today we’re joined by Marc A. Criley (@marcc.bsky.social), author of the wonderful “A Multitude of Sparks Descend” in The Future Fire #75, for a #microinterview and chat about creation myths, antiquities and writing. press.futurefire.net/2026/04/micr...

My story, "Salt in Our Veins," appears in this anthology. Still love my sweet story about friends, pirates, and family!

If 2026 is the new 2016, then let's make the wonderful Fae Visions of the Mediterranean trend again: press.futurefire.net/p/fae-vision... @nottinauta.bsky.social #bringback2016

Story Reprint Day! My story from @thefuturefire.bsky.social's May 2025 issue is now available @castofwonders.org in audio!

We’re delighted to be joined by Ellis Bray (@flytingnwriting.bsky.social), artist of “Prata Neptunia” and “ship of living ghosts” in The Future Fire #75, for a quick #microinterview about art, forms and letters. press.futurefire.net/2026/04/micr...

L.F. Howard (@lfhowardwriting.bsky.social), author of “We Will See” in The Future Fire #75, joins us for the first of this issue’s #microinterview series, for a chat about aliens, space travel and writing. press.futurefire.net/2026/04/micr...

Finally the TFF website has come back from "509 bandwidth exceeded" (aka the Plagiarism and Hallucination Bots have been at it again). Please enjoy TFF #75 while you can! futurefire.net/2026.75/

Does anyone have current contact details for Kathryn Allan (formerly Bleedingchrome; editor of Accessing the Future)? I think her old professional domain has expired/been cybersquatted.

My story, A Multitude of Sparks Descend, is now available to freely read in the current issue of @thefuturefire.bsky.social . An absolutely stunning illustration by Melkorka accompanies it.

Happy 135th birthday to Clare Winger Harris, often credited as the first woman to publish science fiction under her own name (a novel in 1923, a dozen stories in Weird Tales and Amazing Stories over the next decade). Maybe not quite #feministsf even by 1920s standards but…

Happy 50th birthday to Milla Jovovich, of The Fifth Element, Resident Evil series, Ultraviolet, and many other schlock scifi or horror franchises. Keep kicking cgi ass!

Michael Jackson's #Thriller was released 43 years ago today. Biggest selling album of all time, most effective use of a full-on horror movie as promo video for the title track, and all round legendary release. Out #OnThisDay in 1982.

Happy 127th birthday to sf/fantasy writer, allegorist and university academic C.S. Lewis (The Space Trilogy, 1938–45 & Chronicles of Narnia, 1950–56), born #onthisday in 1898.

Please welcome @toeken.bsky.social, long-time collaborator and artist of “The Sons of Victor Levitak” and “Unblooded Gospel” in The Future Fire #74, for this week’s installment of our #microinterview series. press.futurefire.net/2025/11/micr...

Today @laurenferebee.bsky.social, author of “Sentinel” in The Future Fire #74, joins us for a chat about omens, preservation and evolution in the latest instance of our #microinterview feature press.futurefire.net/2025/11/micr...

Today @laurenferebee.bsky.social, author of “Sentinel” in The Future Fire #74, joins us for a chat about omens, preservation and evolution in the latest instance of our #microinterview feature press.futurefire.net/2025/11/micr...

We’re very happy to introduce V. Zixin, author of “The Better Ends” in The Future Fire #74, who joins us for this week’s #microinterview. press.futurefire.net/2025/11/micr...

Nancy S. Koven, author of “Seven Stories for Now and Later” in The Future Fire #74, joined us for a quick chat about extinction, fetishization and writing in this week’s #microinterview press.futurefire.net/2025/10/micr...

Nancy S. Koven, author of “Seven Stories for Now and Later” in The Future Fire #74, joined us for a quick chat about extinction, fetishization and writing in this week’s #microinterview press.futurefire.net/2025/10/micr...

The Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying Novelettes feat. @analogsf.bsky.social @thefuturefire.bsky.social @bcsmagazine.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...

There's some #socialpolitical #sciencefiction if you want it. Weird mix of old-fashioned (even for the 60s!) moralising, and eerily modern-feeling critique of materialism and environmental destruction. And a pastiche of archaeological narrative-making.

This week we welcome Justin Taroli, author of “Unblooded Gospel” in The Future Fire #74, for a super brief #microinterview about his story, dreams and writing press.futurefire.net/2025/10/micr...

We’re delighted to be joined by @eleanorglewwe.bsky.social, author of “Limue’s Alphabet” in The Future Fire #74, for a quick chat about alphabets and languages, in this week’s installment of our #microinterview series press.futurefire.net/2025/10/micr...

Rowley Amato, author of “The Sons of Victor Levitak” in The Future Fire #74, joins us to talk about his story and other speculative matters in our micro-interview series press.futurefire.net/2025/10/micr...

#microinterview We’re joined by @nsborwein.bsky.social, author of the wonderful poem “The Void 𝘐𝘴 in a Playful Mood Tonight” in The Future Fire #74, to talk about alienation, transmateriality, and writing. press.futurefire.net/2025/09/micr...

If you'd like to comment on, review, give feedback or say anything else about any of the stories, poems and art in this issue, please do so in the comment thread under the blog post at: press.futurefire.net/2025/09/new-...

New issue: 2025.74 Fiction and art by Barbara Candiotti, Carmen Moran, Eleanor Glewwe, Justin Taroli, Leuren Ferebee, Nancy S. Koven, Naomi Simone Borwein, Rowley Amato, Toeken & V. Zixin. press.futurefire.net/2025/09/new-...

New issue: 2025.74 Fiction and art by Barbara Candiotti, Carmen Moran, Eleanor Glewwe, Justin Taroli, Leuren Ferebee, Nancy S. Koven, Naomi Simone Borwein, Rowley Amato, Toeken & V. Zixin. press.futurefire.net/2025/09/new-...

The Future Fire issue 2025.74 Out now with free #sciencefiction #fantasy #horror #poetry and #scifiart http://futurefire.net/2025.74/

and, free to read, my latest short story is "Dare Seize the Fire" in @thefuturefire.bsky.social ! futurefire.net/2025.73/fict...

My latest story "Bright Bleeding Girls" was also in @thefuturefire.bsky.social last month! futurefire.net/2025.73/fict...

This week's free spec rec is the powerful story "Born of the Mountain's Chill" by Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social in @thefuturefire.bsky.social futurefire.net/2025.73/fict... "I ate my meal sitting on a rock, letting the wind talk to my bones." #writingcommunity #specfic ✍️ 🔱

New story! A girl is asked to hide her difference for the good of all, in the new issue of @thefuturefire.bsky.social. futurefire.net/2025.73/fict...

New story! "Bright Bleeding Girls" is a dark fantasy about wealth and health, now up in the new issue of @thefuturefire.bsky.social. futurefire.net/2025.73/fict...

The Future Fire 2025.73 http://futurefire.net/2025.73/ #sciencefiction #fantasy #horror #speculativefiction