Fiction Index

The Future Fire will publish social, political, and speculative cyber-fiction. Any story that takes a world unlike our own in one small way (be it set in the future, the past, a parallel universe, a psychedelic dream) and uses that setting to examine some aspect of our own world with a social and political conscience, is broadly within our purview... so long as we think it's great. Surprise us. Challenge the expectations of our commodified little world.

For instructions on how to send us stories see the submission guidelines.

(Newest stories are highlighted in peach.)

• 'In the Shadow of Kakadu', RJ Astruc, 2007 (4000 words)
• 'Letting Go', Neil Ayres, 2005 (3100 words)
• 'The Death Park', Duncan Barford, 2005 (2800 words)
• 'Lost Chapters: A fairytale', J. W. Bennett, 2005 (7400 words)
• 'Half Light House', J. W. Bennett, 2006 (1500 words)
• 'The Wolf Behind the Sun', Johann Carlisle, 2005 (2900 words)
• 'What Hath God Wrought?', Neil Carstairs, 2007 (5700 words)
• 'One Drop', David Dumitru, 2008 (6500 words)
• 'Pianissimo', Alan Frackleton, 2007 (11500 words)
• 'What the Dead Are For', Terry Grimwood, 2005 (3500 words)
• 'The Exaggerated Man', Terry Grimwood, 2005 (3800 words)
• 'Coffin Road', Terry Grimwood, 2007 (3500 words)
• 'Kemistry', Terry Grimwood, 2008 (1600 words)
• 'Art Attack!', Mark Harding, 2007 (2000 words)
• 'Apala', Terrance Jefferson, 2007 (4000 words)
• 'Getting Down and Dirty', Michael Johnson, 2008 (4700 words)
• 'Lucky .003', Kassandra Kelly, 2008 (4500 words)
• 'Happy Days', Jerome Kemp, 2006 (2900 words)
• 'Until the Pit is Dug for the Wicked', John Kratman, 2008 (10000 words)
• 'Deadline', Tom Lichtenberg, 2006 (1000 words)
• 'Always Look on the Bright Side', Alison Littlewood, 2008 (1000 words)
• 'Omega, maybe', Michael Loughrey, 2006 (10000 words)
• 'Once Again', Allen McGill, 2005 (900 words)
• 'The Devil's Tooth', E. Steven Newby, 2008 (2500 words)
• 'A Rock by Any Other Name', Rick Novy, 2008 (1800 words)
• 'The Dark One's Cry', Barbora P., 2006 (1700 words)
• 'The Blood of Castalsara', William J. Piovano, 2007 (12000 words)
• 'Avatar on the Belts 1: Tartaros', William J. Piovano, 2008 (5700 words)
• 'Avatar on the Belts 2: Eros', William J. Piovano, 2008 (5500 words)
• 'Avatar on the Belts 3: Aither', William J. Piovano, 2008 (3500 words)
• 'Night Dreaming', Steven Pirie, 2007 (2000 words)
• 'Bottom Drawer', Brett Alexander Savory, 2005 (500 words)
• 'Suburban Alchemist', Rob Sharp, 2008 (4000 words)
• 'Less Than the Sum of the Movable Parts', Richard Thieme, 2008 (7000 words)
• 'Share Your Space Today', David Towsey, 2008 (3200 words)
• 'Looking Glass Vacation', Sarah Ann Watts, 2006 (5000 words)
• 'Making History', Lynda Williams, 2006 (3900 words)
• 'Backward Planning', John Young, 2005 (270 words)