“We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art—the art of words.”

—Ursula K. Le Guin (National Book Awards, 2014)

Futurefire.net Publishing (FFN) is a small, independent publisher of short speculative fiction stories, poetry and art in anthologies, collections, magazines and other formats.

The Future Fire (TFF) is our flagship online magazine, always open to submissions of beautiful and useful short stories and poetry in Social-political and Progressive Speculative Fiction, Feminist SF, Queer SF, Eco SF, World SF and Cyberpunk, and an experiment in and celebration of new writing, published four times a year.

TFF Reviews is our review site specialising in indie and small press books, zines, exhibitions, etc. (on hiatius)

Press Blog hosts interviews, promotions, guest posts and other news from TFF and our friends.

Find The Future Fire on Mastodon, Bluesky and FB.

Current Issue

Issue 2025.74 (September 2025), featuring stories, poems and art by Barbara Candiotti, Carmen Moran, Eleanor Glewwe, Justin Taroli, Lauren Ferebee, Nancy S. Koven, Naomi Simone Borwein, Rowley Amato, Toeken and V. Zixin. (Download PDF | Epub)

Books

Noir Fire anthology (2022), co-edited by Valeria Vitale, on sale in print and e-book.

Making Monsters anthology (2018), co-edited by Emma Bridges, on sale in print and e-book.

Fae Visions of the Mediterranean anthology (2016), edited by Valeria Vitale and Djibril al-Ayad, on sale in print and e-book.

TFF-X: Ten years of The Future Fire anthology (2015), edited by Djibril al-Ayad, Cécile Matthey and Valeria Vitale, on sale in print and e-book.

Accessing the Future anthology (2015), co-edited by Kathryn Allan, on sale in print and e-book.

We See a Different Frontier anthology (2013), co-edited by Fabio Fernandes, on sale in print and e-book.

Outlaw Bodies anthology (2012), co-edited by Lori Selke, on sale in print and e-book.