The Future Is Short: Science Fiction in a Flash

By Paula Friedman,
Jot Russell,
& Carrol Fix
(c) 2014
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%ere is &las' science &iction at its &inest(s)i&t to read but lon* remembered +, ama-in*
s.eculati/e &iction ca.sules t'at trans.ort you into t'rillin* )orlds o& ima*ination and ideas,
su**estin* t'at e/eryt'in* is .ossible(aliens, time tra/el, ot'er )orlds, and t'e mysteries o& 0art'
(in breat'ta"in*ly &res' combinations 1'e .er&ect com.anion &or a 2uic" brea" or a relaxin*
a&ternoon
1'e Future 3s 4'ort5 4cience Fiction in a Flas' .resents +, microstories by talented aut'ors Relis'
eac' story in tiny bites o& s.eculati/e &iction entertainment and ad/enture, catc'in* *lim.ses o&
miniature )orlds o& t'e &uture in breat'ta"in*ly &res' &li*'ts o& science &iction ima*inin*s
6s you ste. across t'e border o& reality and esca.e into t'is &ascinatin* collection o& ,2+7)ord
stories, you are instantly immersed in t'e da--lin* /isions o& 81 talented science &iction aut'ors(
ran*in* &rom )riters )it' .ublis'ed boo"s and many .ublication credits, to ot'ers ne) to t'e
)ritin* )orld 3n t'is s.ar"lin* collection, you )ill )ander into realms )'ere ima*ination rules and
time is con2uered
9isco/er tales o& alien lo/e and 'ate, ins.iration, and re/en*e :isit time;s *'osts on <ars and
)onder, )it' aliens, at 'uman li&estyles, re.roduction, and actions 0x.lore a uni/erse o& 'ea/en
and 'ell rede&ined()'ere t'e )onders and 'orrors o& science t'rill and amuse
Paula Friedman, Jot Russell, and Carrol Fix brin* to*et'er stories by an international *rou. o&
aut'ors )'o s'are t'eir stories in t'e =in"ed3n *rou., >4cience Fiction readers, )riters, collectors,
and artists?
Jot Russell, creator!director o& t'e 4cience Fiction <icrostories Contest and executi/e director o&
t'is contest;s ant'olo*y, says, >From t'emes o& *reen or blue, &uture or .ast, animal or mineral or
alien, a catalyst is &ormed t'at sets creati/ity in motion By t'e random nature o& syna.se, a story
&orms &rom t'in air, li"e ma*ic Bounds t'at 0instein .laced u.on li*'t itsel& cannot 'old bac" a
t'ou*'t For, ima*ination is beyond t'e bars o& time and s.ace #it'in t'e mind, and )it' &e)er
)ords t'an t'ose needed to .aint a .icture, a &ull science &iction )or" is deri/ed in micro7scale?
@e) members are al)ays )elcome to Aoin t'e mont'ly contest 4ubmissions must &ollo) t'e
mont'ly t'eme and are limited to a sin*le =in"ed3n .ost, rou*'ly B+0 )ords
1'e Future 3s 4'ort 6nt'olo*y 6ut'ors5
JJ 6lleson, 4am Bellotto Jr, <i"e Bo**ia, Ric'ard Bunnin*, =ars Carlson, Cali&er 9eil, Carrol
Fix, #6 Fix, Paula Friedman, 6ndre) Durca", 6mi = %art, Dene %il*reen, 1'addeus %o)-e,
4< Cra&tc'a", %elmut' Cum., 6ndy =a"e, Joanna =am.rey, Jeremy =ic'tman, 6ndy <cCell, 9
C <ills, J9 <itc'ell, Carl J <or*an, JR E;@eill, 6mos Par"er, <arianne D Petrino, Jon Ricson,
Jot Russell, 1om 1inney, @Fnen 1Gti, 6llen Huintana, JF #illiams
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