Available NOW! 'Midwest Futures: Poems & Micro-Stories from Tomorrow's Heartland'!
NOW ON SALE! In a first-of-its-kind anthology, 30 emerging and established voices of science-fiction, fantasy, and horror tell fresh new narratives of environmental and social transformation set in the American Midwest! Corn-fueled rocket ships! A jungle in Minneapolis! A Kansas City on Mars! Flooded suburbs! Tourist-trap family farms! A popcorn apocalypse! With insight, humor, and empathy , each creator offers responses to the turbulence of 21st century life, work, environment, and place . Through considerations of real-world challenges—including climate change, drought, wildfire, flood, and social isolation —they provide stories of resilience and growth. “The best anthologies result in a collaborative act of magic and alchemy —writers become a generative hive-mind of possibilities,” writes anthology editor Randy Brown. “Our contributors cultivated new visions and interpretations of the American Midwest’s...