Gordon Van Gelder 
Welcome to Dystopia [EPUB ebook] 
45 Visions of What Lies Ahead

Brutality, infrastructure collapse, daily threats of war: 45 writers of speculative fiction share their visions of what’s to come.



Fighting in the streets, corruption at the highest levels, thuggish police, a daily threat of nuclear war: few of us thought we’d find ourselves here, so far into the 21st century. What’s next? Are we really going to be ’great again, ’ however that’s meant?



In this diverse and vigorous mix of original stories by newcomers and luminaries, writers offer their takes on what life might hold for us in the next few years. The resulting visions of oppression, and daily struggle are sometimes humorous, sometimes terrifying, but always thought-provoking.



Including stories by K. G. Anderson, Richard Bowes, Elizabeth Bourne, Scott Bradfield, J.S. Breukelaar, Jennifer Marie Brissett, Becca Caccavo, Don D’Ammassa, Stephanie Feldman, Eric James Fullilove, Ron Goulart, Eileen Gunn, Leslie Howle, Matthew Hughes, Janis Ian, Michael Kandel, Thomas Kaufsek, Paul La Farge, Yoon Ha Lee, Michael Libling, Heather Lindsley, Lisa Mason, Barry N. Malzberg, David Marusek, Mary Anne Mohanraj, James Morrow, Ruth Nestvold, Deji Bryce Olukotun, Marguerite Reed, Robert Reed, Madeleine E. Robins, Jay Russell, Geoff Ryman, James Sallis, J. M. Sidorova, Brian Francis Slattery, Harry Turtledove, Deepak Unnikrishnan, TS Vale, Leo Vladimirsky, Ray Vukcevich, Ted White, Paul Witcover, N. Lee Wood, and Jane Yolen.

Innehållsförteckning

Table of Contents



Acknowledgments



Introduction



Sneakers

Michael Libling



re: Your Wedding

Ruth Nestvold



Everything Is Fixed Now

K. G. Anderson



His Sweat Like Stars on the Rio Grande

Janis Ian



Agnosia

J. M. Sidorova



The Adventure of You

Paul La Farge



♋

N. Lee Wood



Birds

Deepak Unnikrishnan



The Only Constant

Leslie Howle



The Terrific Leader

Harry Turtledove



Two Explicit and Three Oblique Apologies to My Oldest Daughter One Month Before Her Eighteenth Birthday

Heather Lindsley



The Levellers

Deji Bryce Olukotun



No Point Talking

Geoff Ryman



Glow

J.S. Breukelaar



Precaution at Penn Station

Michael Kandel



Newsletter

Jennifer Marie Brissett



Statues of Limitations

Jay Russell



Suffocation

Robert Reed



Application for Asylum

Eileen Gunn



Welcome to Triumph Band

Yoon Ha Lee



Loser

Matthew Hughes



We All Have Hearts of Gold®

Leo Vladimirsky



Notes on Retrieving a Fallen Banner

Marguerite Reed



Ticket to Ride

Eric James Fullilove



Burning Down the House

Ted White



Dangerous

Lisa Mason



Class Assignment

Thomas Kaufsek



Walls

Paul Witcover



The Passion According to Mike

Scott Bradfield



Bright Sarasota Where the Circus Lies Dying

James Sallis



The Name Unspoken

Richard Bowes



The Elites

Stephanie Feldman



January 2018

Barry N. Malzberg



Farewell

Mary Anne Mohanraj



The Amazing Transformation of the White House Dog

Ron Goulart



Handmaid’s Other Tale

Jane Yolen



Sanctuary

Brian Francis Slattery



One Fell Swoop

James Morrow



BK Girls

TS Vale



Isn’t Life Great?

Don D’Ammassa



The Men Will Be Hungry Afterwards

Ray Vukcevich



The Road South

Madeleine E. Robins and Becca Caccavo



Skippy’s Visit East

Michael Kandel



Designed for Your Safety

Elizabeth Bourne



Extreme Bedding

David Marusek



About the Contributors

Om författaren

GORDON VAN GELDER is the publisher of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. He is the editor of many anthologies, among them Welcome to the Greenhouse: New Science fiction on Climate Change (OR Books). He has twice received the Hugo Award for Best Editor (short form), and has twice won the World Fantasy Award.