Fiction Pick of the Week: "Sunsets Are Giant Rainbows"
Friends and their plans, big and small.
Future
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Voiceless"
The intersection of life and social media in the future.
Fiction: "Holograms"
Three teenagers, their futures, the concept of alternate realities.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Say, She Toy"
A black android faces horrible human racism, sexual assault and realities; NSFW.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Clippers"
A near future with racial voting restrictions and questionnaires.
Future's Reign
The 32-year-old Atlanta rapper released three No. 1 albums in seven months.
Make It Reign
Spins from the DJs at Atlanta’s seminal Magic City strip club can turn nobodies into hip-hop stars.
Hold On
Human emotions and contact in the far future.
"Ethan begins moonlighting at the touch center on weekday mornings. Off-peak hours. He robo-cabs it there and back alone. Still, working there is a leap from the isolation of his apartment, and it’s the first time he’s felt inspired in years. He knows he’s not handsome by conventional standards, but he can give a mean hug and they never have enough guys to work at places like this anyway."
The Peripheral
Gamers, celebrities, military veterans, and publicists populate a capitalist future in these four chapters from Gibson's forthcoming novel.
"She bent her phone the way she liked it for gaming, thumbed HaptRec into the log‑in window, entered the long-ass password. Flicked go. Nothing happened. Then the whole display popped, like the flash of a camera in an old movie, silvered like the marks of the haptics. She blinked."
