Monica Byrne, author of “Parasocial,” shares what inspired her September Future Tense Fiction story about what goes wrong when a celebrity decides to license his image to a hologram start-up in an interview with editor Mia Armstrong.
More Future Tense Fiction
Tunnel Fever
On the floor of the Arctic Ocean, an isolated roadside bar buried in a vast network of tunnels is staffed by a claustrophobic waitress who dreams of life above the surface. When a pair of outlaws tries to rob the bar, its patrons and employees are forced to work together to stave them off—pushing the boundaries of survival and trust in extreme environments.
Resisting Tunnel Vision
To work toward better climate policy and governance, we need to expand our vision of what’s possible.
All That Burns Unseen
When a government worker is charged with collecting data from the fire-ravaged community she grew up in, she gets help from an unexpected ally: a fire-fighting drone.
Firefighting Chemicals Are Dangerous for the Environment. Can That Change?
A journalist who covers wildfires responds to Premee Mohamed’s “All That Burns Unseen.”