Solarpunk: Short Stories from Many Futures Francesco Verso 9781804179352

In this near future anthology, Solarpunk explores the many ways individuals and resilient groups can fight gentrification, expropriation, abuse and loss of identity, starting within local communities, ultimately to embrace the whole world.

Solarpunk traces a path, rough and tortuous, towards a change now perceived by many as a necessity. "Nobody will give us the future" - seem to say these short stories edited by Future Fiction's Francesco Verso. Solarpunk brings stories without borders, from across the world: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Italy, Spain, the UK and USA. Authors are Jerri Jerreat, Ken Liu, Thomas Badlan, Ciro Faienza, Brenda Cooper, Renan Bernardo, Jennifer L. Rossman, Sarena Ulibarri, Gustavo Bondoni, Lucie Lukacovicova, Ingrid Garcia, Andrew Dana Hudson and D.K. Mok.

The Flame Tree Beyond and Within short story collections bring together tales of myth and imagination by modern and contemporary writers, carefully selected by anthologists, and sometimes featuring short stories from a single author. Overall, the series presents a wide range of diverse and inclusive voices with myth, folkloric-inflected short fiction, and an emphasis on the supernatural, science fiction, the mysterious and the speculative. The books themselves are gorgeous, with foiled covers, printed edges and published only in hardcover editions, offering a lifetime of reading pleasure.

Francesco Verso is a multiple-award winning SF writer and editor. He has published e-Doll, Futurespotting and I camminatori. His Nexhuman and Bloodbusters have been published in the US, UK, Italy and China. He works as editor of Future Fiction, scouting the best SF in translation from around the world. He's the Honorary Director of the Fishing Fortress SF Academy of Chongqing and the Creative Director of Future Wave, a literary agency based in Beijing.

Short story authors in this anthology include: Jerri Jerreat (Canada), Ken Liu 43pg (USA), Thomas Badlan (UK), Ciro Faienza (USA), Brenda Cooper (USA), Renan Bernardo (BRASIL), Jennifer L. Rossman (CANADA), Sarena Ulibarri (USA), Gustavo Bondoni (ARGENTINA), Lucie Lukacovicova (CZECH REP), Ingrid Garcia (SPAIN), Andrew Dana Hudson (USA) and D.K. Mok (AUSTRALIA).