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After: Nineteen Stories of Apocalypse and Dystopia

Ellen Datlow

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Plot structure labels used: standalone stories, multiple authors, varied quality, open endings, cliffhanger endings, twist endings, sudden reveals, implied larger worlds, partial worldbuilding, fragmentary narrative, short-form compression, vignette-like

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Cover of A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers by Victor LaValle

A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers

Victor LaValle, Charlie Jane Anders, A. Merc Rustad, Lizz Huerta, Maria Dahvana Headley, Malka Ann Older, Sam J. Miller, Tananarive Due, Ashok K. Banker, Omar El Akkad, Daniel José Older, Lesley Nneka Arimah, Justina Ireland, Violet Allen, Gabby Rivera, Tobias S. Buckell, Hugh Howey, Jamie Ford, G. Willow Wilson, N.K. Jemisin, Charles Yu, Kai Cheng Thom, Daniel H. Wilson, Catherynne M. Valente, Seanan McGuire, Alice Sola Kim · 2019

A diverse anthology imagines near-future Americas shaped by resistance, oppression, and hard-won hope.

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The Starlit Wood

Dominik Parisien, Margo Lanagan, Marjorie M. Liu, Seanan McGuire, Garth Nix, Naomi Novik, Sofia Samatar, Karin Tidbeck, Catherynne M. Valente, Genevieve Valentine, Amal El-Mohtar, Charlie Jane Anders, Aliette de Bodard, Jeffrey Ford, Max Gladstone, Theodora Goss, Daryl Gregory, Kat Howard, Stephen Graham Jones · 2016 · The Universe of Xuya

An anthology of fairy tale retellings that reworks familiar and obscure tales across fantasy, SF, horror, and western modes.

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The Birthday of the World and Other Stories

Ursula K. Le Guin · 2003

Eight linked speculative stories explore alien societies, gender, kinship, religion, and the human cost of social systems.

Cover of The End and Other Beginnings: Stories from the Future – A Masterful Illustrated Sci-Fi Anthology for Teens about Friendship, Hope, and Technology by Veronica Roth

The End and Other Beginnings: Stories from the Future – A Masterful Illustrated Sci-Fi Anthology for Teens about Friendship, Hope, and Technology

Veronica Roth · 2019 · Carve the Mark

Six illustrated YA sci-fi novellas explore future worlds where love, grief, and hope collide with strange technologies.

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Bitch Planet: Triple Feature, Vol. 1

Kelly Sue DeConnick, Kit Cox, Marc Deschamps, Sara Woolley, Vita Ayala, Bassey Nyambi, Alobi, Nyambi Nyambi, Jon Tsuei, Matt Fraction, Cheryl Lynn Eaton, Andrew Aydin, Conley Lyons, Che Grayson, Danielle Henderson, Jordan Clark, Alissa M. Sallah · 2017 · Bitch Planet (Collected Editions)

A 15-story anthology expands a dystopian, patriarchal comics world through sharp, short bursts of feminist satire.