“I can’t pay no doctor bills
But Whitey’s on the moon
Ten years from now I’ll be paying still
While Whitey’s on the moon”

—Gil Scott-Heron, “Whitey On The Moon” (1970)

Futurefire.net Publishing (FFN) is a small, independent publisher of short speculative fiction stories, poetry and art in anthologies, collections, magazines and other formats.

The Future Fire (TFF) is our flagship online magazine, always open to submissions of beautiful and useful short stories and poetry in Social-political and Progressive Speculative Fiction, Feminist SF, Queer SF, Eco SF, World SF and Cyberpunk, and an experiment in and celebration of new writing, published three times a year.

TFF Reviews was our review site specialising in indie and small press books, zines, exhibitions, etc. (on indefinite hiatius)

Press Blog hosts interviews, promotions, guest posts and other news from TFF and our friends.

Find The Future Fire on Mastodon, Bluesky and FB.

Current Issue

Issue 2026.76 (May 2026), featuring stories, poems and art by Christine Amsden, Colleen Anderson, Joel Bisaillon, Barbara Candiotti, Katie Conrad, Abigail Dereja, L.A. Hyland, Crystal Koo, Sebastian Timpe, Toeken, Merc Fenn Wolfmoor, Rae Zalopany. (Download PDF | Epub)

Books

Noir Fire anthology (2022), co-edited by Valeria Vitale, on sale in print and e-book.

Making Monsters anthology (2018), co-edited by Emma Bridges, on sale in print and e-book.

Fae Visions of the Mediterranean anthology (2016), edited by Valeria Vitale and Djibril al-Ayad, on sale in print and e-book.

TFF-X: Ten years of The Future Fire anthology (2015), edited by Djibril al-Ayad, Cécile Matthey and Valeria Vitale, on sale in print and e-book.

Accessing the Future anthology (2015), co-edited by Kathryn Allan, on sale in print and e-book.

We See a Different Frontier anthology (2013), co-edited by Fabio Fernandes, on sale in print and e-book.

Outlaw Bodies anthology (2012), co-edited by Lori Selke, on sale in print and e-book.