Tales of Indomitable Spirit 2
Published on 2019-05-26
Issue Details
In this issue we look at the unconquerable essence of life, considering individuals, our species, and other sentient life with which we share our Earth.
Featured Stories
Issue 2 Table of Contents
In this issue we look at the unconquerable essence of life, considering individuals, our species, and other sentient life with which we share our Earth.
Contemporary Fantasy, Fantasy
Home
We are too often made to feel uncomfortable with ourselves, our backgrounds, and our relations. But the best of us understand the value of Home.
Are We To Be Saved? | Issue 2
Roll up your sleeves and save the world, reach for the stars, and improve our tomorrows. The outraged, the fearful, and the blamers need not apply.
Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Contemporary Fantasy
Sid
“Lions and Tigers, and Bears, Oh My!” The world can be a harsh and unforgiving place, but we rarely walk through life alone. Even Trolls know that.
Science Fiction, Hard SF
Loitering with Mathematical Intent
There will be gentle places, elysian cities, and still the best of us will struggle with purpose, dissatisfied with anything less than a worthy vocation.
Science Fiction, Far Future
Tea With Gibbons
Life and death are process, and processes change over time. How soon will the certainty of death lose meaning, becoming a richer experience than life itself?
Science Fiction
Luna's First Eclipse
We are returning to the moon to stay, but more than that to become independent of Earth. Where exploration drives us, one day our children will welcome us.
Science Fiction
I See Punk Elephants
As it was in the past, is now, and ever shall be, greed is not for everyone. There are those who pursue knowledge and good for their own sakes.
Sudan
Anthropomorphizing has been given a bad name, as though the myriad creatures around us do not share inner lives as vital as our own. They do!
Aliens, Humorous, Science Fiction
Hysterical
Whatever the obstacles that lie before us, I guarantee you the unheralded Wandas of this world stand ready to bear the challenge.
Science Fiction
Snow, 2562
Five hundred years is a blink of time, a planet’s breath, and the dawn of a morning we may well anticipate with hope renewed.
Science Fiction, Far Future
We Are Cherished
When is it too late to learn the lesson of cherishing both natural environments and one another? As long as there are stars to shine, there is hope.
Science Fiction
Pioneer
The survival of our species demands it; our wanderlust drives it; the technical prowess of our civilization has opened the frontier. Mars awaits.
Science Fiction, Far Future
Being Me
Will our species transition from one of nature’s ultimate predator/competitors to a beacon of compassion and conservation? If so, what would they think of us?
Science Fiction, Time Travel
Sapiens
The fall of Rome, the height of the Plague, and the darkness of the Great War, they fill forgotten pages that we ignore. How shall today’s trials look in time?
Far Future, Science Fiction
Arcology
Architecture and ecology need not be opposing forces from conflicting worlds. We can build to preserve, conserve to grow, and design combined worlds of towering beauty.
Fantasy, Heroic Fantasy
Haunting the Present
Heroes have no refuge, no haven from the memories of their moment. They haunt the present, trying to forget, seeking an anchor to ground them once again.
Science Fiction
Wrath of a Lightweight
It may be that among the newborns of the current year are Martians who, once having arrived at their new red home will resent any call to return to the blue.
Fantasy, Mythic
The Weight of Mountains
When we are tasked by fate with the impossible, and regardless of those who have gone before us and failed — we have the duty and the chance.
Science Fiction, Far Future
A Certain Talent
800 years hence, humanity is thriving across the solar system. Of course, it will take a certain talent to keep us safe. (First appeared in The Williamson Effect, 1996)
How To Write For DreamForge | Part 1
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Meet Our Authors and Illustrators | Issue 2
Learn about the authors behind the great stories found in DreamForge Issue 2, Tales of Indomitable Spirit.
Flatland Games | Issue 2
Support Flatland Games. Beautiful books for an easy-to-play roleplaying game where a gang of childhood friends go on adventures.
Confluence 2019 - Issue 2
Celebrate 30 years of Confluence, Pittsburgh's longest running science fiction, fantasy, and horror literary, music, and art conference.
Alan and Jeremy VS SF | Issue 2
Join Alan and Jeremy and enjoy a podcast that explores short fiction using the engine of the mind.
Sci-Fi Saturday Night | Issue 2
Join The Dome, Kriana, and Zombrarian as they discuss science fiction, science fact, fantasy and whatever they think is cool, in between celebrity interviews.
DreamForge and Space & Time Magazine | Issue 2
Thank You | Issue 2
We have so many people to thank! Founders, Kickstarter Heroes, Contributors, Friends, Family, and First Line Readers.