Worlds in Transition: Grand Uplift, Part 1
Published on 2024-03-15
Issue Details
In Issue 15, we explore changing worlds and see through the eyes of characters whose challenge is to meet change with intelligence, humanity, and the tenacity of our species. We meet AI that promise to solve all our problems and then mysteriously take their leave; travel through a portal where conventional standards of propriety must be left behind; search for desires beyond those of passion and success; puzzle out an n-body problem to find a message as old as the Earth itself; and deal with unknown dangers by using a perfect B-flat.
Featured Stories
Welcome to Issue 15 of DreamForge Anvil
In Issue 15, we explore changing worlds and see through the eyes of characters whose challenge is to meet change with intelligence, humanity, and the tenacity of our species. We meet AI that promise t...
Hope Notes: The Space Wood Project
The main problem with many of our hopes and fears about the future is that we always project forward from what we know, but what we can’t see coming often has a greater impact. When it comes to the ...
Smoothing the Ride: Eliminating Speed Bumps in Your Story
This article illuminates the concept of "speed bumps" in genre fiction— unnecessary complexities like convoluted names, excessive world-building, on-the-nose dialogue, and overt messaging that jar r...
Wulf Moon's SUPER SECRETS: Neutral Character Arc - When Nothing is Everything
In this article, Wulf Moon delves into the core of narrative power. Unpacking a concept at the heart of storytelling, this article continues the exploration of the three fundamental character arcs —...
Fantasy
Change of Profession, by Herb Kauderer
As a lonely acolyte learns in this resonant poem, there is only one way to deal with the terrors and transgressions of the past. Originally appeared in "Beneath the Misty Surface: A Collection of Shor...
Fantasy
The Desire Broker, by Mandy D. Chew and Jonathan G. Chew
Imagine a world where all basic needs are met and emotions can be crafted into tangible coins, a reality where an accomplished Desire Broker navigates love and longing, crafting experiences that trans...
The Desire Broker, Line Edits
Imagine a world where all basic needs are met and emotions can be crafted into tangible coins, a reality where an accomplished Desire Broker navigates love and longing, crafting experiences that trans...
Science Fiction
The Migration of Birds Through the City of Glass, by Priya Chand
This story was originally published in "Julia Rios' Worlds of Possibility", an April 2023 publication dedicated to uplifting stories. When a single bird injures itself in a collision with building, a ...
Science Fiction, Aliens
The Chair, by Grant Carrington
On an uninhabited world near the edge of the galaxy, they find— the chair. A single, lone artifact, it seems linked to a mysterious race of humanoid aliens, and yet it causes madness in all those wh...
Fantasy
The Pitch Pipe Forest, by Barbara A. Barnett
A young musician and her sister must navigate a mystical, musically tuned forest to create a melody capable of opening a portal, hoping to rescue their mother who vanished in this enigmatic world, whe...
Science Fiction
Flow, by Bret Nelson
In a city where medical care is automated and almost all transport is AI-controlled, paramedic Erma Barron and her driver Steve race against time in an ambulance to save their patient, navigating both...
Fantasy
Immersion, by Marion Koob
The last time the Council of Clans inaugurated a new gate, the angels on the other side seemed friendly enough… until they turned cannibal! Elaine, a seasoned reporter, is reluctantly sent to explor...
Science Fiction, Robots & AI
Empty Nest, by Arthur H. Manners
In a future where humanity coexists with advanced artificial intelligence, a scientist and her AI partner work with uplifted cuttlefish. The experiment is nowhere near its end when all AI on Earth sud...
Thank You Anvil Issue 15
We have so many people to thank! Founders, Kickstarter Heroes, Contributors, Friends, Family, and First Line Readers.
Super Secrets
Get it now. How to Write a Howling Good Story by Wulf Moon. From NYT best selling author David Farland: "Wulf Moon is showing you exactly how it's done."
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