Worlds in Transition: Grand Uplift, Part 2
Published on 2024-06-01

Issue Details
With DreamForge Anvil 16, we continue our 5th Year Celebration! In our first five years, we’ve published over 200 stories, founded a monthly writers group called DreamCasters, and built our pay rate up to professional level at $0.08/word. We think Anvil Issues 15 and 16 are two of our best ever! With our theme of The Grand Uplift, we’re delivering some of the best in positive science and fantasy fiction available today!
Featured Stories

Welcome to Issue 16 of DreamForge Anvil
With DreamForge Anvil 16, we continue our 5th Year Celebration! In our first five years, we’ve published over 200 stories, founded a monthly writers group called DreamCasters, and built our pay rate...

Hope Notes: The Technological Transformation of Surgery
Let's take a look at the evolution of surgery, from rudimentary and life-threatening procedures to today's highly sophisticated operations. Robot surgery offers amazing precision, reduced recovery tim...

Wulf Moon's SUPER SECRETS: Internal Character Arc: Descending Into the Dark Side
Have you read a story where the protagonist’s journey ended with them in a worse state than when they started? This piece explores the concept of the Negative Internal Character Arc. It’s the fina...

The Five Fold Passage
"The Five Fold Passage" provides a simple path to overcoming writer's block and advancing your story when inspiration seems distant. In this article, Scot delivers a structured writing technique that ...

Science Fiction, Robots & AI
Tomo and Humanity, by Esteban Raposo
"Tomo and Humanity" dives into the complex relationship between humans and artificial intelligence through the lens of Tomo, a robotic companion. Set against a backdrop of social upheaval exemplified ...

Science Fiction, SolarPunk
A Business Trip to Natchez, by Christopher Davis
"A Business Trip to Natchez" tells the story of a man from Mars whose mission is to recover a ship that has crashed on Earth. Quickly taken into custody, he ends up in a prison and assigned to repay a...

Science Fiction, Robots & AI
To Catch a Foo Fighter, by David Hankins
"To Catch a Foo Fighter" introduces us to Lieutenant Jimmy "Wraith" Rigg, a mute pilot chosen to fly the experimental X-73 jet. Tasked with capturing a foo fighter, a type of UFO that has intrigued th...

Science Fiction
Making Music on Ganymede, by Chad Gayle
"Making Music on Ganymede" takes us to Jupiter and its most famous moon where Liz —a young resident of Spudsville— becomes enthralled by the possibility of her favorite band, Jantz Ecstatic and th...

Science Fiction, Robots & AI
Happy Activationday to Me, by Santiago Márquez Ramos
"Happy Activationday to Me" explores the life of an AI assistant named Blot as he navigates his daily tasks while yearning for recognition and appreciation, especially on this, the anniversary of his ...

Fantasy, Contemporary Fantasy, Adventure
Living Fossils, by Christopher Blake
"Living Fossils" follows Bishop, a newly minted dragon vet, as he responds to a late-night emergency involving a mid-air collision between a dragon and a plane. The story explores efforts to save an e...

Science Fiction, Time Travel
The Songs of Summer, by Robert Silverberg
"The Songs of Summer" intertwines the stories of Kennon and his community, the peaceful natives of a future Earth, and Chester Dugan, a man from 1956 who mysteriously finds himself transported to Kenn...

Thank You Anvil Issue 16
We have so many people to thank! Founders, Kickstarter Heroes, Contributors, Friends, Family, and First Line Readers.

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