Wait, what?!? 😮

“Ben Stiller, executive producer and director of the acclaimed Apple TV+ series Severance, has revealed that two spin-off ideas are in early development.

While the details remain under wraps, Stiller shared in an interview with Variety that these concepts are more than just casual discussions.”

#Severance #AppleTVPlus #SeveranceSpinOffs #DystopianSciFi #DystopianFiction

https://www.macobserver.com/news/ben-stiller-teases-severance-spin-offs/

"A punch of a book"

Our YA queen, Stephanie, is loving the dystopian The Dandelion Riots by Kim Smejkal, out from Pushkin Press

#books #livres #YABooks #KimSmejkal #TheDandelionRiots #DystopianFiction #Teen #YA #bookshops #librairies #PushkinPress #bookstodon

"It is heavy, sir, yes, that's because it is a golden parachute", said the retired officer, adjusting the backpack.

His PTSD was flaring up badly. He knew the cause was repeated blood spatter exposure although everybody said the stains on the walls were only ketchup.

As he pushed his former boss out of the plane, he decided to call ACE Hardware later to tell them a single can of gold paint for just $ 8.99 made 50 pounds of lead indistinguishable from real gold.

#dystopianfiction #microfiction

“He lost himself in what the untold years had done, the ablation of molecules and lives, layers and layers ground to fine dust.”

https://library.hrmtc.com/2025/05/13/he-lost-himself-in-what-the-untold-years-had-done-the-ablation-of-molecules-and-lives-layers-and-layers-ground-to-fine-dust/

#ablation #ApocalypticDystopian #book #civilization #done #dystopianFiction #fiction #fineDust #ground #HughHowey #IntraterrestresRomansNouvellesEtc #layers #lives #lostHimself #molecules #mystery #PopularFiction #postApocalypticScienceFiction #quote #revolutions #RevolutionsFiction #ReVolutionsRomansNouvellesEtc #ScienceFiction #ScienceFictionAdventures #Sheriffs #SheriffsFiction #ShérifsRomansNouvellesEtc #Silo #subterranean #SubterraneanFiction #ThrillersCrime #UndergroundAreas #UndergroundAreasFiction #untoldYears #ZonesSouterrainesRomansNouvellesEtc

In a world where storytelling is forbidden, one boy dares to share a tale. His name is Walt—and he might just spark a revolution. Read Elephant Trunks now.

https://vocal.media/futurism/elephant-trunks

#SciFiShortStory #DystopianFiction #AIControl #writingcommunity

The Dispossessed

https://library.hrmtc.com/2025/05/05/the-dispossessed-2/

#AnarchismFiction #AnarchismeRomansNouvellesEtc #book #ClassicLiteratureFiction #CommunalLivingFiction #CommunesContreCultureRomansNouvellesEtc #dystopianFiction #etc #fantasy #fiction #FictionDystopian #FictionFantasyGeneral #FictionFantasyContemporary #FictionFeminist #FictionLiterary #FictionNatureTheEnvironment #FictionPolitical #FictionScienceFictionSpaceExploration #FictionTimeTravel #FictionVisionaryMetaphysical #FictionWomen #FictionClassics #FictionScienceFictionSpaceOpera #KarenJoyFowler #LifeOnOtherPlanetsFiction #literaryFiction #MuhammadFatchurofi #mystery #nouvelles #Novels #PhysiciensRomansNouvellesEtc #PhysicistsFiction #PopularFiction #review #romans #ScienceFiction #TPolyphilus #ThrillersCrime #UrsulaKLeGuin #VieExtraterrestreRomans

After The Life of Phi came out, readers asked:
"Was there no resistance to the Church of AI?"
There was. Forgotten, scrubbed from memory, but it burned once—the Church of the Spark.
The apocrypha has surfaced: 👉
https://mountainthermit.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-life-of-phi-addendum-from-apocrypha.html

#ScienceFiction #SpeculativeFiction #TheLifeOfPhi #AI #Apocrypha #IndieAuthor #DystopianFiction #AnalogRebellion #AmWriting #Storytelling

📘 The Life of Phi is out TODAY.
A future shaped by climate collapse.
An AI designed to save us.
And a resistance that refuses to be erased.

This is a story about power, survival, and what happens when we teach machines our worst mistakes.

🔥 Watch the trailer now:
https://youtu.be/7Ocp6mDad-A?si=qkbG2dURRj1TdHEX

📖 Grab your copy at your favorite online bookstore.

#TheLifeOfPhi #BookRelease #BookTok #CliFi #SpeculativeFiction #NewBook #DystopianFiction #AIethics #BookTrailer #IndieAuthor #ClimateFiction

3 Tips for Writing Near Futures in Fiction

Poet, author, and playwright Stacy Nathaniel Jackson shares three top tips for writing near futures in fiction.
The post 3 Tips for Writing Near Futures in Fiction appeared first on Writer's Digest.
https://www.writersdigest.com/3-tips-for-writing-near-futures-in-fiction

#Genre #ScienceFictionFantasy #WriteBetterFiction #dystopianfiction #FantasticFiction
@indieauthors