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Earth 2100

18 Captivating Visions of a Sci-Fi Future

by J. Scott Coatsworth , D.M. Rasch

Earth on the Cusp of the Twenty-Second Century

Just think how the world has changed in the last seventy-six years. In 1948, scientists ran the first computer program, and "the Ultimate Car of the Future," the futuristic, three wheeled Davis Divan, debuted. Since then, a succession of inventions—the personal computer, the internet, the World Wide Web, smart phones and social media—have transformed every aspect of our lives.

How might the next seventy-six years change us, in ways we can barely even begin to imagine, as culture, climate change, politics and technology continue to reshape the world? Earth in 2100 will be as unrecognizable to us as today would be to someone from 1948.

Eighteen writers tackled this challenge, creating an amazing array of sci-fi possibilities. From emotional AI's to photosynthetic children, from virtual worlds to a post-urban society, our writers serve up compelling slices of life from an Earth that's just around the corner.

So dive in and and take a wild ride into these amazing visions of our collective future.

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Published:
Publisher: Other Worlds Ink
Editors:
Jaime Lee Meyer

Cover Artists:
Kelley York

Genres:
Sci Fi, Sci Fi - Climate Fiction (Cli-Fi), Sci Fi - Dystopian & Post-Apocalyptic, Sci Fi - First Contact, Sci Fi - Genetic Manipulation, Sci Fi - Greenpunk, Sci Fi - Hard Sci Fi, Sci Fi - Hopepunk, Sci Fi - Human Evolution, Sci Fi - LGBTQ+, Sci Fi - Mind Uploads, Sci Fi - Near Future, Sci Fi - Virtual Reality

Tags:
author - american, format - anthology, format - book, format - collection, format - kindle, format - short stories, identity - gay, identity - lesbian, what - topic - genetic engineering

Tropes: Abandoned Place, Band of Brothers/Sisters, Band of Misfits, Body Modifications, Dying World, Farmer to Hero, Fish Out of Water, Found Family, Good Robots, Humanity is Good, Museum/Store of the Unusual, Post-Apocalyptic, Redemption Arc, Sentient AI, Singularity
Word Count: 77200
Setting: Earth in 2100
Languages Available: English
Tropes: Abandoned Place, Band of Brothers/Sisters, Band of Misfits, Body Modifications, Dying World, Farmer to Hero, Fish Out of Water, Found Family, Good Robots, Humanity is Good, Museum/Store of the Unusual, Post-Apocalyptic, Redemption Arc, Sentient AI, Singularity
Word Count: 77200
Setting: Earth in 2100
Languages Available: English
Excerpt:

About the Authors

J. Scott Coatsworth

Scott lives with his husband of more than 30 years in a leafy Sacramento, California suburb, in a little yellow house with a brick fireplace and a couple pink flamingoes out front. He has always inhabited the space between the here and now and the what could be. Indoctrinated into fantasy and sci fi by his mother at the tender age of nine, he devoured her library. But as he grew up and read the golden age classics and more modern works as well, he began to wonder where all the people like him were.

After he came out at twenty three, he decided that it was time to create the kinds of stories he couldn’t find at Waldenbooks. If there weren’t many gay characters in his favorite genres, he would reimagine them himself, populating them with a diverse universe of characters. He would subvert them and remake them to his own ends. And if he was lucky enough, someone else would want to read the things he wrote.

His friends say Scott’s brain works a little differently – he sees relationships between things that others miss, and gets more done in a day than most folks manage in a week. Although he was born an introvert, he learned to reach outside himself and connect with others like him.

Scott writes stories that subvert expectations, that seek to transform traditional sci fi, fantasy, and contemporary worlds into something new and unexpected. He also runs both Queer Sci Fi and QueeRomance Ink with his husband Mark, sites that bring people like them together to promote and celebrate fiction that reflects their own reality.

His writing, whether romance or genre fiction (or a little bit of both) brings a queer energy to his stories, infusing them with love, beauty and power and making them soar. He imagines a world that could be, and in the process, maybe changes the world that is, just a little.

He was recognized as one of the top new gay authors in the 2017 Rainbow Awards, and his debut novel “Skythane” received two awards and an honorable mention.

He runs Queer Sci Fi, QueeRomance Ink, and Other Worlds Ink with Mark, and is a full member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), where he ran the Indie Author Committee for almost three years.

You can find him at Goodreads here, on Amazon here, on QueeRomance Ink here, and on Facebook here.


D.M. Rasch

D.M. Rasch writes feminist speculative fiction for LGBTQ+ young adults and adults, exploring where the social and political meet the personal. Her characters are often found doing their best in worlds that challenge them to become their best selves. Queer representation and reaching out to LGBTQ+ youth drive her writing, informed by her MFA in Creative Writing from Regis University and two bossy sister kittens who like to edit. She identifies as a genderqueer lesbian, currently writing and working (remotely) in the Denver, CO area as a creative mentor, coach, and editor in her business, Itinerant Creative Content & Coaching LLC.