Robert Bagnall

What if numbers really mattered?Solar explosions known as "The Pulse" have rendered all electronics useless and sent Mankind back to a pre-digital age.In St Petersburg, Alexi, an aging Russian professor of mathematics with a tragic past, stumbles on two truths: the first, the oppressive regime has been lying to the people, and the second is that, with sufficient energy, reality can be split in two.Alexi finds himself in a parallel ultra-modern St Petersburg, with the possibility of combining his two separate worlds - and his shattered family.

The future we all want.Twenty authors contribute short science fiction and fantasy stories abouttheir visions of a brighter future.Explore how life might change with increasing use of social media, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, space exploration, and medicaladvances. Envision worlds where climate change can be mitigatedthrough technology, and war is a thing of the past. Third Flatiron's "Gotta Wear Eclipse Glasses" offers new opportunities to boldly go where none have gone before. Contributors include Christopher Muscato, Robert Bagnall, Jenny Blackford, Paul A. Freeman, Angelique Fawns, Patrick Hurley, Gustavo Bondoni, David Cleden, Eneasz Brodski, Emily Martha Sorensen, Koji A. Dae, Chloie Piveral, Liam Hogan, Mike Adamson, Alexandra Seidel, Neil James Hudson, Ville Nummenpaa, Matt Tighe, Mariev Erie Matriarch, and John Kiste. Edited by Juliana Rew.