The Furry Future Edited By Fred Patten

The Furry Future Edited By Fred Patten

Description: For the history of the human race we have been locked inside our bodies. Spiritualism, medicine, basic biochemistry and genetic enhancement seek to take us beyond the physical limitations we were born with. The Furry Future is a record of what might become of us once we perfect the methods of reshaping biology.

Fangs and claws could become just another fashion accessory. We might use our technology to create intelligent and able companions as we spread out to the stars, or else create perfect servants unable to disobey the whims of their masters. We may remake ourselves to attain our future across the galaxy and unlock our spiritual potential, or collapse into war over where the boundaries of humanity lie.

These nineteen stories take us to these different futures, each one written in the fur we choose to wear.
 
Contains the following stories:

• Emergency Maintenance by Michael H. Payne
• Tow by Watts Martin
• Experiment Seventy by J. F. R. Coates
• A Bedsheet for a Cape by Nathanael Gass
• Hachimoto by Samuel C. Conway
• Vivian by Bryan Feir
• Family Bonding by Yannarra Cheena
• The Future Is Yours by MikasiWolf
• Distant Shores by Tony Greyfox
• The Analogue Cat by Alice “Huskyteer” Dryden
• The Sequence by NightEyes DaySpring
• Trinka and The Robot by Ocean Tigrox
• Lunar Cavity by Mary E. Lowd
• The Darkness of Dead Stars by Dwale
• Field Research by M. C. A. Hogarth
• The Curators by T. S. McNally
• Evolver by Ronald W. Klemp
• Growing Fur by Fred Patten
• Thebe and the Angry Red Eye by David Hopkins with illustrations by Roz Gibson

Cover art by Teagan Gavet