Nicky Drayden

Cassandra Khaw

Carmen Maria Machado

Indrapramit Das

S.L. Huang

Jeremy Szal

S.B. Divya

Naru Dames Sundar

Caroline M. Yoachim

Richie Narvaez

Eliza Victoria

Darcie Little Badger

James Beamon

Karlo Yeager Rodríguez

Ananyo Bhattacharya

Zina Hutton

Malon Edwards

Laurie Tom

Kuzhali Manickavel

Julia Rios

José Pablo Iriarte

Julie M. Rodriguez

LaShawn M. Wanak

Jeremy Sim

Samuel Marzioli

Eve Shi

Representation Matters.

Fantastic Stories prides itself on being open to underrepresented voices. Science fiction and fantasy should encompass the totality of the human experience, in all of its diversity and complexity. Fantastic Stories is determined to explore a more inclusive, realistic vision of the future.

People of color have been publishing some of the highest quality science fiction and fantasy since the genre's earliest days. Yet, there still persists a perception that science fiction and fantasy is somehow a white field. We'd like to help shatter that illusion and showcase some of the finest writer's that science fiction and fantasy has to offer. Here are twenty six flash stories that will do just that.