Our Veterans Imagination Project isn't just designed for veterans transitioning to civilian life; it's built by men and women who have walked that same road. Meet Calvin Garrett, a United States Marine Corps veteran and Game and Entertainment Design student at Otis College of Art and Design.

This week’s #FreeFictionResponse essay is “From Gospel to Guide” by @yenooi.bsky.social in response to “Prompts for a Perfect Daughter” by @aijiang.bsky.social from @issuesinst.bsky.social. Ooi is a narrative designer, writer, editor, and researcher specializing in life, storytelling, and philosophy

This week's #freefictionfriday is "Prompts for a Perfect Daughter" from @issuesinst.bsky.social by @aijiang.bsky.social. A young protagonist is forced to follow strict prompts embedded deep in her brain via an implant installed by her parents in the hopes of guiding their child to live a good life.

This week’s #FreeFictionFriday is "Luna" by David Samuel Hudson from “Everything Change: Volume II”. After learning to communicate with an orca in their study, a small team of researchers contemplate what it means to protect her species and honor life on earth. Read here: csi.asu.edu/story/luna/

Prepare to transition from military service to civilian life with the Veterans Imagination Project. Bringing together the shared resources of ASU, this free 10-week program equips veterans for careers beyond the military with futures thinking, collaborative storytelling, and speculative art tools.

We're thrilled to be included in this special issue of the Journal for Technology Assessment in Theory and Practice. Alongside a network of international scholars, we examine how science fiction and technological assessment can help us navigate technological futures. Read here lnkd.in/emh_vFqK.

This week’s #FreeFictionFriday is “Blackstart” by @bjcooper.bsky.social. One torrid July night, the citizens of Arizona find themselves in a blackout. Disaster response and civilians work together to stay cool while volunteers try to solve the problem before the sun rises. medium.com/@imagination...

For the 200,000 veterans who leave military service each year, adjusting to civilian life can be difficult to navigate alone. Two Marine Corps veterans and researchers at ASU know these challenges well and are working to address them through a new community-based intervention.

This week’s #FreeFictionFriday is “Death on Mars” by @madelineashby.bsky.social. Crew members on a mission to Mars first become a community, then a family, who must learn to adapt and heal with one another when the imperfect nature of our species causes emotional rifts. csi.asu.edu/books/vvev/

In this last episode of The Imagination Desk, @edfinn.bsky.social talks with Matt Heffernan, writer, software developer, and sharer of indigenous voices, about the effect of imagination on creating art, language, technology, and identity. Listen onApple Podcasts and Spotify.

We’re thrilled to bring you a new set of classic sci-fi films that have sparked our imaginations. Each screening at Tempe’s Majestic Theater is paired with a scholarly discussion from a local speaker offering new perspectives on the films and how they reflect the hopes and dreams of decades past.

For years, we at CSI have been helping organizations like NASA, Google, and the Smithsonian prepare for the future through scenario planning, storytelling, and speculative art. Now, we’re using those tools to inspire personal transformation for service members transitioning to civilian life.

This week’s #FreeFictionFriday is “Efficiency” by @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social. After solar energy supersedes fossil fuels as the dominant energy source in Chicago, its flaws and limitations become contentious. csi.asu.edu/story/chicag...

Our own Om Gawali recently talked to @anaklimchy.bsky.social about how Jules Verne’s story "From the Earth to the Moon" inspired us to consider the past, present, and future of spaceflight from scientific, humanistic, social, legal, and ethical angles. Watch here: youtu.be/pgGL_J1o7K8?...

In this episode of The Imagination Desk, @edfinn.bsky.social and @patpat.bsky.social, professor at MIT and founding director of the cyborg psychology research group, discuss the impact of AI on human growth and ethical considerations of AI addiction and dependency. Listen on Spotify and Apple Music.

Today we launch the debut book in our "Imagination, Annotated" series with @mitpress.bsky.social, "From the Earth to the Moon: Annotated for Our Spacefaring Age" edited by @anaklimchy.bsky.social. 20% off code: READMIT20 30% off code [TODAY ONLY]: MITP30 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/814346...

Today's #FreeFictionResponse essay is "In the Blink of an Eye" by Will Hellwarth in response to Sofia Samatar's "Mirror, Mirror" from @issuesinst.bsky.social. Hellwarth compares the creation process seen in "Mirror, Mirror" to his experience creating "Before Your Eyes". issues.org/futuretensef...

This week's #FreeFictionFriday is "Mirror, Mirror" by Sofia Samatar from @issuesinst.bsky.social. What happens when you hold someone’s gaze—really hold it? An artist and an inventor try to recreate that experience in Sofia Samatar’s Future Tense Fiction story. Read here: issues.org/futuretensef...

In this episode, @edfinn.bsky.social is joined by @brianchristian.bsky.social to talk about the intersection of art and technology and the pitfalls of co-creating with AI, brainstorming a hopeful future of AI and imagination and AI's effects on creative agency. Listen on Spotify and Apple music!

Check out this conversation with @edfinn.bsky.social and Deji Olukotun with moderator @beritanderson.bsky.social. Join FiRe next year for more at the 2027 conference www.futureinreview.com/event-details-registration/future-in-review-2027 Or see this year's conference: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjaB...

This week’s #FreeFictionFriday is “Plasticized” by Katheryn E. Hill, part of the “Everything Change: Volume III” collection. In this story, Hill thinks through the ways that plastics manifest in our daily lives, our culture, and our biology through motherhood. Read here: csi.asu.edu/story/plasti...

In case you missed it, author @monicabyrne13.bsky.social joined Jason Lloyd on Substack in collaboration with @issuesinst.bsky.social for a conversation on world-building in speculative fiction. View the full conversation here: futuretensefiction.substack.com/p/world-buil...

Join Grist’s @torystephens.bsky.social, founder of Imagine 2200: Climate Future for Future Ancestors, for a deep conversation on speculative climate fiction with renowned author @ShereeReneeThomas.bsky.social, professor of physics Vandana Singh, and engineer @wtalabi.com. luma.com/19l5xgr9

We’re excited to present the first episode of our all-new season of The Imagination Desk, a discussion on AI and the imagination, hosted by our own Ed Finn with Doctor @anna-abraham.bsky.social, professor and neuroscientist.The full season is available to listen to on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

This week’s #FreeFictionFriday is “Field Notes” by Natasha Seymour. A mysterious landmark emerges from the earth amidst a sunbleached Turkish summer. Tourists, archaeologists, and native residents speculate on its relation to the intensifying heat. csi.asu.edu/story/field-...

Join Future Tense Fiction and @monicabyrne13.bsky.social for a live conversation about worldbuilding in speculative fiction. We’ll discuss the social, scientific, and policy dimensions of her fictional worlds, and the tools she uses to create them. open.substack.com/live-stream/...

This week's #FreeFictionResponse essay is "The Purpose of Punishment" by Randy McDonald in response to @monicabyrne13.bsky.social "Golden Rule" from @issuesinst.bsky.social McDonald relates fundamental principles of correction to the justice system in "Golden Rule". issues.org/futuretensef...

This week's #FreeFictionFriday is 'Golden Rule' by @monicabyrne13.bsky.social. A legal system built on the concept of “an eye for an eye”; if you commit a crime, your punishment is that someday a network of state agents will perpetrate the same crime against you. issues.org/futuretensef...

Our latest issue of Imaginary Papers, our quarterly newsletter, is out now, featuring CY Ballard on the video game “Mutazione,”; Jason Nabi on the short story “Runaround”; and Vandana Singh on An Educator’s Guide to Climate Science and Colonialism. mailchi.mp/asu.edu/imag...

If climate fiction is your thing, don't miss this. June 10 I'm hosting Vandana Singh, Sheree Renée Thomas & Wole Talabi on how speculative storytelling shapes what futures feel possible. Free on Zoom | 11am ET. RSVP here: luma.com/19l5xgr9 #CliFi #Solarpunk #Climate #Fiction