Bleak Horizons

Gleaming utopias, friendly alien species, allied confederations

These idealistic dreams can easily fall into a horrible reality—nightmare fueled visions of the future to come.

From the loneliness of space, to the horror of first contact gone awry, to planetary colonies facing annihilation; Bleak Horizons offers fifteen stories about what horrors lie waiting for those who look to the future.

Contents

Adrift by Kandrel
4/13/2060 by Franklin Leo
Hardwire by Ton Inktail
The Ouroboros Plate by Slip Wolf
The First Viewing by Corgi W
Clicking by Ianus J. Wolf
Blink by James Stone
Pentangle by Ross Whitlock
Starless by Searska GreyRaven
This Way by Frances Pauli
Outlier by Donald Jacob Uitvlugt
Not Like Us by KC Alpinus
Clear and Cruel by Bill Kieffer
Blessed are the Meek by Rechan
Hollow by Chris "Sparf" Williams

Cover art by Kappy, edited by Tarl Hoch