We are living in A Punk Rock Future. It seems like it more and more every day! In A Punk Rock Future, twenty-six fantasy and science fiction authors mash up punk rock music and speculative fiction in both near and far future visions. There’s a freecycle nation skateboarding and intentional community story, another about a band like The Clash playing a mind-blowing gig on Mars, and an anti-fascism flash fiction featuring two amused ravens. And 23 more future punk stories.

A Punk Rock Future includes stories from Steven Assarian, Stewart C Baker, Matt Bechtel, Michael Harris Cohen, P.A. Cornell, M. Lopes da Silva, R. K. Duncan, Anthony W. Eichenlaub, Spencer Ellsworth, Maria Haskins, Margaret Killjoy, Jordan Kurella, Priscilla D. Layne, Wendy Nikel, Charles Payseur, Kurt Pankau, Sarah Pinsker, Zandra Renwick, dave ring, Jennifer Lee Rossman, Josh Rountree, Erica L. Satifka, Vaughan Stanger, Marie Vibbert, Dawn Vogel, Izzy Wasserstein, and Corey J. White.

Cover design and layout by Eva Heaps.

INTRODUCTION

TRIAL AND TERROR by Erica L. Satifka

WE WON T BE HERE TOMORROW by Margaret Killjoy

EXOPUNK’S NOT DEAD by Corey J. White

MAKE AMERICA SK8 by Zandra Renwick

THE KEY by Michael Harris Cohen

GHOSTS ARE ALL OF US by Spencer Ellsworth

THIS NEXT SONG IS CALLED PUNK ROCK VALHALLA by Izzy Wasserstein

ELECTRIC TEA by Marie Vibbert

BAD REPUTATION by Jordan Kurella and dave ring

DEEPSTER PUNKS by Maria Haskins

A SONG TRANSMUTED by Sarah Pinsker

DANCE OF THE TINBOOT FAIRY by Charles Payseur

HAIRSTYLE AND ANARCHY by Anthony W. Eichenlaub

MUSIC, LOVE, AND OTHER THINGS THAT DAMNED CAT HAS PEED ON by Stewart C Baker

FURY’S HOUR by Josh Rountree

RICK’S TEE SHIRT by Matt Bechtel

VINYL WISDOM by P.A. Cornell

THIRD RULE IS: DON’T TALK TO ALIENS by Jennifer Lee Rossman

FOUND EARWORMS by M. Lopes da Silva

THE WORLD BURNED DAY-GLO by Priscilla D. Layne

LOST IN THE SUPERMARKET by Wendy Nikel

MUSIC FOR AN ELECTRONIC BODY by R. K. Duncan

WAILSONG by Kurt Pankau

DESPITE ALL MY RAGE by Dawn Vogel

I THINK WE NEED TO HEAR THAT AGAIN by Vaughan Stanger

YOU CAN T KILL POLKA by Steven Assarian

ABOUT THE EDITOR

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS