The Furry Future - Martin Watts

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