This is an ongoing project in forward, realist thinking. It is an effort based on the notion that our own humble present was once a wild, wonderful future.
Too often, gadgets and buzzwords drive the action in the future society. My attempt is to create a real, living future for the reader. Some of it is forward projection. The rest is guesswork and imagination. On first read, some of it seems odd or wrong. Much is left unexplained in "conventional" terms. But such would be our world to an outsider to our time, and therin lies the appeal of the stories.
Realist futures bristle with unfamiliar, exciting new personalities and situations. Beneath it all, they are as we.After all, the human experience is all we really have, now and forever.
Below are descriptions of my recent works, and links to the first page or two for your inspection. To receive the entire work, to inquire about publication rights,or to chat about writing, futurism or whatever, email me at info@ffilmar.org
All works copyright 2002,2003,2004
Simbatu
It has blonde hair and human skin, but underneath it's all feline.
The year is 2048 and NASA is putting a cat in space, Bronze Groover's cat.
Oh no!
A Star for Bailer
"Slice Sweet stands on the twisted mangrove root,snapping her fingers to the silent rhythm in her head."
Geeze.
One month ago we had such a simple assignment. Trudge through the sawgrass, tag a few loons, and get out of the everglades before the permits expire. Now I stand in knee-deep sludge, four miles from base-camb with a Celestron G-14 telescope strapped to my back. I hope we get to high ground before the comet sets.
Moonshifter
A trendy techno-broker bent on becoming the richest, most provocative man in the moon-mining business. Clevis Hollock blends science, public opinion and libido into a business plan that turns the solar system into a billiards game. As long as he gets laid, so what if he blows up a few worlds!
Silicon G.I.B.
Time: Near the end of K2, the Second Korean Situation Place: Thirty miles south of occupied North Korea Sit. Rep.: The 'double-nickel', a highly decorated sentient reconnissance aircraft leads 'Operation Final Flare' - an offensive to bring the war to a close. Pleu, Shift, Mac and Donnelly are on-board with a new commander, and an unusual mission objective.
Sperre Heart
In twenty-third century New York City a lonely young man only has passion for old books and the Empire State Building. Then he discovers the diary of a young woman from 1988, and from her words finds new directions for his life. A future look at the past, in Sperre Heart.
Twenty/Twenty
Remar Jackson's vacation is all in his head.
Some go back to relive a favorite memory or to see things in their past again. But some reinvent the past to create a better future.
Light Boy
A young mathematician with the vision to understand the secret of light itself struggles to convince his peers that only faith in his methods and rigorous proofs can find the truth. His salvation comes at the hands of his nemesis: an ardent experimentalist from the geology department. What is darkness? What is light? It depends how you look at it, I suppose.
Goosed!
Haaa-wwwkk! First light and I float on the water near My Mate. The Late Young paddle by whiles Staccato stretches it's long neck and levels it's bill. Soon the group will head over the rough to take in Green. Good Green. But what's that blurry black object out there moving about?
