TY - ABST T1 - And the Last Trump Shall Sound: A Future History of America Y1 - 2020 A1 - Harry [Norman] Turtledove (b. 1949) A1 - James [Kenneth] Morrow (b. 1947) A1 - Cat[herine Tigerlily] Rambo (b. 1963) KW - Female author KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

The work contains three connected stories about the secession of Pacifica (California, Oregon, and Washington) from the United States, which is suffering under the permanent presidency of Mike (Michael Richard) Pence. The stories are Turtledove’s “The Breaking of Nations” (1-81), Morrow’s, “The Purloined Republic” (83-180), and Rambo’s “Because it is Bitter” (181-255).

PB - Caezik SF & Fantasy/Arc Manor CY - Rockville, MD SN - 978-1-647100056 U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - “Call and Answer” Y1 - 2019 A1 - Langley Hyde ED - Cat[herine Tigerlily] Rambo (b. 1963) KW - English author KW - Female author KW - US author AB -

The U.S. is completely controlled by fundamentalists, and bordering countries, like Canada, will not admit anyone with the U.S. passport, which separates a mother from her husband and child, with the story told in letters by the mother. 

JF - If This Goes On PB - Parvus Press CY - Yardley, PA U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - “The Choices You Made” Y1 - 2019 A1 - Sylvia Spruck Wrigley ED - Cat[herine Tigerlily] Rambo (b. 1963) KW - Estonian author KW - Female author KW - German author KW - US author AB -

The story tells of the creation of dystopias through the choices people make. 

JF - If This Goes On PB - Parvus Press CY - Yardley, PA U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - “Counting the Days” Y1 - 2019 A1 - Kathy Schilbach ED - Cat[herine Tigerlily] Rambo (b. 1963) KW - English author KW - Female author KW - French author AB -

A dystopia in which at age seventy-five no further medical care is given. you then have ninety days to live. 

JF - If This Goes On PB - Parvus Press CY - Yardley, PA U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "Dead Wings" Y1 - 2019 A1 - Rachel Chimits ED - Cat[herine Tigerlily] Rambo (b. 1963) KW - Female author KW - US author AB -

Dystopia in which bodies are replaceable. 

JF - If This Goes On PB - Parvus Press CY - Yaedley, PA U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "Editor's Eyes" Y1 - 2019 A1 - Calie Voorhis ED - Cat[herine Tigerlily] Rambo (b. 1963) KW - Female author KW - US author AB -

Dystopia in which organs for transplant are put out to bid. 

JF - If This Goes On PB - Parvus Press CY - Yardley, PA U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "Fine" Y1 - 2019 A1 - Jamie Lackey ED - Cat[herine Tigerlily] Rambo (b. 1963) KW - Female author KW - US author AB -

A dystopia in which guns are so prevalent that, having passed a proficiency test at five, the permit to carry is tattooed on an arm. Shootings are so common that everyone wears armor on leaving home and no one goes out unless necessary. 

JF - If This Goes On PB - Parvus Press CY - Yardley, PA U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "Free WiFi" Y1 - 2019 A1 - Marie [Lillian] Vibbert (b. 1974) ED - Cat[herine Tigerlily] Rambo (b. 1963) KW - Female author KW - US author AB -

Dystopia in which all access to the internet is controlled by corporations, all education is for profit and any minor lapse can get you set to a work farm. 

JF - If This Goes On PB - Parvus Press CY - Yardley, PA U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - “A Gardener’s Guide to the Apocalypse” Y1 - 2019 A1 - Lynette Mejía ED - Cat[herine Tigerlily] Rambo (b. 1963) KW - Female author KW - US author AB -

Post-apocalyptic dystopia (nuclear war) as seen through the eyes of a gardener trying to grow food.

JF - If This Goes On PB - Parvus Press CY - Yardley, PA U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - “Green Glass: A Love Story” Y1 - 2019 A1 - E. Lily Yu ED - Cat[herine Tigerlily] Rambo (b. 1963) KW - Female author KW - US author AB -

The story is set in a climate-change future and stresses the extremely different situations of the rich and poor.

JF - If This Goes On PB - Parvus Press CY - Yardley, PA SN - 978-0999784211 978-1-5344-4959-6 978-1-64566-048-4 N1 -

pt. in The Year’s Best Science Fiction Volume 1. Ed. Jonathan Strahan (New York: Saga Press, 2020), 453-63, with an editor’s note on 453; and in her Jewel Box: Stories (New York Erewhon Books/Kensington Publishing, 2023), 59-70.

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - King Harvest (Will Surely Come)” Y1 - 2019 A1 - Nisi [Denise Angela] Shawl (b. 1955) ED - Cat[herine Tigerlily] Rambo (b. 1963) KW - African American author KW - Female author AB -

A dystopia in which the U.S. Heartland has walled itself off from the rest of the country and expelled all those who don’t fit, such as everyone who is not white. Religious fundamentalism has evolved into a politico-religious system with a hereditary monarch who must be ritually killed at regular intervals. 

JF - If This Goes On PB - Parvus Press CY - Yardley, PA U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - “Making Happy” Y1 - 2019 A1 - [Alexandra] Renwick ED - Cat[herine Tigerlily] Rambo (b. 1963) KW - Canadian author KW - Female author KW - US author AB -

Corporate dystopia in which areas of the city are bought by corporations and filled with unescapable digital ads.

JF - If This Goes On PB - Parvus Press CY - Yardley, PA U3 -

Zandra Renwick [pseud.]

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "One Shot" Y1 - 2019 A1 - Tiffany E. Wilson ED - Cat[herine Tigerlily] Rambo (b. 1963) KW - Female author KW - US author AB -

The dystopia of privatized medical care in the future. 

JF - IF This Goes On PB - Parvus Press CY - Yardley, PA U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - “A Pocketful of Dolphins” Y1 - 2019 A1 - Judy Helfrich ED - Cat[herine Tigerlily] Rambo (b. 1963) KW - Canadian author KW - Female author AB -

A dystopia in which people are controlled by implants that release chemicals into their bodies in response to established metrics that are monitored by the implants. The story focuses on controlling fantasies. 

JF - If This Goes On PB - Parvus Press CY - Yardley, PA U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - “Tasting Bleach and Decay in the City of Dust” Y1 - 2019 A1 - Beth Dawkins ED - Cat[herine Tigerlily] Rambo (b. 1963) KW - Female author KW - US author AB -

Pollution dystopia. 

JF - If This Goes On PB - Parvus Press CY - Yardley, PA U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - “That Our Flag Was Still There” Y1 - 2019 A1 - Sarah Pinsker (b. 1977) ED - Cat[herine Tigerlily] Rambo (b. 1963) KW - Female author KW - US author AB -

A dystopia of extreme patriotism, where, for example, a permit is needed to criticize the president.

JF - If This Goes On PB - Parvus Press CY - Yardley, PA SN - 978-1-62873-199-9 N1 -

Rpt. in her Lost Places. Stories (Easthampton, MA: Small Beer Press, 2023), 36-50.

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - “Three Data Units” Y1 - 2019 A1 - Kitty-Lydia Dye ED - Cat[herine Tigerlily] Rambo (b. 1963) KW - English author KW - Female author AB -

Dystopia in which AI’s are used to control people. 

JF - If This Goes On PB - Parvus Press CY - Yardley, PA U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - “Twelve Histories Scrawled in the Sky” Y1 - 2019 A1 - Aimee Ogden ED - Cat[herine Tigerlily] Rambo (b. 1963) KW - Female author KW - US author AB -

Brief dystopia in which the official history is being constantly changed and all cities must keep up with the changes. 

JF - If This Goes On PB - Parvus Press CY - Yardley, PA U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "Big Rural" Y1 - 2018 A1 - Cat[herine Tigerlily] Rambo (b. 1963) ED - Clark A. Miller ED - Joey Eschrich KW - Female author KW - US author AB -

The story focuses on the negative impact of corporate solar power on rural areas and ways of lessening that impact. 

JF - The Weight of Light: A Collection of Solar Futures PB - : Center for Science and the Imagination Arizona State University CY - Tempe, AZ UR - https://www.dropbox.com/s/961pb8yve314a8r/Weight_of_Light.epub?dl=0 U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "Apple Jack" Y1 - 2011 A1 - K. C. Ball [pseud.] (1975-2018) ED - Cat[herine Tigerlily] Rambo (b. 1963) KW - Female author KW - US author AB -

A post-apocalyptic dystopia with fantasy elements. 

JF - Snapshots from a Black Hole & Other Oddities. Stories by K. C. Ball PB - Hydra House CY - Seattle, WA SN - 978-0-948301-0-7 U3 -

Ball, K. C. [pseud.]

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "Surrogates" Y1 - 2010 A1 - Cat[herine Tigerlily] Rambo (b. 1963) ED - Mike Allen KW - Female author KW - US author AB -

Dystopia of a future society in which people can have chips that change their perceptions and "surrogates" create who are both servants and sexual partners.

JF - Clockwork Phoenix 3: New Tales of Beauty and Strangeness PB - Norilana Books CY - Winnetka, WI N1 -

Rpt. in her Near + Far: Stories of the Near Future and Far (Seattle, WA: Hydra House, 2012), 107-18. Near and Far are bound back-to-back.

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