I haven’t been this high-functioning since last century.”…

“His life was now the life of a collector, and that gave it meaning. Evening after evening he would count and arrange his cuttings…

— Karel Čapek

“They were here from the beginning. They have reshaped our lives, run us from our homes. They were always here.”

— Nadège Richards

“David tears a chocolate chip cookie in half. “Want some?” He holds a piece out to me. The chocolate glistens, and the brown-buttery inside…

— Claire LaZebnik

Writers of feminist dystopian fiction are alert to the realities that grind down women's lives, that make the unthinkable suddenly thinkable.

— Naomi Alderman

“Their conversation ceased abruptly with the entry of an oddly-shaped man whose body resembled a certain vegetable. He was a thickset fellow with calloused…

— Jeff Phillips

“I lived in an enclave in which our oldest had seen twenty-five years. His face was withered, and his fingers shook when he attempted…

— Ann Aguirre

“Fantastic,” I said without an ounce of enthusiasm. “I’m just one more embarrassing confession away from taking over the world.” --Spencer Nye”

— Jason Letts

“The law isn't merciful.”

— Cate Campbell Beatty

“It's time, Perry". He let her go. She took a step back, taking in his face one last time. His green eyes. The bend…

— Veronica Rossi

“Every future has a price.”

— J.K. Ellem

“Well one tiny poisonous spider can kill a very large man if it bites him in the right place.”

— Michael Monroe

“That was a double negative, Jemail. By saying that you haven’t seen nobody, you’re actually saying that you have seen somebody.”

— Michael Monroe

“I’m thinking ahead, imagining what our lives together would be like once we’re free from this hell and allowed to live and let go.…

— Leslie Lee Sanders

“But really, that is kind of silly,' Abigail tried to explain. 'I mean, a book is much less personal than a programmed screen that…

— William Sleator

“The James Bond movies and the comic books had it all wrong. You did not need elaborate contraptions, complicated plans, and futuristic doomsday weapons…

— James J. Caterino