All Possible Futures has its roots in the article All Possible Futures: (Un)Realized Projects from the TASK Newsletter issue #2. excerpted below:
All Possible Futures: (Un)Realized Projects
Speculation in a financial context, is an investment involving higher than normal risk in order to obtain a higher than normal reward; risk is seen as an opportunity. Through researching and understanding the financial market, a speculator can foresee potential increase in the value of a product. This person can then buy stocks in that commodity while the price is low. If the projection holds true, there will be a great profit … but if it is wrong, they can lose everything.
Speculative Fiction is an all-encompassing classification covering fiction genres that describe a reality different from the world we live in today. It includes fantasy, horror, supernatural, superhero, utopian, dystopian, apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic and science fiction writing, among others. Besides alternate versions of our own reality, speculative fiction can explore worlds we have never heard of, with beings that have never existed. The premise most speculative fiction writers base their stories on is the simple question “what if?”continue reading