UTOPIA/HAVOC

From the last snow protea clinging to a dying mountain to the oceanic cities of a reborn Earth,
UTOPIA/HAVOC traces humanity’s long arc through collapse, adaptation, and renewal.

In these stories, the end is never clean. The cities of tomorrow shimmer with both promise and ruin;
technology becomes a god, a weapon, and a mirror. Lovers meet inside virtual heavens, rebels rise
from the ashes of burnt-out empires, and new mythologies take root in the cracks of what was once
civilisation.

Each story stands alone, yet together they chart a single continuum – from the smog-choked present
to a solarpunk horizon that offers glimpses of what we might achieve, what we might overcome, if we
act now.

Featuring acclaimed and emerging voices in speculative fiction, UTOPIA/HAVOC is a journey across
the boundaries of genre and hope: a collision of despair and beauty, grief and growth, ruin and
rebirth.

Here's the full list of stories that will appear in this anthology:
“The Last Snow Protea” by Laurie Janey
“Perfect Worlds” by Jenna Mervis
“Small Rebellions” by Joss Wyer
“Out of Body, Out of Mind” by Luke Fourie
“Over the Mountain, Beyond the Barrens” by Nerine Dorman
“The Benediction of Gaia” by Ciaran R. Maidwell
“Buried Alive” by Thandi Rose 
“The Water that Hides in the Waves” by Stef van Staden
“Paper Lantern Boys” by Marius du Plessis

What will humanity build when everything has burned? Will havoc reign, or might we find our own
small utopias in between it all?