{"id":8535,"date":"2018-11-22T11:50:24","date_gmt":"2018-11-22T19:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rifters.com\/crawl\/?p=8535"},"modified":"2018-11-23T09:39:10","modified_gmt":"2018-11-23T17:39:10","slug":"toronto-2033","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rifters.com\/crawl\/?p=8535","title":{"rendered":"Toronto 2033."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Okay, this time let’s see if I can post a fluffy little bit of writing news without provoking a political shitstorm:<\/p>\n

That Google-related fiblet<\/a> \u00a0I posted a few weeks back? I can tell you where that comes from now. The critically-acclaimed<\/a> urban-issues magazine Spacing<\/a> is breaking with tradition and commemorating its 15th anniversary with a special themed-fiction issue [update –<\/strong> actually a perfect-bound book<\/em>]: Toronto 2033<\/em>, curated and edited by local author<\/a>\/indie-game\/lo-tech-moviemaking<\/a> celebrity Jim Munroe<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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My piece is called “Gut Feelings”, and this is Mathew Borrett’s illo thereof.<\/p><\/div>\n

A few months back, ten local authors got together and workshopped with local journos and urban planners. We pondered what might reasonably transpire over the cityscape in the coming years. We built a common broad-strokes scenario, to make sure we’d be playing in the same general sandbox (unlike last year’s Seat 14C<\/a> project, where none of the stories shared the same future even though they all started from the same premise). We agreed on who the mayor would be in 2033, for example. We agreed on the plagues that had passed through. And then each of us went off and wrote a story set against that common backdrop. Visual genius Mathew Borrett<\/a> brilliantly illustrated each.<\/p>\n

The issue’s getting an official launch<\/a> on the evening of December 6, at the genre-themed See-scape<\/a> (very cool place, athough I haven’t been there since they renovated). The authors include Zainab Amadahy,\u00a0 Madeline Ashby, Al Donato, Kristyn Dunnion, Elyse Friedman, Paul Hong, Elan Mastai, Mari Ramsawakh, Karl Schroeder, and me.<\/p>\n

You should go, if you’re in the area. I expect most of those guys will be in attendance.<\/p>\n

I, sadly, will not. Since I’ll be traveling to murmlemumble<\/em><\/span>…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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