FUTURES
18 December 2020

The list

A very seasonal proposal.

Pip Coen⁰

Pip Coen
1. Pip Coen is supposed to be a neuroscientist, even got the PhD and everything. But real brains are frustratingly complicated, so he often prefers to write about fictional ones instead. He is a graduate of the 2015 Clarion Writers’ Workshop, and his writing has appeared in Fantasy & Science Fiction, Apex and Compelling SF.
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Two mince pies sit on a plate — Illustration by Jacey

Marina gritted her teeth against the cold. She needed to focus. For six months, she’d been living in a tiny village surrounded by frozen tundra, waiting for this moment. The door creaked, and a welcome cloud of warmth curled into the frigid air. A man — she would’ve guessed mid-sixties — was grinning at her, sporting an over-sized dressing gown and loose slippers. “So, you’re the one pestering Alfy Shenk every time he enters the village.”