Saturday, August 1, 2026

Weekend Shorts - 10 Visions of the Future; or, Self-Care for the End of Days by Samantha Mills

Name - 10 Visions of the Future; or, Self-Care for the End of Days

Written by - Samantha Mills

Published on - Uncanny Magazine (Issue 63)

Alternate realities are all the rage nowadays and this one is quite a fun attempt to put this genre into action, mixing it with a post-apocalyptic and cosmic twist. The prose was fun with bits of humor and an overarching theme of romance, but nothing that seemed rather new to me.

The narrator describes 10 possible futures that she experiences through visions, occurring mostly after an apocalyptic event that keeps the populace trying to survive in various disastrous situations.

This is my first reading of the works of this author, and I found her prose and character work quite enjoyable despite nothing remarkably original on offer.


3 out of 5 stars from me.