Possibilia Print Presale is LIVE!
Plus a 3x match from our donors and a ninth story, exclusive to orders by 2pm today
Welcome to Possibilia, where together we will explore possible futures through literature, article, and art - most importantly, through the lens of optimistic, realistic, scientific fiction.
To all of our innovators, inventors, creators, explorers, scientists, artists, and all in between…
…to our friends and readers who will shape the future:
When we started Possibilia, we told you that popular sci-fi had taken a dark path, fueled by fear and doom, the messages largely words of caution. The inspiration and constructive momentum found in works by the likes of Verne, Asimov, and Bradbury had been lost, and man had been taught to distrust society and fear the machine with no glimmer of hope to be found.
We said that was no path to human progress. We said we’d build the alternative.
Issue 0 — our first print publication — is that alternative, and it’s going to press.
Eight short stories. Each paired with a companion essay by a working scientist, researcher, or field expert. Original illustration commissioned to bring each story to life.
Optimistic, realistic sci-fi: original short fiction set in a believable, recognizably better tomorrow, with essays that ground each story in the real research and ongoing work behind it.
A magazine for the future we actually want to live in.
Plus a ninth story, for everyone who orders today
Anyone who orders before 2pm ET today also receives an exclusive short story that does not appear in Issue. Order today and it’s yours (it’s a good one).
Reserve your copy — $20
The pre-sale is powered by Artizen, a match-giving crowdfunding platform for projects reaching into the future. It’s like Kickstarter, but will help us extend our work through to the next issue, and the one after that.
Why today, specifically
We’re running the presale on Artizen, a platform that match-funds projects at the frontier of art, science, technology, and culture. Sponsors raise money into community funds, and every dollar our supporters contribute is matched from those funds while match funding lasts.
Right now Possibilia is at a 3x match — and the match rate changes every Thursday at 2pm ET.
Which means: reserve your $20 copy before 2pm ET today and Artizen adds $60 on top, at no cost to you. Your $20 becomes $80 of support for the magazine.
That difference means getting a head start with the next writers, scientists, and artists, and getting more optimistic, realistic sci-fi onto paper and into the world.
Possibilia exists not only as a space in which to predict or dream, but to actively shape the world with every idea we explore. Together, we’re not just observers of the future; we’re participants.
Reserve your copy before 2pm ET →
Both the 3x match and the exclusive story end at 2pm ET today.
With gratitude,
Olli Payne
Foundation for Future Aesthetics
olli@futureaesthetics.foundation
Possibilia is published by the Foundation for Future Aesthetics, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.