Speculative Fiction
A Future We Must Prevent
A fictional story about real possibilities.
Set in a near future shaped by the same forces explored in our factual investigations, this series follows one family’s journey through a rapidly changing world.
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How to read this series
Rooted in Real Risks
The story draws on the risks examined in our factual investigations.
Imagined Characters and Events
The people, events and reports in this series are fictional.
A Warning, Not a Prediction
It explores possible consequences. It does not predict what will happen.
The Facts Are Reported Separately
Our evidence-based reporting is published in The World Today.
The Story
About the Series
A Future We Must Prevent is a speculative fiction series that brings the risks explored in our factual investigations to life through the experiences of one family.
It does not report events. It imagines how converging crises could reach ordinary lives, so readers can consider the choices that might prevent them.
The Chapters
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8 interconnected chapters.
8
chapters coming soon, added as they are published.
- Chapter 01
- Chapter 02
- Chapter 03
- Chapter 04
- Chapter 05
- Chapter 06
- Chapter 07
- Chapter 08
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The facts behind the fiction
The risks this story imagines are examined with evidence and sources in The World Today, our factual investigations.
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