Archive - Futurist Letters

The Men’s Book Club

Fiction: A young man struggles to keep control of a reading group in a small town.

42 mins ago • kelvin

Deliberately Underground Lit

A review of author Brad Kelly’s new novel The Earthen Dark.

Jun 7 • Stephen Pimentel

The Backrooms Before Backrooms

The haunted spaces of yesterday that could have clued us in to the Backrooms’ success.

Jun 2 • Cairo Smith

Fiction: A dating app mirage lingers in a young man's mind.

Jun 1 • pris86

May 2026

A Body for Amanda

A photo series for A Cancellation and reflections on character.

May 30 • Cairo Smith

Fiction: The first chapter of the new novel from Cairo Smith.

May 30 • Cairo Smith

Debbie Puck Goes On

Fiction: A Y2K rom com heroine continues through life seeking meaning.

May 22 • Cairo Smith

Print Release: Bad End

The third physical edition of Futurist Letters, out now.

May 17 • Cairo Smith

Announcing the first Futurist Letters serata.

May 13 • Cairo Smith

To a Ghost of Web 1.0

A writer remembers a lost friend.

May 5 • Lillian Wang Selonick

April 2026

Everything Is Fine

Fiction: A man grapples with a relationship and an ex.

Apr 28 • Kate Hodges

The Origins of the Tortured Writer

Thoughts on a theory of great works and their makers.

Apr 16 • Michael Mohr

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