Sunday, December 17, 2023

SMFS Member Publishing News: The Gardener's Mystery by Lisa Morton

 

SMFS list member Lisa Morton’s short story, The Gardener's Mystery, appears in the recently released anthology, The Reinvented Detective: Tales of Futuristic Crimes & Mysteries Beyond Time. Published by CAEZIK SF & Fantasy, imprint of Arc Manor, the book is available at Amazon and other vendors.

 

Amazon Description:

The evolution of crime, punishment, and justice in the future.

What happens when time and technology change the definition of crime and punishment?

Science fiction often focuses on future technology without considering the society housing it. Social norms may change as tech changes — or not. What will criminals, investigators, judges, and juries look like in a complicated future of clones, uploaded intelligences, artificial brains, or body augmentation? What stories emerge when we acknowledge the possibilities of new laws, new police methods, and the birth of sentient Artificial Intelligence, as well as all the ways they can clash or combine?

The Reinvented Detective presents stories that complicate law and order as well as the concept of criminals, detectives, punishment, and justice for all by showing how shifting technology, the rise of sentient AIs, and shifting social attitudes may affect what is not only acceptable, but expected, within both real world and digital communities—and everything in-between. These stories reinvent detective and true crime tropes, recasting them for the 21st century, and above all, experimenting, astonishing, and entertaining.

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