We love our dystopias. The dark calls us with a twisty fascination. And yet. No matter how bad things get, there will always be people who refuse, rebel and survive. Enter my dystopian worlds inspired by the Singularity, genomic research gone wrong, a few all-too-possible oppressive ideologies and, of course, the plain-old end of the world.

Collected here are seven stories of the world gone wrong in its hierarchies, ecology, governments, elite circles and controlling technologies from a science fiction and fantasy author known for her unique world-building.