Wander around Arabia after the regime has fallen or live in a post-apocalyptic America where women have lost all rights; try out Britain in a violent new Ice Age or meet an ancestor, newly brought back to life. Get to know a world where all heads of state have been wiped out or commiserate with a paid Russian troll - or meet the omnipotent beings who rule our destinies for this iteration of the universe. Ten stories where the scale is epic and global and time has passed