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Free - The Future, Imperfect: Six Dystopian Short Stories by Ruth Nestvold.

The Future, Imperfect is a collection of near future, dystopian short stories by Ruth Nestvold. Environmental changes -- slow in some regions, catastrophic in others -- have had a major effect on our world, not for the better. While water wars and pandemics have devastated the Mediterranean region, and a major earthquake and the resulting destruction of nuclear power plants and sensitive research facilities have made much of California a wasteland, corporate-sponsored enclaves defend themselves from the have-nots. What can any one individual do to make a difference is such a world? These are the stories both of those who tried and those who failed.

Five of the short stories in this collection were previously published in such venues as Asimov's and Futurismic. "Exit Without Saving" also appeared in Rich Horton's Science Fiction 2007: The Best of the Year. "Killfile" is an original publication.

"The Future, Imperfect," is a story collection of approximately 40,000 words.