Each month, Future Tense Fiction —a series of short stories from Future Tense and ASU’s Center for Science and the Imagination about how technology and science will change our lives—publishes a story on a theme. “ Affordances ” by Cory Doctorow, a new science fiction story about how technical restrictions start with powerless people before coming for us all. “ The Arisen ,” by Louisa Hall “ The Song Between Worlds ,” by Indrapramit Das “ No Moon and Flat Calm ,” by Elizabeth Bear| “ Space Leek ,” by Chen Qiufan “ Zero in Babel ,” by E. Lily Yu “ What the Dead Man Said ,” by Chinelo Onwualu “ Double Spiral ,” by Marcy Kelly “ Mika Model ,” by Paolo Bacigalupi “ Mr. Thursday ,” by Emily St. John Mandel “ The Minnesota Diet ,” by Charlie Jane Anders “ Mother of Invention ,” by Nnedi Okorafor “ Domestic Violence ,” by Madeline Ashby “ No Me Dejas ,” by Mark Oshiro “ Safe Surrender ,” by Meg Elison “ A Brief and Fearful Star ,” by Carmen Maria Machado “ The Starfish Girl ,” by