21 Futures Blog

21 Tips for Winning Short Fiction Competitions

August 2025 will be the very first Fiction Month on Stacker News. 21 Futures has sponsored the competition, which boasts a total prize fund of 200k sats. The overall winner receives 100k sats, and te... ...more

Culture

July 29, 2025•5 min read

21 Futures Announces Strategic Partnership with Vexl

21 Futures and Vexl are announcing a strategic partnership to promote cypherpunk stories and non-KYC Bitcoin. ...more

Interview

July 23, 2025•2 min read

FICTION - Static Between Signals

Tonight, my pals are meeting to watch movies. Yup. That ancient stuff. Flickering screens. Glowing pixels in the dark. Eyes wide, and hearts racing. Sometimes laughter. Sometimes gasps. Priceless expe... ...more

Fiction

July 15, 2025•1 min read

The Story of 21 Futures - How We Started and Where We're Going

The Story of 21 Futures - How we started and where we are going. Get the latest news in this update from chief editor, Philip Charter. ...more

Interview

July 07, 2025•4 min read

FICTION - The Journal's Alchemists

Leo's eleventh birthday party was not as disenchanting as he expected it to be. At first, his anxiety was driven by his father's uplifting promise of a mysterious gift: "I will give it to you after th... ...more

Fiction

July 01, 2025•15 min read

FICTION - The Fixer: Medical Device Exorcist

It’s that kind of crappy day: so cold the rain’s freezing to the windows and the roads are gridlocked. I don’t drive, and sometimes gridlock is good for business, but I do walk, and no one loves being... ...more

Fiction

June 17, 2025•9 min read