Triangulation: Extinction

Triangulation: Extinction is the latest in a series of themed anthologies from Parsec Ink. This year's edition was edited by Isaac E. Payne and Diane Turnshek and deals with the loss of biodiversity on our planet. Species extinction is a serious threat to our way of life. We have compiled twenty-seven SF/F/H stories to bring this issue to life.

One in twelve species will go extinct in the near future. The finger points to us.

Can we bring a species back from extinction? Why are dragons not with us today? Would you condemn a whole species to die so you could live?

Hold fast against the winds of death with the caretakers of the future. Decipher warnings from the past, the future, and worlds between worlds. Be more dangerous than the big game hunters. Doggedly track down the last specimen across three continents. Recognize messages aliens have left for us so we don't continue on the destructive path we're on. Are our successors already waiting in the wings?

Featuring stories by these authors:

Liam Hogan, Blake Jessop, Owen Leddy, Katie Sakanai, Joshua David Bellin, Marshall J. Moore, Elana Gomel, Rhonda Eikamp, Jamie Lackey, Jennifer R. Povey, Jim Hanson, Sean Jones, E.A. Petricone, Brett Kozlowski, Bradley Heywood, Jennifer Lee Rossman, Katrinka Mannelly, Bo Balder, Bethany van Sterling, Steve Carr, Joy Kennedy-O'Neill, Marissa James, Brian Rappatta, Anya Ow, Michael Triozzi, Carina Bissett, & Sam Hicks.

Cover art and six interior illustrations by Katerina Kireeva.

Isaac E. Payne is a marketing specialist by day and a speculative fiction writer by night. He aims to bring awareness to many environmental and social issues through his fiction. Literature is the greatest reflection and codex of the human experience. His fiction has appeared in or is forthcoming from Abyss and Apex, DreamForge Magazine, and Frozen Wavelets. Find him on Twitter @the_paynanator.






Diane Turnshek is a scientist concerned with the loss of biodiversity. As a popular presenter and university lecturer, she creates awareness for living sustainably. She leaves a small footprint on the Earth by wearing natural fibers, following a vegan lifestyle and living in a tiny cabin in the woods. She founded the Triangulation anthology series, editing the first one in 2003. With Chloe Nightingale, she edited Triangulation: Dark Skies (2019). Twitter: @dianeturnshek





John Thompson is a computer programmer who wrote his inaugural story in grade school. For the next few decades, he satisfied his compulsion to write by maintaining two personal blogs and entertaining friends and family with travel journals. After moving to Pittsburgh, he published The Ride of the Edmund Fitzgerald, an account of living in a diesel pusher for two years, exploring the United States with his wife and polydactyl cat. Since 2005 he has been active in several writing groups in St. Louis and Pittsburgh. He is rewriting his first novel, a post-apocalyptic environmental catastrophe set on the Appalachian Trail.





Chloe Nightingale is slowly renovating her Victorian tenement flat in Scotland. She drinks green tea, does Pilates, and has a lot of kids. A former punk trying her hand at lifestyle blogging, you can find her on Twitter @TheTartanVicar.






Katerina Kireeva’s illustrations are guided by brief but visceral visions from the stories, as if telepathically conveyed by the authors themselves. Starting from a rough sketch on a digital canvas, she etches her vision into reality until it has the clarity of a lucid dream. In addition to illustrating, Katerina studies physics and computer science at Carnegie Mellon University, fueled by hopes of making the utopias of science fiction our future reality. You can find her on Instagram @nebular_ink_stain.