Hi Tabi - On the first comment at the bottom of this page, it says:
"When I say "related to my project Journey, A Short Story" it’s a loose relationship with a pretty wide open premise.
Everyone is free to dream up their own version of what life on Earth In The Year 10,000is like."
So it’s not "just futuristic", which could be 2150 - it should take place roughly 8,000 or so years in the future. But other than that, you have complete creative freedom and it is not even necessary to read Mykl’s short story. There is also no need per se, to state in your story what year it is - because that is already implied in the anthology title.
A young princess and others must band together to save their world from imminent ecological collapse in this fantasy-adventure story, reminiscent of Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings and Herbert’s Dune.
The world is dark and broken after the god-king’s ambition nearly destroyed it. Jak Fuller is an orphan whose love of stories has led him to wander in search of legends. Soon it leads him to the allure of dark magic...
Cancer Nation is a sprawling, edge-of-your-seat ride through a beautifully imagined, near-future world in which absolute power has corrupted absolutely and vigilance against the hive-mind is the only way to set an enslaved people free.
Cora, one of the last Sentinels, remains the last line of defense against an unknown enemy laying siege to her planet. Together with a handful of allies, Cora must find a way to protect the one thing this enemy had come to destroy - the humans.
Fractured between two timelines, John has to survive unresolved questions in 2010 as he lives through the eyes of a mysterious racer in 3027. Ideas and realities melt into sheer nightmares as John’s mind twists and bends down a dangerous road.
Above Acuity’s Monolith, a seldom seen aurora, a disharmonic schism which heralds contention and strife. The Anodecum’s journey across the Divides is begun, but Destiny rarely walks her chosen in a straight path. Come Harvester, Necromagians in tow.
Ghosts of War: Retribution is a fast paced science fiction thriller that takes you beyond the edge of the galaxy to answer one question, how far will a man go for revenge?
"When I say "related to my project Journey, A Short Story" it’s a loose relationship with a pretty wide open premise.
So it’s not "just futuristic", which could be 2150 - it should take place roughly 8,000 or so years in the future. But other than that, you have complete creative freedom and it is not even necessary to read Mykl’s short story. There is also no need per se, to state in your story what year it is - because that is already implied in the anthology title.