"A powerful story can inspire both health workers and concerned readers to take heart and believe in our ability to cope with changing times."

– David Brin, author of The Postman and EARTH

"Let's make sure the future of healthcare isn't a dystopia!"

– Annalee Newitz*, author of Autonomous, The Future of Another Timeline, Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age,* and Scatter, Adapt, and Remember

"Compelling stories can inspire readers to take positive action to help stop this pandemic. It can inspire the next generation of doctors to be better healthcare providers."

– Seanan McGuire (a.k.a., Mira Grant), author of the October Daye, InCryptid, Indexing, Parasitology, and Wayward Children series

Our visions of the future - whether dark or hopeful, thrilling or mundane - have always challenged us to examine our world. How can we improve? What challenges will we face? Are we even ready?

Top Science Fiction authors, collectively holding 25 Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and Sturgeon awards (a few for Vital stories!), employ the power of engaging fiction to explore these questions and today's most critical issues in medicine.

But Vital doesn't stop at speculation. Proceeds will be donated to the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for the World Health Organization, the global guardian of public health, coordinating the worldwide pandemic response.

Read on to build a better future of Healthcare!

Featuring stories by Paolo Bacigalupi, David Brin, Tananarive Due, Sally Wiener Grotta, Congyun ("Mu Ming") Gu, James Patrick Kelly, Justin C. Key, Seanan McGuire, Annalee Newitz, Julie Nováková, Lola Robles, Eric Schwitzgebel, Alex Shvartsman, Caroline M. Yoachim.

Edited by RM Ambrose