This month Field sits down with author Rachelle Atallato discuss her latest novel Thirsty Animals as well as her new radio series Invasive Species , currently unfolding on Radio 4. Both are fantastic pieces of speculative story telling that pose compelling what ifs which live on long after you've put the novel down or turned the radio off.  Rachelle has also contributed a wide ranging essay on dystopian fiction to Dead Ink Books latest collection Writing The Future. (Following on from Writing the Uncanny it's another great book for writers working in the genre but also just a really good read.) We got to chat with editor Dan Coxon about bringing the project together and some of his favourite speculative fiction published in the past year.  Huge thanks to Huw Marc Bennett for the use of his beautiful music on this episode.    Get your copy of Writing the Future @ https://deadinkbooks.com/product/writingthefuture/ Get your copy of Thirsty Animals @ https://www.theportobellobookshop.com/search Get Huw's music @ https://huwmarcbennett.bandcamp.com/ Help Field grow @ https://www.patreon.com/fieldmagazine