diff --git a/lib/future.js b/lib/future.js
index cec235c4..2e563531 100644
--- a/lib/future.js
+++ b/lib/future.js
@@ -9,12 +9,13 @@ class Future {
     return new Future(resolve => resolve(value));
   }
 
+  static err(error) {
+    return new Future((resolve, reject) => reject(error));
+  }
+
   chain(fn) {
     return new Future((resolve, reject) =>
-      this.fork(
-        value => fn(value).fork(resolve, reject),
-        error => reject(error)
-      )
+      this.run(value => fn(value).run(resolve, reject), error => reject(error))
     );
   }
 
@@ -31,13 +32,13 @@ class Future {
     );
   }
 
-  fork(successed, failed) {
+  run(successed, failed) {
     this.executor(successed, failed);
   }
 
   promise() {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      this.fork(value => resolve(value), error => reject(error));
+      this.run(value => resolve(value), error => reject(error));
     });
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/future.js b/test/future.js
index a056772d..59e2ea9a 100644
--- a/test/future.js
+++ b/test/future.js
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 const { Future, futurify } = require('..');
 const metatests = require('metatests');
 
-metatests.test('Future map/fork', async test => {
+metatests.test('Future map/run', async test => {
   Future.of(3)
     .map(x => x ** 2)
-    .fork(value => {
+    .run(value => {
       test.strictSame(value, 9);
       test.end();
     });
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ metatests.test('Future resolve', async test => {
     setTimeout(() => {
       resolve(5);
     }, 0);
-  }).fork(value => {
+  }).run(value => {
     test.strictSame(value, 5);
     test.end();
   }, test.mustNotCall());
@@ -31,7 +31,14 @@ metatests.test('Future resolve', async test => {
 metatests.test('Future reject', async test => {
   new Future((resolve, reject) => {
     reject(new Error('msg'));
-  }).fork(test.mustNotCall(), error => {
+  }).run(test.mustNotCall(), error => {
+    test.strictSame(error.message, 'msg');
+    test.end();
+  });
+});
+
+metatests.test('Future error', async test => {
+  Future.err(new Error('msg')).run(test.mustNotCall(), error => {
     test.strictSame(error.message, 'msg');
     test.end();
   });
@@ -52,7 +59,7 @@ metatests.test('Future catch', async test => {
     .map(() => {
       throw new Error('msg');
     })
-    .fork(test.mustNotCall, error => {
+    .run(test.mustNotCall, error => {
       test.strictSame(error.message, 'msg');
       test.end();
     });
@@ -64,27 +71,27 @@ metatests.test('Future stateless', async test => {
   const f3 = f2.map(x => x ** 3);
   const f4 = f1.map(x => x * 2);
 
-  f1.fork(value => {
+  f1.run(value => {
     test.strictSame(value, 3);
   });
 
-  f1.fork(value => {
+  f1.run(value => {
     test.strictSame(value, 3);
   });
 
-  f2.fork(value => {
+  f2.run(value => {
     test.strictSame(value, 4);
   });
 
-  f2.fork(value => {
+  f2.run(value => {
     test.strictSame(value, 4);
   });
 
-  f3.fork(value => {
+  f3.run(value => {
     test.strictSame(value, 64);
   });
 
-  f4.fork(value => {
+  f4.run(value => {
     test.strictSame(value, 6);
   });
 
@@ -102,7 +109,7 @@ metatests.test('Future futurify success', async test => {
 
   const f2 = futurify(f1);
 
-  f2(10, 20).fork(value => {
+  f2(10, 20).run(value => {
     test.strictSame(value, 30);
     test.end();
   });
@@ -119,7 +126,7 @@ metatests.test('Future futurify fail', async test => {
 
   const f2 = futurify(f1);
 
-  f2('10', '20').fork(test.mustNotCall, error => {
+  f2('10', '20').run(test.mustNotCall, error => {
     test.strictSame(error.message, 'Arguments must be numbers');
     test.end();
   });