Tag: climate fiction
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Subscribe to my refreshed YouTube channel; new branding, more videos
Revamped and relaunched, the author invites readers to subscribe to his YouTube channel, now branded with the Bureau of Environmental Security.
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BES has added a new web comic on the agency’s origin story
The Bureau of Environmental Security has published a web comic and video on the origins of the global environmental agency.
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AI justice: How can we use AI to exact justice on the worst polluters?
While exploring climate justice through science fiction, I imagine artificial intelligence enforcing environmental justice by completely erasing the digital identity of those who commit crimes against Earth’s biosphere.
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Climate science fiction: Are there stories that make climate change less scary?
Climate science has earned a reputation as the “dismal science” of our time. Today, many people struggle with environmental science without feeling overwhelmed by dread. Climate fiction offers a powerful solution to this problem.
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Step inside the world of Tales From a Warming Planet. My new BES website Is live!
The Bureau of Environmental Security website expands the universe of the climate fiction series, Tales From a Warming Planet. The site offers interactive content, such as briefings, quizzes, and blogs connected to the novels. The project encourages readers to expand their connections to the stories of life in a warming world.
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Two of my climate fiction stories are out. Read one online right now.
The author celebrates recent publications of two climate fiction stories, “Chasing the Zephyr Prize” in an anthology and “The Trials of the Thorsten Haugen” online.
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New climate fiction anthology has published my short story
I’m pleased to announce that my flash fiction story, “The Great Greenland Quilting Bee,” has been published in the new climate fiction anthology, Extinction Notice: Tales of a Warming Earth.
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Read the first thousand words of Restoration
The excerpt introduces “Restoration,” a novel in the “Tales From A Warming Planet” series, featuring Junie Wye, a city girl grappling with climate challenges in a conservative town, supporting her father’s dam removal project.
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Read the first thousand words of City of Ice and Dreams
Read the first thousand words of City of Ice and Dreams, book three of my series, Tales From A Warming Planet.
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Read the first thousand words of Carbon Run
In a near-future Earth devastated by climate change, Anne searches for her father amidst chaos as their home catches fire, encountering threats and memories that shape their bond.
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3 geoengineering technologies that could solve the climate crisis
These three geoengineering technologies–carbon capture and storage, cloud brightening and seeding, and space reflection–could be the answer to the planet’s climate crisis.
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COVID-19: How to write about climate change in a time of coronavirus and racism
In the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, a scenario came to pass straight from a science fiction writing prompt. The air above the industrial city of Wuhan, China, the first epicenter of the global outbreak, emptied of pollution.
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Solarpunk world engages despite a problematic protagonist: Review
Author Brenda Cooper’s Wilders, the first of a two-book series dubbed “Project Earth,” ticks off all the main boxes for solarpunk.
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14 lesser-known climate fiction novels and anthologies
A new sub-genre of science fiction—climate fiction—has taken hold. Read these 14 lesser-known climate fiction novels and anthologies.
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A poetic approach to the emotional consequences of a changing world: Review
Author Robin MacArthur shows how to demonstrate climate change’s impact without the necessity of thrilling drama.
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A new anthology, After the Orange, about a post-Trump world
One of my stories is published in the new anthology, After the Orange: Ruin and Recovery.
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10 writing prompts to help you write stories about climate change
Here’s some writing prompts inspired by the changes to our planet caused by rising temperatures.
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Preachiness: Do climate fiction writers suffer from this syndrome?
The author discusses the challenges of addressing climate change in fiction without sounding preachy. They emphasize the need for subtle incorporation of environmental themes to engage readers meaningfully.
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10 amazing authors who put climate change into their novels
Here’s 10 authors you may not have read, but whom offer amazing and thoughtful stories about a warmed future.
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Nine ways to help you start writing climate fiction today
Climate change influences fiction today, urging writers to explore its effects. Various resources exist, from websites to articles and books, assisting authors in developing climate-focused narratives effectively.