Articles by Mary Woodbury

Indie Corner – Todd Medema

Todd Medema’s How to Surf a Hurricane (August 2025) is a story of hope and adapting to climate change—hidden inside an action-packed heist on the high seas. Inspired by the new genre of solarpunk, it tells the story of Moro, an ex-corporate heir, and a globe-spanning ensemble cast fighting for […]

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Soil, Camille T Dungy

In Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden poet and scholar Camille T. Dungy recounts the seven-year odyssey to diversify her garden in the predominantly white community of Fort Collins, Colorado. When she moved there in 2013, with her husband and daughter, the community held strict restrictions about what […]

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Help Support Dragonfly.eco

Update: Dragonfly Pub’s ebook store is open! You can read about, buy, and download our ebooks directly. This site has always been ad-free, free to read, and freely supports authors and their books via interviews and promotions. I do this because I enjoy the field of eco-literature and want to […]

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Dheepa R. Maturi, 108: An Eco-Thriller

Click here to return to the world eco-fiction series About the Book 108: An Eco-Thriller (Girl Friday Productions, June 2025): While working the night shift at a San Francisco news agency, Bayla Jeevan has a shocking out-of-body experience. Her consciousness is transported deep into an Indian forest, where she witnesses a […]

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World Eco-fiction Series

Welcome to the World Eco-fiction Series: Climate Change and Beyond. This spotlight series travels the planet exploring fictional stories close to natural landscapes and wildlife, often with environmental concerns. If you like this series, check out our article at Medium, “Around the World in 80 Books: A Guide to Ecological […]

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Interview with Emmi Itäranta, Memory of Water

Originally published July 8, 2014. Rebooted July 17, 2025 into the World Eco-fiction Series. Updated: This novel is now a movie. I want to thank Emmi for this wonderful interview. My first pleasure was reading her book, Memory of Water. The novel takes place in the future after climate change […]

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News and Events

The July newsletter is out, and it’s all about water. You’ll find extra news, such as book of the month, flashbacks, and extra commentary. Want to support this volunteer website? Dragonfly Pub’s ebook store is open! You can read about, buy, and download our ebooks directly. Your support allows me […]

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Theory of Bastards, Audrey Schulman

Not quite sci-fi, not quite dystopian, this superb literary novel defies categorization. Readers will shiver as they keep turning the pages. Audrey Schulman has once again written a spellbinding, original novel that never loses sight of its humanity.Read more at Europa Editions. The book is also listed at Jeff VanderMeer’s […]

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Private Rites, Julia Armfield

From the beloved, award-winning author of Our Wives Under the Sea, a speculative reimagining of King Lear, centering three sisters navigating queer love and loss in a drowning world. “One of my FAVORITE NOVELS of the past few years.” -Jeff VanderMeer, New York Times bestselling author of Annihilation Read more […]

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Indie Corner – The Working, BrightFlame

About the Book A modern coven must thwart a looming eco-cataclysm and find the key to the bright futures we need. Betsy’s a modern-day Witch with an ageless problem: she’s worried about screwing up her coven’s ritual. Again. But the coven has a bigger issue to face—the destruction of their […]

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The Mermaid of Black Conch, Monique Roffey

This enchanting tale of a cursed mythical creature and the lonely fisherman who falls in love with her is “a daring, mesmerizing novel…single-handedly bringing magic realism up-to-date” (Maggie O’Farrell, best-selling author of Hamnet). Read more at Penguin Random House.

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Fairhaven, Jan Lee and Steve Willis

“Green Stories” prize winner Fairhaven – A Novel of Climate Optimism follows the path of Grace Chan, born in Penang, Malaysia. She has experienced the dire consequences of climate change personally and is taking action borne both of hope and desperation. Fairhaven opens in 2036 as Grace is days away […]

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Mountains Piled Upon Mountains, Edited by Jessica Cory

Click here to return to the series This is a reboot of the world eco-fiction spotlight from November 8, 2019, where we headed for the first time to the USA. Having spent a great amount of time in the Appalachian Mountains as a child (you can read more here), when […]

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108: An Eco-Thriller, Dheepa R. Maturi

108: An Eco-Thriller, by Dheepa R. Maturi, is out in June 2025. While working the night shift at a San Francisco news agency, Bayla Jeevan has a shocking out-of-body experience. Her consciousness is transported deep into an Indian forest, where she witnesses a noxious liquid spreading through the soil. At […]

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