From the winner of the 2023 Ursula K Le Guin Prize for Fiction comes a short story collection that radiates from the dark forests of the Pacific northwest. In ten tales, Rebecca Campbell’s exquisite prose channels ancient forest spirits, the lost ghosts of unknown fates, biological and technological transformations, and […]
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It’s Not the End of the World, Jonathan Parks-Ramage
From Bloomsbury: Shot through with biting wit, brutal gore, primal sex, and unexpected catharsis, It’s Not the End of the World is a nerve-shredding roller coaster of a novel that will leave readers shocked, heartbroken, and inspired to question their most firmly held convictions. What happens when our current battles […]
Read MoreAll the Water in the World, Eiren Caffall
In the tradition of Station Eleven, a literary thriller set partly on the roof of New York’s Museum of Natural History in a flooded future. Read more at Macmillan. “Gripping…tense, delightful and rich with resonance.” –Scientific American “Captivating…The setting, the detailed emotive descriptions, and nail-biting adventure are incandescent.” -Library Journal […]
Read MoreBriefly Very Beautiful, Roz Dineen
A spellbinding dystopian novel about the lengths one will go to for their children in a world teetering on the edge of apocalypse. See more about Bloomsbury.
Read MoreAnd So I Roar, Abi Daré
When Tia accidentally overhears a whispered conversation between her mother—terminally ill and lying in a hospital bed in Port Harcourt, Nigeria—and her aunt, the repercussions will send her on a desperate quest to uncover a secret her mother has been hiding for nearly two decades. “Within these pages there is […]
Read MoreIndie Corner – R.M. Tembreull
Welcome to R.M. Tembruell, who joins May’s Dragonfly’s Indie Corner. R.M. Tembreull is a devoted husband and proud father, a combat veteran with 26 years in the US Air Force, and an accomplished career professional in law enforcement, physical security, and antiterrorism. In his travels and endeavors, he has experienced […]
Read MoreIndie Corner – Katy Wimhurst
Katy Wimhurst has had three collections of short stories published—An Orchid in My Belly Button (Elsewhen Press, 2025), Snapshots of the Apocalypse (Fly on the Wall Press, 2022), and Let Them Float (Alien Buddha Press, 2023). Her first book of visual eco poems was Fifty-One Trillion Bits (Trickhouse Press, 2023). She sometimes interviews writers for 3AM Magazine. More […]
Read MoreBright Green Futures: 2024, Susan Kaye Quinn
The Bright Green Futures: 2024 anthology, edited by Susan Kaye Quinn, is a collection of short solarpunk stories from guests of the Bright Green Futures podcast, where we lift up stories to build a better world. These hopeful climate-fiction stories include clicky space centipedes, sentient trees, a flooded future Rio […]
Read MoreIndie Corner – Lynn Hutchinson Lee
Lynn Hutchinson Lee’s novella leads us through a decadently aromatic world: notes of orchids, chanterelle mushrooms and plush moss; sterilized and burned bedsheets abound. Just out of frame, girls long-dead slip past us, organza-like. A dizzying and beautiful debut, Origins of Desire in Orchid Fens explores life as a Romany […]
Read MoreAneesa Jamal – Spotlight
Click here to return to the world eco-fiction series Recently I had the opportunity to talk with Aneesa Jamal, founder of Cogitation Club in India. Aneesa is also a NAAEE CEE Change Fellow 2023; Global Fellow, Center for Climate Literacy, University of Minnesota; and PhD Researcher, Curriculum & Instruction, Universiti […]
Read MoreChloroPhilia, Cristina Jurado
In English for the first time—translated by Sue Burke and published by Apex Book Company—ChloroPhilia is an Ignotus Award-nominated novella by Cristina Jurado. It’s a strange coming-of-age story addressing life after an environmental disaster, collective madness, and sacrifices made for the greater good.
Read More10:59, NR Baker
Thanks to the author for reaching out to Dragonfly. About 10:59: A deadly virus. An over-populated world. An impossible decision. The clock is ticking to the end of the world; and we’re already at 10:59. An apocalyptic thriller with a difference, 10:59 by NR Baker will have you questioning everything—and […]
Read MoreDreamland, Rosa Rankin-Gee
It’s 2039 and temperatures are soaring, seas are rising, and the political climate is equally as menacing. Chance is living a life of crime just to get by, when her community is singled out for a government rejuvenation scheme, promising to bring her coastal town back to life. But when […]
Read MoreParable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaption, Damian Duffy and John Jennings
In this Hugo Award winning graphic-novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower by Damian Duffy and John Jennings, the author portrays a searing vision of America’s future. The acclaimed graphic novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler’s groundbreaking dystopian novel, Parable of the Sower, is a don’t-miss classic that […]
Read MoreNichole Amber Moss – Spotlight
Click here to return to the world eco-fiction series Chat with Nichole To add to the world eco-fiction spotlight, I’m so happy to kickstart my focus on words and art from Appalachia this year with Nichole Amber Moss, who I met in the Rewilding our Stories Discord a few years […]
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