Pearce Oysters, a lush, evocative, finely-drawn debut novel set on the Louisiana coastline during the historic 2010 oil spill, follows the Pearce family, local oyster farmers whose business, family, and livelihood are all on the brink of collapse. Eye-opening, eco-fiction at its best, Pearce Oysters highlights the grit and beauty […]
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“Last House soars, sweeping us through the 1960s to the near future, and following the river of oil that influences American policy. But the novel’s great beating heart is the particularities of the lives of two captivating women–one bound by social mores, the other trying to dismantle them. The sublime […]
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A sample of author quotes in Dragonfly.eco’s interviews going back to 2013: Humans have historically found ways to tell stories about our origins, and I wanted to consider this big moment of change an opportunity to rewrite who we think we are, merging aspects of who we’ve been with who […]
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Click here to return to the world eco-fiction series About the Book Lost Ark Dreaming is out May 21, 2024: Macmillan Publishers/Tordotcom. The brutally engineered class divisions of Snowpiercer meet Rivers Solomon’s The Deep in this high-octane post-climate disaster novella by Nommo Award-winning author Suyi Davies Okungbowa. Off the coast […]
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Back to the Indie Corner series This Indie Corner revisits author W.R. Woodbury and his new novel The Botanist. In this seven episode work of literary fiction, a young man partakes of psilocybin mushrooms with a native shaman in the Pacific Northwest, and discovers that he hears voices from plants […]
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Click here to return to the world eco-fiction series About the Book The Rewilding (Transit Lounge, 2024) is an exhilarating and unforgettable love song for our world. Heartbroken and in fear for his life, corporate whistle blower, Jagger Eckerman, escapes to hide out in a remote cave, but kick-arse radical, […]
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Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors A beekeeper finds a new sense of purpose and community after helping to develop a warning system for floods. Artist credit: Stefan Große Halbuer Syndication attribution: This story is part of Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors, a climate fiction contest from […]
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Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors Across generations and a changing world, an Indian family preserves its traditions through food, dance, and connection. Artist credit: Mikyung Lee Syndication attribution: This story is part of Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors, a climate fiction contest from Grist. Imagine 2200 […]
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Back to the Indie Corner series Today I chat with Eric James Fullilove, author of Overlord (Atmosphere Press), a climate change speculative fiction novel. Eric James Fullilove is an MIT graduate, CPA, and published author. He has worked in mainstream media (CBS, Young and Rubicam advertising, and Scholastic, the children’s […]
Read MoreDiscord writing prompt: The first contribution call is for personal narratives, ranging from 500-2,000 words, on how your life is affected by ecological changes, including climate change. © Mary Woodbury Mary’s LinkTree. Author of the Back to the Garden, The Stolen Child, and Bird Song: A Novella. I was just […]
Read MoreDiscord writing prompt: The first contribution call is for personal narratives, ranging from 500-2,000 words, on how your life is affected by ecological changes, including climate change. © Carolyn Welch Author of California Poems, Moon Willow Press (2012) In the late 1990s I drove Laguna Canyon Road for the first […]
Read MoreDiscord writing prompt: The first contribution call is for personal narratives, ranging from 500-2,000 words, on how your life is affected by ecological changes, including climate change. © Carina Zacharias Find more about Carina at her website, YouTube, and Instagram. We meet at dusk, on a crisp and clear evening […]
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Note that this section of the site stopped taking new submissions in 2023, but in 2024 I’m adding a few submissions from a Rewilding Our Stories Discord writing exercise and might add future submissions from other prompts. Join the Discord if you want to be involved! The newest pieces include […]
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Writer: Tem Blessed Artist and colorist: Michael LaRiccia Planeta Blu – Rise of Agoo is a fantastic afro-futuristic graphic novel adventure that tells the tale of New Bedford inner-city youth: Lares, her brother Angel, Tomé, and Tyler as they fight to save humanity and animal kind from the apocalyptic plans […]
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Back to the Indie Corner series In this Indie Corner, I talk with J.J. Green, author of The Last Good Summer, published earlier this year and which is available from the usual online outlets as well as directly from the publisher, The Book Guild. I was intrigued because it’s set […]
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