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In "It Takes a Full Bus," a hitchhiker stranded far from home gets onto a bus full of passengers who all have somewhere to be.
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Imagine 2200 is Grist’s climate fiction initiative, engaging writers across the globe in envisioning the next 180 years of climate progress. Whether built on abundance or adaptation, reform or a new understanding of survival, these stories serve as a springboard for exploring how fiction can help us build toward a better reality. Learn more about Imagine →
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Latest climate fiction stories
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It Takes a Full Bus
What happens when a hitchhiker stranded far from home meets a bus full of passengers who all have somewhere to be?
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Forty-Seven Vacant Floors of Ur
On the empty 47th floor, the third-to-last user experience writer in Silicon Valley makes a decision.
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Sandbag Squidward
On a cold, damp beach in Louisiana, Henry Block is counting down the days until his Conservation Corps work ends and he can get back to building his digital world.
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The Very Important Case of Rami and the Rainbow Bird
When Rami Saleh’s porcelain bird is broken, the schoolyard gets on the case in a caper about finding truth, belonging, and safety in a world on fire.
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The Case of the Missing Lake
Lake Ballona goes missing, and only the mushrooms can help.
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Imagine 2200 at Climate Week NYC 2025
Dive into the climate fiction short stories you've seen at our Climate Week NYC events.
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The Sunflower Covenant
When Dee is transferred to the swanky Wicker school, their education in conformity is quickly derailed by another misfit willing to fight for a different world.
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The Hunger and the Hunger
“Visitor, what is hunger?” A former guerilla fighter struggles to explain his past when he finds himself in a land without poverty or want.
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The Seed Dropper
Decades after flooding drove his family from their Louisiana home, June returns to replant the land, and grapple with its legacy.
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This View From Here
As a young woman prepares to leave her small town, a fight with her father sheds light on their fears for the future.
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We Cast Our Eyes to the Unknowable Now
Deep in the fissures that plague Koreatown, Christina’s search for her sister reveals something new.
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To Rescue a Self
At the Green Nigeria Youths Fellowship, Eketi tries to find her voice.
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The Ones Left Behind
In the backroom of a Sichuan restaurant, Grace tends to the family’s legacy and discovers a new beginning.
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Tangles in the Weave
The time for Ever’s metamorphosis has arrived.
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Plantains in Heaven
In an abandoned London hotel, a plant from another time sprouts.