Otherworldly but remarkably familiar, ancestral but firmly rooted in alternate futures, these 12 innovative stories — winners of the Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors contest organized by Grist, and now featured in the brand-new anthology Metamorphosis — offer a glimpse of a future built on sustainability, inclusivity, and justice. Join Grist, the independent climate newsroom, to celebrate Metamorphosis, an anthology of 12 climate-fiction short stories that illuminate hopeful and abundant climate futures. Grist has engaged writers from across the globe to envision the next 180 years of climate progress, community-oriented solutions, and intersectional world-building. In Metamorphosis, you’ll find stories that provide flickers of hope, even joy, and serve as a springboard for exploring how fiction can help create a better reality.
Tory Stephens will moderate this conversation on the roles of imagination, creative world-building, and hopeful futures in the work to build and support today’s climate solutions. Speakers will include Imagine 2200 winning authors Louis Evans (A Seder in Siberia), Susan Kaye Quinn (Seven Sisters), and Jamie Liu (To Labor for the Hive), with readings from their stories as interpreted by Eric Lockley.
