Imagine 2200 Editors' Picks 2024
Imagine 2200’s 2024 summer/fall short story collection features brand new climate fiction envisioning futures in which cities are built in harmony with nature, farms revitalize a scorched Earth, and electric cars are just one element of a society that values sustainability and restoration. These stories, handpicked by our contest editors, bring climate fiction into new genres like magical realism, and bring hope into even the most dire scenarios.
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In This Series
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![An illustration of a woman surrounded by sand and scattered belongings. Above, a glass roof has shattered.]()
![An illustration of a woman surrounded by sand and scattered belongings. Above, a glass roof has shattered.]()
Who Walks With You
Ysolt awakes after a freak storm to find herself at the bottom of a ravine in the broken remains of the nomadic home that was supposed to protect her.
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![Illustration shows a brightly colored, cluttered garage and two women working on a red car. A rainbow flag hangs on the window, and a sign above the garage reads]()
![Illustration shows a brightly colored, cluttered garage and two women working on a red car. A rainbow flag hangs on the window, and a sign above the garage reads]()
Request for Support: Hot Mamas Garage
A funding proposal for an EV retrofit shop opens old wounds as a family reexamines their troubled history.
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![Illustration of a Black woman looking out a window over a farm. In the distance, a rocket launches towards space.]()
![Illustration of a Black woman looking out a window over a farm. In the distance, a rocket launches towards space.]()
Earthbound
To stay or go? The woman she loves, or the land she's nurtured? A farmer grapples with life, death, and love on a fire-worn planet.
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![Illustration shows a woman in a futuristic room wearing a tattered yellow dress. She is looking in a mirror and the reflection shows a woman wearing a pristine yellow dress standing in a 1950s-style room.]()
![Illustration shows a woman in a futuristic room wearing a tattered yellow dress. She is looking in a mirror and the reflection shows a woman wearing a pristine yellow dress standing in a 1950s-style room.]()
Heirloom
In a haven city defined by scientific progress, one woman hides a gift from her ancestors that contains a key to the future.
