Metamorphosis
Metamorphosis
New climate fiction collection and Sue on a panel in NYC
I’m traveling the next two weeks, but I still have news to share!
October 22nd Release: Metamorphosis
“The twelve stories and speculations in this volume suggest that survival and well-being are indeed within reach, if we exercise the qualities that best make us human.”—KEN KALFUS
Otherworldly but remarkably familiar, ancestral but firmly rooted in alternate futures, these twelve innovative stories—winners of the Imagine 2200 climate fiction contest organized by Grist—offer a glimpse of a future built on sustainability, inclusivity, and justice. A beekeeper finds purpose and new love after collaborating on a bee-based warning system for floods. An Indian family preserves its traditions through food, dance, and the latest communication fads. After an oceanic rapture, a lone survivor adapts to living in a tree on a small island with a vulture he befriends. Flickers of hope, even joy, illuminate these alternate realities.
Curated by Grist, the leading media organization dedicated to foregrounding stories of climate change, Metamorphosis is a visionary and speculative collection. Immersive, thought-provoking, and often surprising, these stories serve as a springboard for exploring how fiction can help us envision a tomorrow in which we flourish and thrive.
This contains my story, Seven Sisters, and I’m going to be on a panel at a NYC launch event for the book… and it will be live-streamed!
Oct 7th: Metamorphosis Book Launch
Brooklyn, NYC
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.
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OTHER NEWS
My anti-AI short story collection released!
These are not solarpunk or hopepunk! These stories address the sinking feeling that machines should serve humans, not the other way around.
Sept 28/29th: Sue teaches solarpunk!
Governor’s Island, NYC
Radical compassion. Interdependence. Community. Come learn about hopepunk and solarpunk writing and harness your imagination to build a greener and more just world. Solarpunk author Susan Kaye Quinn will lead a class discussion and conduct imagineering/flash fiction exercises to manifest that future on the page. This workshop is hosted by the NYC Climate Writers Collective and will spark creativity in everyone, whatever your writing comfort level!
