by Aya de Leon | Dec 4, 2020 | Fiction
On this date in 1969, the Chicago police murdered Fred Hampton. I write about the murder in my new novel, A SPY IN THE STRUGGLE, about a rookie FBI attorney going undercover to infiltrate an African American eco-racial justice organization that is part of both the...
by Aya de Leon | Sep 14, 2020 | Fiction, Personal Essays
Over the weekend, my whole family was locked inside as California blazed as an undeniable result of the climate crisis with unbreathable air. Which is how I was home and watching the online ceremony where my novel SIDE CHICK NATION won a prize. It was selected for...
by Susan Defreitas | Aug 25, 2020 | Fiction
Regenerative organic farming and ranching has the potential to reverse the effects of climate change, by sequestering carbon in the soil and cooling local weather conditions via the small water cycle. This short story was inspired by the “carbon farming”...
by Susan Defreitas | Jun 10, 2020 | Fiction
Author’s note: This short climate fiction piece was originally published in 2015; Story magazine selected it for a feature this May for National Short Story Month. When we were young, we all believed in something called earth changes. The coming of quakes,...
by Susan Defreitas | Mar 25, 2020 | Fiction
In one memory, I’m at a house party in Ann Arbor, talking to a guy who’s telling me about this new band called Blues Traveler. You walk by, and I know right away it’s you, though I have no idea at that point who you are. You turn to me in the hallway, and I can tell...
by Susan Defreitas | Mar 5, 2020 | Fiction
Dear Mom and Dad, It’s been awhile since we’ve talked, so I wanted to drop a line to let you know that I am A-okay, though without phone or WiFi for the foreseeable—hence this good old-fashioned letter, written on good old-fashioned paper, made from good...
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