Is disaster inevitable? Defying Futility offers sixteen stories by the authors of the award-winning climate fiction Fairhaven – A Novel of Climate Optimism that offer a definitive answer to the question, with a range of creative, heartwarming tales that showcase how real disasters in history might have gone differently.Instead of a “Black Mirror” future, the stories are a “Green Mirror” alternative. Defying Futility and Fairhaven are perfect for ...

WINNER OF THE THE GREEN STORIES PRIZE 2023Fairhaven – A Novel of Climate Optimism traces the lives of a group of innovators, engineers, and visionaries as they struggle against the odds to bring climate solutions to Southeast Asia and to the world.Grace Chan, a young Malaysian working at the Fairhaven infrastructure project in Penang, is terrified of what the future might bring. She reluctantly comes to terms with the role that she and her colleagues will play in addressing...

Lisbon is a city of stories. They swirl like the Tagus tide, carrying whispered secrets through winding alleys and slip between the stones of forgotten ruins. In Living, Loving, Longing Lisbon, past and present blur, love and loss entwine, and the city comes alive. A one-night stand leads to a shocking transformation. A chance meeting on a train sparks a romance shadowed by history. A bitter Christmas wish takes an unsettling turn. Ancient gods, fading from memory, gather for a meal, while...

Jesse and Buddy have had enough of idiots, Captain Manheim is pushed to far, Melissa's parents never recovered from her death, Mark gets whats coming to him, Dupre tries to explain things, Sarah chooses to live. We all break at one time or another. But sometimes when that point is reached and we end up broken, we take someone with us.

In a dazzling piece of short fiction, a thief and common drag on society gets his comeuppance.