Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors

Illustration shows a typical gray office filled with colorful characters

Forty-Seven Vacant Floors of Ur

On the empty 47th floor, the third-to-last user experience writer in Silicon Valley makes a decision.

T. K. Rex Climate Fiction

Illustration of a young man in a t-shirt and wool hat sitting on a rock overlooking a dirty, grey beach. He's distracted by a digital device, and digital projections of tropical palm trees appear over the dingy beach.

Sandbag Squidward

On a cold, damp beach in Louisiana, Henry Block is counting down the days until his Conservation Corps work ends and he can get back to building his digital world.

Ashlee Lhamon Climate Fiction

Illustration of a boy in a classroom. He is reaching towards brightly-colored, fantastical birds that are flying around him.

The Very Important Case of Rami and the Rainbow Bird

When Rami Saleh’s porcelain bird is broken, the schoolyard gets on the case in a caper about finding truth, belonging, and safety in a world on fire.

Marlene Jo Baquiran Climate Fiction

Stylized illustration depicts a silhouette wearing headphones with sound waves radiating around. Below their feet is a bright world of mushrooms and fungi.

The Case of the Missing Lake

Lake Ballona goes missing, and only the mushrooms can help.

Colby Devitt Climate Fiction

Abstract illustration of a woman with water swirling around her

Imagine 2200 at Climate Week NYC 2025

Dive into the climate fiction short stories you've seen at our Climate Week NYC events.

Grist staff Climate Fiction

Illustration portrays two young women riding on a motorcycle through a field of flowers

The Sunflower Covenant

When Dee is transferred to the swanky Wicker school, their education in conformity is quickly derailed by another misfit willing to fight for a different world.

Lyrra Isanberg Climate Fiction

Illustration shows a group of young people sitting on the ground of a lush greenhouse filled with fruit trees, listening to a man standing in the center.

The Hunger and the Hunger

“Visitor, what is hunger?” A former guerilla fighter struggles to explain his past when he finds himself in a land without poverty or want.

Danilo Heitor Climate Fiction

Illustration shows a man standing in an overgrown river delta, wearing an orange backpack, locs blowing in the wind. He is looking at a public telephone box standing alone among the undergrowth.

The Seed Dropper

Decades after flooding drove his family from their Louisiana home, June returns to replant the land, and grapple with its legacy.

simóne j banks Climate Fiction

Illustration is a backdrop of palm trees and lightning with driving rain. An inset box shows a family sitting together by candlelight. An older woman rests her head on the shoulder of a man. A woman reads to a young girl. In the foreground, a young woman looks out of frame.

The Isle of Beautiful Waters

Storytelling traditions connect a Caribbean family as they prepare to shelter from an oncoming storm.

Lily Séjor Climate Fiction

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