@booklet {11526, title = {"Afterglow"}, howpublished = {Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors}, year = {2021}, month = {September 14, 2021}, publisher = {Fix Solutions Lab}, address = {Np}, abstract = {

The story is set in a future where people who can afford to or can get a labor contract are leaving Earth. The point-of-view character is a woman who does not want to leave whose partner has a contract for both of them. Following odd clues, she discovers a movement called the Keepers who are rewilding the planet as well as inner city gardening, beekeeping, and other projects to heal Earth. One of them is the need for a change in language to eliminate the distinction between humans and the natural world. The story was awarded\ first prize in the climate fiction contest.\ See the Climate Fiction Issue of Fix for essays related to Imagine 2200. The Climate Fiction Issue: How fiction can change our reality | Fix (grist.org).

}, keywords = {Female author, US author}, url = {Afterglow | Fix (grist.org) }, author = {Lindsey Brodeck (b. 1995)} }