“The Last Almond”
Title | “The Last Almond” |
Year for Search | 2024 |
Authors | Young, Zoe |
Secondary Title | Grist/Imagine2200 2024 |
Date Published | January 22, 2024 |
Keywords | Female author, US author |
Annotation | The story is set in California in 2058 and 2090 and concerns the destruction in 2058 of almond trees and the community near them due to flooding following a long drought followed in 2090 with, in a different part of California, the depiction of a way that almond trees and communities could survive even with drought and floods. |
URL | https://grist.org/climate-fiction/imagine2200-the-last-almond/ |
Info Notes | Second place prize winner in the Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors Short Story Contest. |
Illustration | Illus. Mikyung Lee |
Author Note | Female author |
Full Text | 2024 Young, Zoe. “The Last Almond.” Illus. Mikyung Lee. Grist/Imagine2200 2024 (January 22, 2024). https://grist.org/climate-fiction/imagine2200-the-last-almond/ The story is set in California in 2058 and 2090 and concerns the destruction in 2058 of almond trees and the community near them due to flooding following a long drought followed in 2090 with, in a different part of California, the depiction of a way that almond trees and communities could survive even with drought and floods. Second place prize winner in the Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors Short Story Contest. Female author. |