“The Last Almond”

Title“The Last Almond”
Year for Search2024
AuthorsYoung, Zoe
Secondary TitleGrist/Imagine2200 2024
Date PublishedJanuary 22, 2024
KeywordsFemale 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.

URLhttps://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.