"Tidings"

2021 Larson, Rich[ard William] (b. 1992). “Tidings.” Illus. Rebekka Dunlap. Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors (September 14, 2021). Fix Solutions Lab. Tidings | Fix (grist.org). Rpt. in Afterglow: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors. Ed. Grist [Tory Stephens] (New York: The New Press, 2023), 39-52.

Vignettes from Maradi, Niger in 2038, Prague, Czechia in 2044, an abandoned Australian detention center in 2066, a First Nations community in 2099, and Ko Phangan, Thailand Republic in 2132. The first is about an invention that eats plastic; the second about a way of helping refugees; the third concerns using memories to reinforce the changes achieved; the fourth is about the beginning of means of communicating with animals; and the last shows the full development of that communication. The story was awarded the third prize in the climate fiction contest. The author was born in Niger, studied in the U. S., worked in the Czech Republic and Spain, and lives in Canada.