"Trigger"

Title"Trigger"
Year for Search2020
AuthorsMountfort, Paul
Secondary AuthorsMountfort, Paul, and Prosser, Rosslyn
Secondary TitleScorchers: A Climate Fiction Anthology
Pagination169-189
Date Published2020
PublisherSteam Press/Eunoia Publishing
Place PublishedAuckland, New Zealand
ISBN Number978-1-99-000062-1
KeywordsAotearoa New Zealand author, Male author
Annotation

The story is set in a future Aotearoa New Zealand that is succumbing to fires from the increased heat and flooding from the collapse of the melting of Antarctic ice. Society has broken down, and no one with any real authority remains. The protagonist has fled Auckland with his family, but his refuge is about to been engulfed in fire.

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Author Note

The Aotearoa New Zealand author is an Associate Professor of Communications at Auckland University of Technology.

Full Text

2020 Mountfort, Paul. “Trigger.” Scorchers: A Climate Fiction Anthology. Ed. Paul Mountfort and Rosslyn Prosser (Auckland, New Zealand: Steam Press/Eunoia Publishing, 2020), 169-189. PSt

The story is set in a future Aotearoa New Zealand that is succumbing to fires from the increased heat and flooding from the collapse of the melting of Antarctic ice. Society has broken down, and no one with any real authority remains. The protagonist has fled Auckland with his family, but his refuge is about to been engulfed in fire. The book includes a Glossary (270-276). The Aotearoa New Zealand author is an Associate Professor of Communications at Auckland University of Technology.