SOLAR FLARE:

Here Comes the Sun!

Rising temperatures, melting glaciers, violent storms, and excessive heat. The future seems bleak…but there are signs of hope.

In SOLAR FLARE, we ask you to step into a world where we have managed to mitigate or even reverse the disastrous effects of climate change and our own destruction of our world. Race down the depleted waterway of the Mississippi in a solar-, wind-, and water-powered boat. Sail through the skies in a floating hydroponic dirigible. Skim along a solar-powered road in order to expose a corporation’s secret. Hover weightless in space in a last-ditch effort to repair an umbrella-like solar collector. Or cower in a shelter as fire rages outside…only to emerge and discover the rebirth such fire can bring.

Experience all of this and more in these seventeen solarpunk stories brought to you by today’s hottest authors, including David Keener, Anthony W. Eichenlaub, Sarena Ulibarri, Jason Palmatier, Lauren C. Teffeau, S.C. Butler, Devan Barlow, Chaz Brenchley, Liam Hogan, Nicole Givens Kurtz, Christopher R. Muscato, Rhondi Salsitz, Ember Randall, Gail Z. Martin & Larry N. Martin, Sharon Lee & Steve Miller, Kristine Smith, and Anthony Lowe.

Time to turn the tide and dream of a better future.

“Dustbowl Detective” by David Keener
“The Race on Dry Mississippi” by Anthony W. Eichenlaub
“Walking Through Fog” by Sarena Ulibarri
“For the Love of Loudness” by Jason Palmatier
“Trial by Fire” by Lauren C. Teffeau
“Going Home” by S.C. Butler
“Refraction” by Devan Barlow
“Of Grace and Youth and Memory and Time” by Chaz Brenchley
“Umbrella Men” by Liam Hogan
“The Astronaut” by Nicole Givens Kurtz
"Hemingway Versus the Storm” by Christopher R. Muscato
“Radiant” by Rhondi Salsitz
“Drips of Hope” by Ember Randall
“Lumen” by Gail Z. Martin & Larry N. Martin
"Interventions" by Sharon Lee & Steven Miller
"The Repairer of Lost and Broken Things" by Kristine Smith
"The Palmdale Community Newsletter" by Anthony Lowe