Fire & Water: Stories from the Anthropocene

Fiction. A Sámi woman studying Alaska fish populations sees our past and future through their present signs of stress and her ancestral knowledge. A teenager faces a permanent drought in Australia and her own sexual desire. An unemployed man in Wisconsin marvels as a motley parade of animals makes his trailer their portal to a world untrammeled by humans. Featuring short fiction from authors around the globe; FIRE & WATER: STORIES FROM THE ANTHROPOCENE takes readers on a rare journey through the physical and emotional landscape of the climate crisis--not in the future; but today. By turns frightening; confusing; and even amusing; these stories remind us how complex; and beautiful; it is to be human in these unprecedented times.

Contributors include Tomas Baiza; J. D. Evans; Mary Fifield; Bishop Garrison; JoeAnn Hart; Anthony S. James; Stefan Kiesbye; Jack Kirne; Carlos Labbé; Shaun Levin; Jessica Meeker; Jennifer Morales; Etan Nechin; Vivian Faith Prescott; Kristin Thiel; Jan Underwood; and Tara Williams.

Mary Fifield's writing has appeared in Midway Journal; Cargo Literary Magazine; The Write Launch; and others. Her work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize; and her short story collection; Last of the Species and Other Stories; was a finalist for the Black Lawrence Press Hudson Prize. Mary lives in Portland; Oregon; with her partner; travels regularly to Latin America; and is working on a novel about the climate crisis.



Kristin Thiel started writing before she knew how to spell; dictating stories to her mom. She now makes her living writing and editing. Her short stories and essays have appeared in other anthologies (Dzanc Books; Seal Press); for which she received the honor of reading at Powell's Books.