Hot Mess: speculative fiction about climate change

By Rachel Lynn Brody, R.J. Astruc, Eric Sipple, et al.

A thought-provoking collaborative anthology on the theme of climate change, featuring short stories from RJ Astruc, Rachel Lynn Brody, Miranda Doerfler, Sare Liz Gordy and Eric Sipple, with illustrations by Hannah Werdmuller and cover design by Sarah Hartley. "She Says Goodbye Tomorrow" by Eric Sipple As microclimates shift and a once-abundant vineyard withers away, its owner fights to keep her family's winery and memories alive. How long can she put off moving on? "Haute Mess" by Rachel Lynn Brody Even Fashionistas get the climate change blues. "In Between the Dark and the Light" by Miranda Doerfler When state-sponsored executions threaten to claim his only daughter, Brett Zerum does everything he can to save her and escape to a new, otherworldly paradise. "Traditionbus ne Copulate" by Sare Liz Gordy The Way of the Geonome will eventually call everyone home. But with humans wiped out in the apocalypse, who's left to answer? "Mom. Mom. Mom. Mom. Mom." by Rachel Lynn Brody A boy struggles to keep a promise to his father, while his mother shields him from tragedy in an information-saturated age. "The World Gets Smaller, and Things Get Left Behind" by RJ Astruc Everyone knew the deluge was coming. Now, tourists at a new Atlantis visit the city that couldn't be saved. 79 pages.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1475151926
• ISBN13: 9781475151923
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 84 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.2" x 5.1"