The Dust Pirates is part of my cli-fi series There Is Hope. You can start reading the series here. Or find the Series overview at the end of this post. Will heat get you first on the Dust Road? Previously ? The Dust Pirates: Children During the rainmaking festival, a young boy rescues a teenage girl from danger, but her secret sets him on a perilous journey. I remember the anger—the all-consuming rage. We loved and loathed our misery. It was the rust to our iron hearts. And we wore our wounds and pains with pride and hope, our existence nothing more than a smoking mirror. *** Just be ..read more

During the rainmaking festival, a young boy rescues a teenage girl from danger, but her secret sets him on a perilous journey. Previously ? The Dust Pirates is part of my cli-fi series There Is Hope. You can start reading the series here. The Dust Pirates will be published in four parts: Part 1 - 30.06.24 ✅ Part 2 - 04.07.24 ✅ Part 3 - 10.07.24 ✅ Part 4 - 12.07.24 Story Voyager is a reader supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. The Dust Pirates: Betrayal My grandfather, Acalan Ahuic, was born on a climat ..read more

During the rainmaking festival, a young boy rescues a teenage girl from danger, but her secret sets him on a perilous journey. Previously? The Dust Pirates is part of my cli-fi series There Is Hope. You can start reading the series here. The Dust Pirates will be published in four parts: Part 1 - 30.06.24 ✅ Part 2 - 04.07.24 ✅ Part 3 - 07.07.24 Part 4 - 10.07.24 Story Voyager is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. The Dust Pirates: Secrets If you’re born on the Dust Road, you die on the Dust R ..read more

During the rainmaking festival, a young boy rescues a teenage girl from danger, but her secret sends him on a perilous journey. Previously? The Dust Pirates is part of my cli-fi series There Is Hope. You can start reading the series here. The Dust Pirates will be published in four parts: Part 1 - 30.06.24 ✅ Part 2 - 04.07.24 Part 3 - 07.07.24 Part 4 - 10.07.24 Story Voyager is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. The Dust Pirates: Trapper My father says there’s ice up north all year round. The ..read more

Welcome to the monthly Reviews & Recs edition of Story Voyager, where I recommend sci-fi books and short stories. In 2013 and 2014, I published my annual reading lists here on Substack, and several of you asked if I’d review any of those books. So, by popular request, I created this new section on Story Voyager that will bring you a monthly book review in your inbox. But first, a short announcement?… Upcoming seasonal story series ? From June 30th to July 10th, I will publish Dust Pirates, a cli-fi, dystopian short story that is part of my cli-fi series There Is Hope. Dust Pir ..read more

Upcoming seasonal story series ? From June 30th to July 10th I will publish Dust Pirates, a cli-fi, dystopian short story that is part of my cli-fi series There Is Hope. Dust Pirates is approx. 8,500 words and will be published in four parts as an offering for paid subscribers. This will be epic, don’t miss out! ? Get 30% off forever Smuggler They call us the zombie children. The Dust Road, Central Europe, approx. 2530 CE It was summer and hot, and nothing was happening behind the pile of plastic junk that was his surveillance post. A gust of wind stirred the fine dust covering everythi ..read more

Hello there. There are a lot of new faces in the Story Voyager community and I thought it would be a good time to reintroduce this newsletter and give you an overview of everything I’ve written so far. Thank you for being here. ? —Claudia Welcome to Story Voyager, a newsletter about climate and fiction An intelligent, almost spiritual, treatment of the nascent climate fiction subgenre. — Johnathan Reid of ReidItWrite Hi, I’m Claudia ?. In this newsletter, we explore narratives about climate change, the human-nature relationship and our future on this planet. We take complex topics and mak ..read more

Welcome to Story Voyager, your home for climate fiction and non-fiction. Today’s newsletters is a cli-fi short story based on a dream I had last year. If you enjoy this short cli-fi story and want to read more like it, please let me know with a like, comment, share or restack. Story Voyager is a climate fiction newsletter. Subscribe for free for more cli-fi stories and essays about climate change. Illegal The time is 8:58 pm, and the alarms are blaring. I run through the empty alley, looking for the shelter entrance. 84A. 84B. 84C. The gates are in front of me, within reach. I look at t ..read more

Spring has finally arrived in the northern hemisphere, and the first three months of this year have already passed. A pigeon landed on the bald walnut tree in front of my window, waiting for new leaves, then flew away, as pigeons [and time] do, while I’m reflecting on the first quarter here at Story Voyager. Read until the end for a promo code to a climate seminar with Jane Fonda. Before we start, I have a question for you: Are you interested in a climate fiction book club? Subscribe now A little climate project: Our cli-fi book club One of the most rewarding things on my journey of learn ..read more

When I was five and a half years old, my mother taught me how to read and write. Although she was a teacher, she couldn’t work in a school because she wasn’t a member of the communist party. Instead, she worked in a factory weaving Adidas textiles. In communist Romania, wearing capitalist brands was forbidden, but being cheap labor producing capitalist products for export was a service to the society. So, my mother gave me homework before she left for her factory shift. I could read by the time I was six, and she gifted me my first book. While fairytales were a childhood favorite, it was th ..read more