Cli-fi Stories

The year is 2030, and climate change is making life on Earth more challenging. Fourteen-year-old Jasmine Guzman is struggling to come to terms with the abduction of her twin sister, Jade, and her mother's illness. Things go from bad to worse when a series of bizarre occurrences make Jasmine wonder if she's losing her mind. But, with help from Raphael, a boy at her new school, Jasmine learns she actually has special powers that are putting her life in danger. Most surprising, she learns that her sister isn't actually missing ... Jasmine just needs to look in the right place: The-Place-in-Between, where the demons dwell.

Beneath the relentless sun of the Crimson Waste, where rain had become a myth whispered in hushed tones, a young nomad named Lyra dared to dream of a wetter past. Consumed by a fascination with relics of a forgotten age, she unearths a hidden technology promising to resurrect the life-giving tears of the sky. Met with doubt and forced to brave treacherous journeys, Lyra awakens a dormant machine, unleashing not only rain, but unforeseen threats. With unwavering resolve and resourceful adaptation, the nomads transform the Waste, carving a verdant legacy from the ashes. Yet, the whispers of the silent rain serve as a constant reminder - even in the most desolate landscapes, hope, like the tears from the sky, can bloom anew.

In "TerraQuest: The Reclamation Chronicles," we meet Alex Renn, a disillusioned environmental scientist seeking solace in the virtual world of TerraQuest, a game designed to tackle real-world environmental issues. As he enters this new world and chooses the Eco Mage class, he begins to learn about the unique blend of game mechanics and real-world environmental science that make up TerraQuest. Alex forms a team with SolarFlare, GreenArrow, and MelodyOfMolecules, dubbing themselves The Green Guardians. Together, they face increasingly difficult quests that mirror real-world ecological crises. Their successes attract attention from both the TerraQuest community and the game's developers, GaiaTech. In the midpoint of the story, The Green Guardians discover a hidden questline that reveals GaiaTech's goal: to use solutions found in TerraQuest to inspire real-world environmental action. However, they also uncover a corporate conspiracy that threatens both the virtual and real environments. As tensions rise within the team due to betrayal and conflict, Alex must confront his leadership and trust issues. The themes of the story include the power of collaboration and community in tackling global challenges, the potential for virtual worlds to inspire real-world change, the intersection of technology, gaming, and activism as a force for good, and the importance of leadership, trust, and innovation in the face of environmental crises. "Awakening in TerraQuest" is a thrilling LitRPG novel that takes readers on an adventure through a virtual world that has real-world consequences. It is a story of hope, resilience, and the power of individuals to effect change in the face of daunting challenges.

Amid Australia's worst climate disaster yet, a young widowed mother is desperate to keep her family together.

So, this is the first story I'm publishing. It's not that good, but might be of some relevance. It's a story I wrote for a competition. Maybe a bit angsty. I hope you will enjoy it. I'm not good with descriptions. So sorry about that.

Lyra, a fearless teenager, is about to challenge the traditions of a society where women have chosen to exclude men in order to live in harmony with bears...

Always wanting to go higher, you end up burning your wings.

Humanity has gone over the breaking point. The only place liveable are now the old mountains. But how would humanity survive if males and females are on different mountains, oceans away from one another? Find out by following Evan and Lyam on their journey to save humanity.

In a future where Earth has collapsed under pollution, drought, and political decay, the iron-fisted Imperial Regime controls the last habitable zones with fear and military power. Beyond their borders lie wastelands, scattered survivors, and whispers of a hidden sanctuary known only as Paradise - a place that may hold the last hope for humanity. Across this fractured world, a resistance movement grows. Among them is Gayatri, a veteran rebel leader determined to protect the last sparks of freedom, and Judy, a fierce young fighter who has known nothing but struggle. When a skilled bounty hunter named Mitra is captured during a rebel operation, the balance shifts. His presence triggers old memories, buried connections, and a dangerous chain of events that neither side could have predicted. Forced into the heart of the conflict, Mitra must confront truths about the world - and himself - that challenge everything he has ever believed. As the rebels launch a daring mission toward the fortified Ghost City, both sides prepare for a confrontation that could expose long-buried secrets and reshape the future of the wasteland. The Paradise Conflict blends explosive action, layered character drama, and deep emotional tension into a post-apocalyptic saga about hope, betrayal, and the cost of survival. The journey toward Paradise has only just begun.

Another short story. Based on the theme of climate change, and how little we are actually doing to stop it. Being featured in a study on climate change at Arizona State University.

In a world suffocated by perpetual smoke, where the blue of the sky exists only in forbidden photographs and what remains of the planet agonizes under layers of pollution and lies, a seven-year-old girl holds in her eyes something everyone believed lost: hope. Alicia grows up between shadows and secrets. Her mother carries two lives imprisoned in her gaze. Her father is only a vague memory, perhaps manipulated, perhaps real. And the Writings - the only permitted truth - dictate what can be said, thought, remembered. But Alicia knows too much for her age. She knows what mustn't be spoken. She knows that some questions are dangerous. And even so, she continues pointing to the dark sky, asking: "What do you think it was like?" Between toxic fogs that swallow everything like sticky fingers, fragments of a forbidden past, and the suffocating awareness that every word matters, Alicia must discover what really happened to the planet - and to the people who once dared to tell the truth. But in a world where even innocence can be manipulated, can a small child challenge the system that imprisons humanity? A visceral and thrilling dystopia that will leave you breathless. If you love stories of survival, silent resistance, and characters who carry the weight of the world on their shoulders, prepare to dive into a dark universe where each chapter reveals one more layer of mystery - and danger.

A climate fiction mystery involving a teacher at the end of their career and a student who has been missing for several weeks.

A short cli-fi story (climate fiction) about Lisa trying to save Miami and her family even though she is only 16 years old. Because of the melting of glaciers, the water level rose which could destroy Miami and her family who lives by the beach. She loves surfing and knowing that she might have to move and live far from the beach breaks her heart. I originally had to write this story for one of my classes, but I thought I could share it on here as well :)

In modern Guangzhou and Hong Kong a few years from now, an ancient Chinese water dragon vows to avenge his daughter's death, to stop the poisoning of the seas by humans. He is joined and opposed by sorcerous humans and millenia-old deities, seducers and emergent technologies. He lives in a hyper-modern world, is chauffeured in a Tesla and sails on an antique electric junk as he plots and is plotted against.

Far-future earth is nothing but a wasteland planet, under the control of a few wealthy families. The Sanatanas are one of those families. In the coastal town of Mar Vista, Don Fausto Santana runs his resource-harvesting enterprise, and he will stop at nothing to get what he wants. His son, Tulio Santana, hasn't been to earth in ages. He's just arrived via the Jewel-of-Mars colony from his latest tour in the Intergalactic Navy, but when he returns to his childhood home, something just seems wrong. His father is exploiting workers, there are mysterious riots happening all over the city, and there's strange magic in the air. No one seems to be giving him answers, so Tulio must go out and find those answers for himself, no matter the risk. The Solstice Bandit is a futuristic re-imagining of The Mark of Zorro, full of adventure, magic, and vigilante justice. I wrote this as a school project, so it's a bit shorter, but I hope you enjoy!

"Shadows Over Green Horizons" unveils the gripping tale of Zalika Nkosi, a brilliant orphan on a quest to save a dying Earth. Set in 2057, the narrative blends biotechnology and ecological challenges, exposing corporate greed. Through Zalika's 365-day journey, readers witness her evolution, friendships, and triumphs. Themes of resilience, corruption, and the power of truth echo in an epistolary style. The narrative promises an intricate dance of science, suspense, and the indomitable human spirit, leaving readers captivated by the quest to revive a world teetering on the brink.

In the second book of the Daughters of Light series, the demon-hunted Seers are in a race against time to return a stolen ring. Twin sisters Jade and Jasmine are finally together after a five-year separation, but there's no time to enjoy the reunion. As Seers, the sisters are being hunted by demons spilling through the rift, and the city is on high alert against terrorism threats. The Protectors at Beaconsfield have gathered as many Seers as possible, as the countries that haven't been destroyed by climate change are starting to close their borders to refugees. On top of it all, Jasmine discovers that someone has stolen a ring with the power to control the demons, and the Final Battle between the Daughters of Light and the forces of darkness is approaching more quickly than anyone predicted.

The planet was destroyed hundreds of years ago leaving behind a single city, enclosed in an forcefield. Society is simple and everyone has a part to play. However, shocking revelations of humanity's past leave Florrie questioning everything that she knows while trying to navigate new relationships and keep her dark past hidden. Inspired by the Divergent series (Veronica Roth) and Nineteen-Eighty Four (George Orwell)