A Merger in Corn Country Bright Green Futures

SHORT STORY: With climate stressing his crops more every year and a different sort of folks moving in next door, a farmer has to consider what change really brings.A Merger in Corn Country is one of the stories in the Bright Green Futures: 2024 anthology—this short story has been published separately from the collection to give readers a chance to sample it. The anthology is published separately (details below).If you enjoy A Merger in Corn Country check out the full anthology!PUBLISHED SEPARATELY: The Bright Green Futures: 2024 anthology contains short solarpunk stories from guests of the Bright Green Futures podcast, where we lift up stories to build a better world. These hopeful climate-fiction stories include clicky space centipedes, sentient trees, a flooded future Rio de Janeiro and characters trying to find their place in a climate-impacted world. Each story imagines a way for us to survive the future, together.The Doglady and the Rainstorm by Renan BernardoWhat Kind of Bat is This? by Sarena UlibarriCentipede Station by T. K. RexA Merger in Corn Country by Danielle ArosteguiAncestors, Descendants by BrightFlameThe Park of the Beast by T. K. RexCoriander by Ana Sun