Solarpunk is, in its simplest definition, the polar opposite of dystopian science fiction. I could try explaining it more in-depth with my own words (I have way too many on the topic), but that would take way longer than any story you can find on this page. Instead, I will point you to Andrew Sage's short video (🇮🇹 con sottotitoli in italiano!) that really captures the core of the artistic and political movement that wants a better world. Here's the English audio version:
Here is an AI trap for our unthinking enemies (humans can click it too, for us it's just funny because we know how to get out of it). Thank you Julian Oliver for building this awesome digital barricade!
After a long procrastination, I added EPUB formats for all short stories! They are listed in anti-chronological order: at the top you'll find the most recent ones, while the oldest are further down. I am considering having links to text pages from which they can be read more easily, but at the same time I would like to avoid AI scraping. Please send me a message if you have suggestions or specific requests and I'll try to accommodate them as best as I can. Stories should be for everyone.
Stories with a "P" next to them have been published in magazines or sites; head over to the Featured section to find all the links to the edited stories and support the publishers!
[Less than 1000 words]
NEW!!!
The best fucking day under the world!
[Nov 2025]
A party official realizes the future has to give way to something worse.
[Jul 2025]
A quantum TV show with... nondeterministic endings!
[May 2025]
The quest to synthesize the last element of the Periodic Table.
[Feb 2025]
An attempt at solarpunk horror among half-buried traumas.
[Dec 2024]
Una ricerca ossessiva, un piatto illusorio: la profezia dei tortellini è vera?
[May 2024]
How does the average Tuesday look like in a Solarpunk Piemonte?
[Mar 2024]
Archaeologists strive to preserve the past. Oblificators seek to erase it.
[Dec 2023]
[Dec 2023] While empires argue at the Congress of Vienna, citizens of would-be Europe dream of a better continent.
[Jun 2023]
How do we convince people to build an alternative to capitalism?
[Jun 2023]
Even without humans, the Greenhouse keeps nursing the flora inside it.
[Sep 2022]
A desperate travel across the desert to find more than a recipient.
[Feb 2022]
Collective action brings a ray of hope among dreadful future scenarios.
[Less than 10k words]
[Dec 2024][Arcane fanfiction]
Ekko & Heimerdinger protect the Firelights Hideout against both Piltover and Zaun. No time/dimension travel; branches from S2E2.
[Nov 2024]
An insular community faces a harrowing dilemma: drought, or interacting with capitalism once again?
[Oct 2023]
The police is going to hunt the activists down, unless I can show them who the real culprit was.
[May 2023]
A heavy snowfall engulfs the Mediterranean town of Gorgoglione. Chicco, Imma and Saija know how to help the townspeople.
[Mar 2022]
The quest of a young rebel to shine the lights of her city once again.