It’s been a while since I posted anything on here, and I’m super happy to have some publishing news to share: Rattus Futura, Manawaker Studio’s long awaited sequel to Felis Futura, is finally out! Like its predecessor, CB Droege’s new fiction anthology features a bunch of sci-fi stories; unlike its predecessor, however, Rattus Futura focuses on the unsung tales of rodents rather than those of the beloved friends of tons of writers, cats.

My contribution is a tiny cli-fi flash piece focusing on capybaras, and while my little story is definitely mouse-sized in its word count, capybaras themselves happen to be the largest living rodents on Earth. They’ve gotten pretty iconic in the last few years, between their Argentine class war and the OK I pull up memes. My tale, Your Capybarometer, wonders how they might endure and perhaps evolve alongside us in a future dealing with the effects of unchecked climate change.

If this latest offering of rodent-driven fiction turns out to be up your alley, you can order Rattus Futura in print or in epub and mobi via Manawaker’s own online storefront, or in print or on Kindle via Amazon.