Finitude by Hamish MacDonald

Author:Hamish MacDonald [MacDonald, Hamish]
Format: epub
Tags: fiction, humour, climate change, ecology, speculative, environment
ISBN: 9780956016904
Publisher: hamishmacdonald.com

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Jeremy walked back toward his tent. He heard voices shouting and looked up: Tydial and Victor ran naked past him, singing and cheering.

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The Mondolan caravan rolled toward the former capital of some country the winds laid waste to. “Look at those mountains,” said Lupercus to Jeremy and Victor, pointing out the window of his fortress. “They’re bare. Before, the clouds used to pass over them and cover their tops in snow. That snow would provide water to this whole area throughout the year. Now... no clouds, no snow, no water.”

Something about the city struck Jeremy, and it took him a while to figure out. Then he realised what it was. “There’s no colour,” he said.

“The storms,” said Lupercus, “they’ve blasted it all away.”

The city was flooded with sand. It sloped up the sides of every building and drifted across the streets as if it were a tide and would eventually wash the buildings away.

Faces peered expectantly from the windows of the buildings and crowds gathered to cheer on Lupercus’s arrival. From every direction, other caravans approached the city. Something’s happening here, thought Jeremy.

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