Laughing at the Madness: A Short Story

I’m no comedian. But as a greenie, one of my short stories still makes me laugh.

I was sitting on Shoreham Beach a while back, pondering how it’s not okay for us to sunbake any more, and yet it’s fine to fry our planet, and for the fossil fuel industry to fund our political parties.

So I wrote a short story about this absurdity, pushing our current madness even further, into a dystopian futuristic world.

My Charlotte is living her best life with her personalised Me-pod. She’s heading to a beachside gym that has its own power station and desalination plant, and getting excited about dinner at Monsanto’s Restaurant.

If you’re a grumpy old greenie like I am, then I reckon you’ll enjoy this story. I wrote it for us. And to say that we shouldn’t give up hope. The tide will turn one day. Read the short story The Tide Turns.