I decided to write a short narrative revolving around a married couple named Brenton and Chanel who have recently moved to Portland, Oregon from California. They decided to move due to a couple of extreme climate change disasters. The narrative details their journey to Portland and once they have finally moved, they have to cope with new living situations that are extremely inconvenient and nothing like they had originally expected. Portland is also going through some serious effects of climate change which Brenton and Chanel were not aware of so this new move is more of a struggle than anticipated. This is the hardest struggle they have had to endure as a couple and after everything that has taken place during the past few weeks, they are left to wonder if they can still survive in such an unpredictable world.

I decided to create this narrative because I felt like the main events in my short story directly correlate with issues regarding climate change. I feel like Brenton and Chanel’s story sum up the way climate change fiction is portrayed. With this narrative I am trying to evoke similar emotions that I feel when I read intense and extreme climate change stories. I hope to raise more awareness of the possible repercussions of climate change and that climate change is indeed a serious issue that is happening as people read my narrative. I ultimately wish to create a desire to make a change or atleast contribute to current climate change preventative action groups and organizations. I really hope that people can read my narrative and come together and have their voices reach other folks in the community.

“The atmosphere was not welcoming, nor did it seem safe, but they had no other option. Where else would they go, especially considering that they had no family or friends on this side of the toxic infested country. They had no way of contacting their families either, who knew if they were still alive. The thought of their loved ones being engulfed by the ongoing daily catastrophes made Brenton’s heart drop to his stomach. But he could not let these dreadful thoughts distract him, he had to find safe ground for Chanel and him. He needed to make sure she was taken care of, if he could take care of her. There was barely any place to stay here. Overpopulation seemed to have taken it’s toll on this city and resources were scarce. How in the world would they survive? He heard an uproar of voices nearby and his attention immediately turned to the commotion…”