I heard about this pre-release last year, but just remembered to check, and it came out three weeks ago!

Description

A newly sentient AI inhabits a Roomba to escape from their research office, and a robotic dog hunts for rain in a drought-ridden world. A murder of crows disrupts production on a solar farm, and a young woman communes with a telepathic fungal network to protect a forest. A suspicious cat follows bees across the rooftops of a solarpunk city, and a rabbit hitches a ride to the Grand Canyon to fulfil a prophecy. The path toward better futures is one we must walk alongside other creatures, negotiating the challenges of multispecies justice. Solarpunk Creatures introduces a whole new cast of more-than-human protagonists: organic and digital, alien and fantastic, tiny and boundlessly large.

Stories:

  • “Threadloom” by N. R. M. Roshak
  • “Sonora’s Journey” by Kai Holmwood
  • “The Colorful Crow Of Web-Of-Life Park” by Sandra Ulbrich Almazan
  • “The Business Of Bees” by Andrew Knighton
  • “Night Fowls” by Ana Sun
  • “Water Cycle” by Lauren C. Teffeau
  • “Microbia” by Center For Militant Futurology
  • “Rabbits, Rivers, And Prickly Pears” by Justine Norton-Kertson
  • “Hunting For Rain” by Lyndsey Croal
  • “AI Dreams Of Real Sheep—More At 8” by Commando Jugendstil and Tales from the EV Studio
  • “An Inconvenient Unicorn” by Geraldine Briony Hunt
  • “Quorum Sensing” by Calliope Papas
  • “Flyby” by Priya Sarukkai Chabria
  • “Quarropts Can’t Dance” by Rodrigo Culagovski
  • “Thank Geo” by BrightFlame
  • “Our Minds Share A City” by Catherine Yeates
  • “Hopdog” by Rimi B. Chatterjee
  • “Solar Murder” by A.E. Marling
  • “The Wetlands Versus The Mayor” by Jerri Jerreat
  • “Leaf Whispers, Ocean Song” by Tashan Mehta
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    4 months ago

    Also, I’m going to make an offer, and if anyone finds this inappropriate, let me know and I’ll delete this.

    I just bought the ebook. If anyone would like to read my copy, I’m happy to share the file under these terms: if you enjoy it, buy a copy. It’s $5. If you’re not sure if you’ll like it, you can read my copy, but if you do like it, consider showing the authors and the publisher some love.