Omar knew that meant that the scientists were winning. They were containing the carbon, rolling back the mighty Sahara, bringing rain.
It also meant that his lucrative business—desert-cured meat prized by billionaires—was under threat.
He looked over the acres of diesel generators and engines pulled from large cars. They poured smoke into the air.
“Buy more engines online,” Omar said.
If everyone did their part, they could stop the scientists
Gustavo Bondoni is
novelist and short story writer with over three hundred stories
published in fifteen countries, in seven languages. He is a member of
Codex and an Active Member of SFWA.His latest novel is a dark historic fantasy entitled The Swords of Rasna (2022). He has also published five science fiction novels, four monster books and a thriller entitled Timeless. His short fiction is collected in Pale Reflection (2020), Off the Beaten Path (2019), Tenth Orbit and Other Faraway Places (2010) and Virtuoso and Other Stories (2011).
In
2019, Gustavo was awarded second place in the Jim Baen Memorial Contest
and in 2018 he received a Judges Commendation (and second place) in The
James White Award. He was also a 2019 finalist in the Writers of the
Future Contest.
His website is at www.gustavobondoni.com
Gustavo has become a regular contributor to Stupefying Stories and we have quite a few stories of his stories on this site. Check them out!
► “Internal Combustion” • by Gustavo Bondoni
► “Rain Dancer” • by Sylvia Heike
► “No Justice for Deserters” • by Pauline Barmby
► “Treasure Hunting in the Old City” • by Christopher Degni
► “Egg Disputes Beneath the Desert’s Quietest Erg” • by Jason P. Burnham
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