A few years back, Gordon Van Gelder was putting together an anthology of bespoke stories about global warming. He called it Welcome to the Greenhouse, a title reminiscent of Kurt Vonnegut's famous short story, "Welcome to the Monkey House."

He asked me for a story. I realized, and still do, that global warming is a big problem. I've been anticipating it since the 1960s when J.G. Ballard published The Drowned World. So I tried to come up with something grim and gritty, but nothing good came to mind. The only idea I'd had was something a little goofy that did sort address the issue that the kind of thinking that gets you into a problem is probably not the kind that will get you out.

Then Gordon emailed me to ask how I was doing and I told him I was only coming up with goofy stuff, at which point I understood from his reply that comic relief was what he was expecting me to deliver. So I wrote the story and sent it in.

It's called "Not a Problem," and it's now available for a free read on the SF Canada site. When you've finished reading it, you might stick around the site and get to know some of Canada's up and coming new sff authors.