Woman, Wolf, Carbon Capture

Winner of the Fall 2024 Black River Chapbook Competition

It’s a beautiful September day in Seattle, but Tiny isn’t happy. Lung damage recently ended her dream career as a wildlands firefighter, and she’s grieving person she loved most, her grandmother. Add to that Tiny’s festering anger over climate change, and the pushy neighbor who’s filed a complaint about the wind turbine on Tiny’s roof, and it’s no wonder she sometimes wants to punch something.

Things take a turn when a city employee arr...