SHORT STORY: At the bottom of the sea, a trawler crawls across an abyssal plain, carefully cleaning microplastics off the ancient mineral-rich nodules, when the crew finds something that shouldn't be possible.

Slimy Things Did Crawl is one of six short solarpunk stories in the Halfway to Better collection.

If you enjoyed the optimistic climate solutions in Kim Stanley Robinsons Ministry for the Future or the cozy cooperative future in Becky Chambers Monk and Robot series, you will enjoy Halfway to Better.