Oil stories
Climate change, peak oil and pollution dominate our everyday lives, but how have they affected our imagination? The Guardian's short fiction project Oil stories asks writers from around the world to drill down through layers of cliché and cant to explore the hidden reservoirs which fuel our dreams and power our nightmares.
Life after Deepwater Horizon: the hidden toll of surviving disaster on an oil rig – podcast
When the drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico exploded in 2010, Stephen Stone escaped with his life. But in the years that followed, he came to feel deeply betrayed by the industry he had once trusted
Covehithe by China Miéville
A trip to the Suffolk coast takes on a new urgency when Dughan decides the time is right for a night-time adventure in this exclusive story from China Miéville
Chez Janette by Alain Mabanckou, translated by Helen Stevenson
Translators must read with their ears
Gone to Water by Tim Gautreaux
Original fiction: A year on from the Deepwater Horizon disaster, this specially-commissioned story is set in Louisiana, where Pa Claude and Jackie are going out fishing on the bayou
Barthelme by Joanna Kavenna
It's about time someone sorted this oil business out. Joanna Kavenna brings us the exclusive story of the world's first truly ethical oil company
The revolution in Arabic fiction prefigures the Arab spring
Peter Clark: Over the last decade, a new generation of Arabic novelists has been moving beyond the social realism of their predecessors to reach out to the world
Oil Field by Mohammed Hasan Alwan, translated by Peter Clark
A young boy finds his village transformed by the oil wells he can glimpse from the roof of his house, in this new story from Mohammed Hasan Alwan, translated by Peter Clark
A Well-Oiled Mind by Simone Lia
A bad dream casts a dark shadow over Sarah’s day, but will she ever get a grip on such a slippery subject?
On Business by Robin Yassin-Kassab
Guardian Books podcast: Orange prize, Oil stories, and America's future
Can fiction change our view of oil?
