The Pathbreakers and Other Stories features the top 20 winning entries from the 2022 Blue-White Dot Short Story Writing Competition. Through storytelling, this book hopes to inspire everyone to reimagine a world cultivated by the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. What happens when Earth becomes truly unrecognisable? Embrace a ustopia in The Pathbreakers and Other Stories – an unforgettable collection of short stories. Immerse yourself in towering skyscrapers wreathed in vines and blooming gardens or feel the bone-chilling embrace of harsh Arctic conditions. What about the question of how a friendly tug-of-war brings out the hero in us? What is it about dugongs, fresh water, and a god-playing man-made machine? What if the ocean could truly speak, and mythical beings are called into existence? Let this book take you on that journey.