The World Future Society took a short parable of mine as an article for The Futurist Magazine.  It was an interesting process to create it – they asked for what I interpreted as a more serious article, but this is what wanted to come out and play.  I usually have more control of the tone of my writing than this, but they must have liked it since it showed up in their magazine and on their website.   It may morph into the beginning of the Backing into Eden book which I hope to get to right after I finish Edge of Dark (my next novel).