LONGLISTED, Edna Ferber Fiction Book Award, Wisconsin Writers Awards (2023)
FINALIST, Fiction: Short Story, American Book Fest (2023)
FINALIST, Cygnus Award in Science Fiction (2023)
A father tries to explain to his daughter what Earth was like, a boy believes his mother has been abducted by aliens, a ghost hunter wonders if her absent father is a deceased serial killer, and in the near future the sun makes people go insane. Weaving science fiction, gothic storytelling, and paranormality into nine stories and a novella, Nikki Kallio establishes herself as a fresh, innovative, and compassionate voice in speculative fiction and magical realism.