Finding the Bones

<p><strong>LONGLISTED Edna Ferber Fiction Book Award Wisconsin Writers Awards (2023)</strong></p><p><strong>FINALIST Fiction: Short Story American Book Fest (2023)</strong></p><p><strong>FINALIST Cygnus Award in Science Fiction (2023)</strong></p><p></p><p>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.</p>