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We are honored to host our friend and mentor, Nikki Kallio, who loves all thinks spooky. Stop by and enjoy her
ABOUT THE BOOK
A father tries to explain to his daughter what Earth was like, a boy believes his mother 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 eight stories and a novella, Nikki Kallio establishes herself as a fresh, innovative, and compassionate voice in speculative fiction and magical realism.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Nikki Kallio is the author of the short fiction collection Finding the Bones, (Cornerstone Press, 2023) which includes her award-winning short stories “Geography Lesson” and “Spirit Box,” which were recognized by the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters. The collection also includes her novella “The Fledgling,” which was shortlisted in the 2018 Brain Mill Press unsolicited novella contest. Nikki has an MFA from Goddard College, where she also served as nonfiction editor for the student literary journal Pitkin Review. During the pandemic, her essay “Cold Front” appeared in the anthology (Her)oics: Women’s Lived Experiences During the Coronavirus Pandemic, (Pact Press, 2021). Her work also appears in other anthologies and literary journals. Nikki worked as a newspaper journalist and editor in Maine and California before returning home to Wisconsin.
We are honored to host our friend and mentor, Nikki Kallio, who loves all thinks spooky. Stop by and enjoy her
ABOUT THE BOOK
A father tries to explain to his daughter what Earth was like, a boy believes his mother 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 eight stories and a novella, Nikki Kallio establishes herself as a fresh, innovative, and compassionate voice in speculative fiction and magical realism.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Nikki Kallio is the author of the short fiction collection Finding the Bones, (Cornerstone Press, 2023) which includes her award-winning short stories “Geography Lesson” and “Spirit Box,” which were recognized by the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters. The collection also includes her novella “The Fledgling,” which was shortlisted in the 2018 Brain Mill Press unsolicited novella contest. Nikki has an MFA from Goddard College, where she also served as nonfiction editor for the student literary journal Pitkin Review. During the pandemic, her essay “Cold Front” appeared in the anthology (Her)oics: Women’s Lived Experiences During the Coronavirus Pandemic, (Pact Press, 2021). Her work also appears in other anthologies and literary journals. Nikki worked as a newspaper journalist and editor in Maine and California before returning home to Wisconsin.