Synopses & Reviews
On the day that Minister Peters boards a train from South Carolina heading north, he has nothing left but ghosts: the ghost of his murdered wife, the ghost of his drowned daughter, the ghosts of his father and his grandmother and the people who disappeared from his town without trace or explanation. In the cramped car, Minister finds himself in close quarters with three passengers also joining the exodus from the South — people seeking a new life, whose motives, declared or otherwise, will change Minister's life with devastating consequences.
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"The Salt Fields fits a layered multigenerational saga into the fast-paced jaunt of a novella." Siel Ju, author of Cake Time
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"A poignant exploration of desire, yearning, and hope." Maxine Chernoff, author of Here, Camera, Under the Music, and Bop
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"Beautifully written and memorable." Aimee Bender, author of The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake and The Color Master
About the Author
Originally from Buffalo, and currently living in Seattle, Stacy D. Flood's work has been published and performed nationally as well as in the Puget Sound Area.
Having received his MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University, he has also been an artist-in-residence at DISQUIET in Lisbon, as well as The Millay Colony of the Arts.
In addition, he is the recipient of the Gregory Capasso Award in Fiction from the University at Buffalo, along with a Getty Fellowship to the Squaw Valley Community of Writers.