FIC074000 FICTION / Southern
FIC019000 FICTION / Literary
FIC049040 FICTION / African American / Historical
Print ISBN: 978-1-941360-49-1
Digital ISBN: 978-1-941360-50-7
Paperback, 5.25"x8" • 136 pages
Available 4.13.2021
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.
Praise for The Salt Fields
"There’s a beautiful formality to this writing that beckons a reader in, and then the vibrancy of the dialogue and the surreal allure of the scenes surprise and open up the story. A novella both stamped in time, and timeless. Flood has made something memorable here."
—Aimee Bender, author of The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake and The Color Master
"Hyperreal yet hallucinatory, The Salt Fields fits a layered multigenerational saga into the fast-paced jaunt of a novella. A riveting story that mystifies even as more and more is revealed."
—Siel Ju, author of Cake Time
"The Salt Fields is a beautiful and powerful novella . . . with lyrical prose that had me spellbound from the first few sentences. Stacy D. Flood is a remarkable talent, and I can't wait for the world to know his name."
—Edan Lepucki, author of Woman No. 17 and California
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