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    Under a Butterscotch Sky: Short Fiction
    Under a Butterscotch Sky: Short Fiction
    Under a Butterscotch Sky: Short Fiction
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    Under a Butterscotch Sky: Short Fiction

    By Susan Knier

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    The short fiction of Susan Knier spans generations and time periods, ranging from the drama of human life to the unexplained on the outer fringes of reality. In “Leaving,” two children face a dangerous dilemma when their fugitive father is seriously injured in a remote wilderness camp. A woman struggles to adapt to 21st century life after many years in a cloistered monastery in “Matins And Lauds.” A mysterious young man protects the grand destiny of an impoverished but brilliant classmate in “Saving Grace.” In “Under A Butterscotch Sky,” a woman and her terminally ill daughter immerse themselves in coverage of the first manned mission to Mars, their isolation paralleling that of the astronauts.
    This collection of short fiction is accompanied by poetry and selected dream accounts of the author.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateDec 18, 2022
    ISBN9781663249111
    Under a Butterscotch Sky: Short Fiction
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    Susan Knier

    Susan Knier lives in southeastern Wisconsin with her husband. She is a medical speech-language pathologist and the author of four previous collections of short fiction.

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