Bridge of Dreams — Kevin P. Keating

Comprising three interlinked novellas, Bridge of Dreams: A Speculative Triptych centers around a young woman who embarks upon a spiritual quest over the span of three different lifetimes. In Gwendolyn Greene and the Moondog Coronation Ball of 1957, the Soviets are preparing to launch a dog into orbit. The Americans, in an attempt to stay competitive in the space race, select a remarkably intelligent dog owned by a 14-year-old girl from rural Ohio. But only Gwendolyn can explain the mystery behind her beloved canine's extraordinary gifts. Hilda Whitby and the Heavenly Light of 1857, takes place in an Ohio frontier town and concerns the trials and tribulations of a brilliant female chemist who has just lost her son to a devastating explosion. Wanted for questioning by authorities, Hilda travels along the Erie Canal, meeting an assortment of curious characters until one fateful night when she faces a strange destiny inside a cave. In IMPETUS 13 and the Constitutional Crisis of 2057, a timid college student and an assertive professor of creative writing set out on a road trip only to discover what appears to be a flying saucer stranded deep in a remote canyon.