Overview: 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.

Verdict: 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.

With his short stories and essays having appeared in nearly one hundred literary journals, author Kevin P. Keating now brings forth a quite enticing triptych - a work of art, typically a painting, sculpture, or carving, that is divided into three sections or panels, often hinged together - in which these three interwoven stories include a dog bound for space, some interdimensional portals, a driven chemist, UFO’s and more!

A masterful combination, nay seamless blending of science fiction and historical fiction, with an underlying nod to a Cold War moral attitude veined throughout, Bridge of Dreams: A Speculative Triptych is indeed speculative non-fiction, sure, but with each and every page turned you could be forgiven for believing that you were reading something more fictionalized, invented by his imagination, irrespective of the question of its truth; albeit a landscape sculpted from inquisitive trails across time.

About the Author - After working in the steel mills of Cleveland, Ohio, Kevin P. Keating became an instructor of English at several colleges and universities. His short stories and essays have appeared in nearly one hundred literary journals. His first novel The Natural Order of Things was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times First Fiction Award. He is the recipient of several literary awards, including the Cleveland Arts Prize, the James Thurber House Award, and a Creative Workforce Fellowship. He lives in Fairview Park, OH.

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