SUSANNA SPACE

Susanna Space is a writer, editor and communications consultant. As a journalist, Susanna has covered education, the opioid crisis, politics, animal rights, meteors and more. Her literary essays have been shortlisted for several prizes and she has received support from the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, which provides grants to feminist women in the arts. She serves as publicity director with the Santa Fe International Literary Festival.

On June 30, 1908, a star-like body with a fiery tail tore through the clear morning sky above the vast Siberian forest. As it neared the ground, a column of light shot twelve miles into the air. Booms like artillery followed, and stones rained from the sky; houses shook and windows shattered. A wave of intense heat threw people from their chairs. Hundreds of reindeer scattered and burned.

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