Fast Wedded to the Ground

by Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Alan M. Clark (illustrator)

This short story, previously only available in the extremely hard-to-find Imagination Fully Dilated part of a series written in response to an image painted (this one, by Alan M. Clark's "Numbfish"), is presented by the author through a kindle-only e-book.

Genres: Fantasy

21 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 30, 2013

About the author

Nina Kiriki Hoffman’s first solo novel, The Thread That Binds the Bones (1993), won the Bram Stoker Award for first novel; her second novel, The Silent Strength of Stones (1995) was a finalist for the Nebula and World Fantasy Awards. A Red Heart of Memories (1999, part of her “Matt Black” series), nominated for a World Fantasy Award, was followed by sequel Past the Size of Dreaming in 2001. Much of her work to date is short fiction, including “Matt Black” novella “Unmasking” (1992), nominated for a World Fantasy Award; and “Matt Black” novelette “Home for Christmas” (1995), nominated for the Nebula, World Fantasy, and Sturgeon awards. In addition to writing, Hoffman has taught, worked part-time at a B. Dalton bookstore, and done production work on The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. An accomplished fiddle player, she has played regularly at various granges near her home in Eugene, Oregon.

Reviews

[Linda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short space opera about a girl stolen from her planet

Inhabitants of the planet Ooliya have a special talent: telepathic abilities that allows them to connect to any sentient being. Space pirates steal Tonia from her planet and force her to work for them, using her abilities to gain information to rob unsuspecting natives of various planets.