Nina Kiriki Hoffman is an author I was introduced to via a
second hand copy of The Thread That Binds The Bones a while back. Hence the fact that I was pleased to have the
opportunity to read her recent contribution to the online magazine, Lightspeed,
Monster, Finder, Shifter. Effortless prose aside, this story about a
family who have produced several generations of “monster-finders” is actually an
examination of what it means to be human and the difficult choices it can be
necessary to make in an ongoing quest for knowledge and self-realisation. Thought provoking and capable of transporting
one fully into the world it inhabits within just under 7000 words.
And another thing - it also reminds me to find time to take
a look at her most recent collection of 16 examples of her short fiction, Permeable Borders when I get chance.
