The Dangers of Touch

Nina Kiriki Hoffman

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Skye can't remember why it's so difficult to stop on her home planet. It has something to do with her family, something to do with the ancient alien race that shares the planet with the human newcomers, and something to do with the psi powers so common on the planet, powers she has never had. This time, she's bringing a secret weapon in the form of her friend Kit, who has powers of his own. This 6300-word short story first appeared in 1991 in a magazine called Amaranth, and has appeared nowhere else until now.

GenresScience Fiction

28 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 15, 2014

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Nina Kiriki Hoffman

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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.

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July 31, 2022

Empathic abilities used for good and evil

A young woman working on a spaceship fears visiting her home planet after many years away. Almost everyone on the planet has empathic abilities that lets them know what everyone is feeling. But she was an outcast due to her having no such abilities. Is it her own lack of confidence that's kept her away or is there something else on the planet that she fears?