[image error]While reading “The Man Who Bridged the Mist”, I wondered who this Kij Johnson was and where I could find more of her work. Turns out she also wrote The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe. No wonder this novella is so good.

The “Man Who Bridged the Mist” has a perfectly shaped plot. The story opens when Kit Meinem, an engineer/architect, rolls into town with a suitcase full of plans for a bridge. It closes just before the bridge opens to the public, as Kit prepares to move on.

Normally you’d expect Ki...