Escapes

by Nina Kiriki Hoffman

Where are the books where you write your own ending? Lexi has fled her abusive ex-boyfriend and her past and found refuge in a bookstore in a small town. The bookstore is quirky, though, and her past is closer than she knows.

Genres: Fantasy, Short Stories

23 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 23, 2012

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]

A bookstore with a mind of it's own

I've always loved bookstores. Lexi is a girl with a secret in her past. She starts to work at a mysterious bookstore that seems to have a soul and a mind of its own.

[Kristen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Some of this REALLY resonated. Like on the nose. And I so wish there was a bookstore like Brannigan's 16-20 years ago. (Tread carefully, though, if you're also a survivor of domestic abuse)

[saradevil · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've read a few of NKH's shorter works now, and I have to say the lady knows her way around a short story.

[Serena · Rating 4 out of 5]

My Rating System:
* couldn't finish, ** wouldn't recommend, *** would recommend, **** would read again, ***** have read again.