Skin Folk

InSkin Folk, with works ranging from science fiction to Caribbean folklore, passionate love to chilling horror, Nalo Hopkinson is at her award-winning best spinning tales like Precious, in which the narrator spews valuable coins and gems from her mouth whenever she attempts to talk or sing. In A Habit of Waste, a self-conscious woman undergoes elective surgery to alter her appearance; days later shes shocked to see her former body climbing onto a public bus. In The Glass Bottle Trick, the young protagonist ignores her intuition regarding her new husbands superstitionsto horrifying consequences.

Hopkinsons unique and vibrant sense of pacing and dialogue sets a steady beat for stories that illustrate why she received the 1999 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Entertaining, challenging, and alluring,Skin Folkis not to be missed.

• Skin Folk: Stories by Nalo Hopkinson
• Paperback:220 pages
• Publisher:Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy (July 3, 2018)
• Language:English
• ISBN-10:1504052765
• ISBN-13:9781504052764
• Product Dimensions:5.2 x 0.5 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight:8.6 ounces