Courting Disasters and Other Strange Affinities: Short Stories by Nina Kiriki Hoffman - SIGNED x3

Courting Disasters and Other Strange Affinities: Short Stories by Nina Kiriki Hoffman. 1991 first edition hardcover. 220 pages, very nice condition. Limited Edition #21 of 250, SIGNED by Nina Kiriki Hoffman (author), Kristine Kathryn Rusch (introduction), & Gahan Wilson (cover illustrator).

Nominated for the 1992 "Locus Award" for best collection of the year, Courting Disasters' is a collection of some of Hoffman's best short stories, all published prior to this anthology in pulp magazines and other notable anthologies. It includes her very first story, "A Night Out" and several from her first anthology called "Legacy of Fire." Hoffman is a well-kept secret in the field of speculative fiction. She has been shortlisted, awarded and finalist for awards for novella, novelette, novel, fantasy novel, adult literature, work for younger readers, young adult books, and children's literature for the Nebula, Locus, World Fantasy Award, the Theodore Sturgeon Award, the HOMer award from CompuServe, the Endeavour Award, the Mythopoeic Society Award, the James Tiptree Jr. Award and the Philip K. Dick Award. This is the deluxe first edition.