★ Pickman's Other Model, Tsathoggua, A Colder War★★ Mr. Gaunt, The Fungal Stain, Take Me To The River, Cold Water Survival,★★★ Fair Exchange, The Vicar Of R'lyeh, The Crevasse, Bad Sushi, Old Virginia, The Dude Who Collected Lovecraft, The Oram County Whoosit, Buried In The Sky, Bringing Helena Back...
Moon Six: ★★★ An astronaut lands on the moon, only to find out it didn't belong to the Earth he comes from. A Brief Guide to Other Histories: ★★★ Meeting your doppelganger can't be good for you. Crystal Halloway & the Forgotten Passage:★★★ We've all been there as kids, we just don't remember. An Emp...
Katharine is a judge for the Aurealis Awards. This review is the personal opinion of Katharine herself, and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of any judging panel, the judging coordinator or the Aurealis Awards management team. To be safe, I won't be recording my review here until after the A...
(This review is based on an ARC.) How to rate an anthology has always been a struggle. Invariably, they end up in the 3-star "I don't know" category. Plus I seldom read all the stories. So for this exercise, I'll give ratings for each story that I actually try to read.5-star4-star"Hel’s Half-Acr...
Some weak choices dampen the latter half. Cherie Priest... yes, she did write a zombie that included zombies. Doesn't really qualify her to wrote for this anthology, does it?
A great book for anyone who loves zombie stories. I was impressed with the scope of the stories, everything from the typical fortified gated school with a few survivors, to an "Our Town" for a zombie world. A man surviving in the archival vault of a library, to a corporation charging to bring back...
The first story, also the longest, was excellent!!! I highly recommend it. The others were all so-so. Many of them I started but didn't finish. None of them were memorable or all that enjoyable, to me.
Above-average collection of short stories. Most are 'modern' rather than 'classic' fantasy.Contents: “Unpossible” by Daryl Gregory “Light” by Kelly Link “The Teashop” by Zoran Zivkovic “The Rope” by Noreen Doyle “Buttons” by William Alexander “Brother of the Moon” by Holly Phillips...
Review for Amaryllis by Carrie VaughnAmaryllis is simply stunning. It is everything you could possibly want from a science fiction tale. It deals with new governments, new ways of thinking, and in this case, new ways of considering the environment. Amaryllis is set in a world where moderation is ...
I will admit to skimming and skipping over a couple of the stories here. Overall I liked a lot of them (I'd originally gotten it just to read Reluctance from Cherie Priest).The first 2 stories were wholly depressing (and in zombie anthologies, that is usually the case). There were a couple of storie...
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