Reviewing an anthology is not an easy task; almost no anthology is perfect. It's like that hackneyed proverbial box of chocolates: You never know what you're going to get when you start a new story. In this particular collection it's even more so, because it's all over the place, thematically speaki...
BLOOD by Roddy Doyle★★★A man discovers he has a craving for blood. FOSSIL-FIGURES by Joyce Carol Oates★★★Two brothers, united in birth and death.WILDFIRE IN MANHATTAN by Joanne Harris★★★ The gods may be living right next to you.THE TRUTH IS A CAVE IN THE BLACK MOUNTAINS by Neil Gaiman★★★A father wou...
What's better than a picture book about an invasion from Mars by ducks wearing silly silver suits and hip waders? A picture book about an invasion from Mars by ducks wearing silly silver suits and hip waders written by champion mojo storyteller Joe Lansdale, that's what!Apparently Lansdale's son Ke...
Like most short story collections written by various authors, this one was uneven. My favorite stories came from Neil Gaiman, Al Sarrantonio, Michael Swanwick, Gene Wolf, and Joe Hill. The others could be rated on a scale of "meh" to "snore." Once again, I find Neil Gaiman's short fiction *so* much ...
A mixed bag. "Stories" from Moorcock a definite odd one out which actually quite refreshing. Especially after reading 2 stories put one after the other with similar premise;the first one was better written & more exciting though.I'm being reminded again that I prefer my short stories collection in p...
I particularly enjoyed the stories by Neil Gaiman, Joe Lansdale, and Elizabeth Hand. The stories by Joyce Carol Oates, Kurt Anderson, Carolyn Parkhurst, Tim Powers, and Joe Hill were also very good.
This collection took me forever to get through, but not because it wasn't good, just because it's an anthology. I always have trouble retaining interest in short-story collections because there's no narrative through-line. There's no reason for me to keep turning the pages. Ironically, the theme of ...
How to review this collection.....Hmm..One one level, for a reader who loves short stories (as I do), for the pure essence of the medium of storytelling, this is an excellent collection. There is no question that all the writers here know their craft, and very well. I had the pleasure of being int...
I never really know how to rate anthologies since the stories in them are so wide-ranging and varied, but I fully enjoyed this collection. It was full of solid stories and provided a lot of immersive reading.
In the world of fiction, there exists a certain intangible chasm between what is generally known as ‘genre fiction’ and ‘general’ or even ‘literary fiction’. Many readers expect certain things from the one that they don’t from the other; it is a distinction useful for pigeonholing books, especially ...
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