Very good writing (and A+ as always for diversity), but unfortunately the stories are mere vignettes - slices of life, rather than actual stories with plots and a beginning and ending. Having read previous crossed genres issues this came as kind of a disappointing surprise. Not what I was expecting....
Average: 3 Stars (so far)I didn't finish the anthology, but hope to come back to it eventually. So far, there was a lot of interesting ideas, but no story really stood out or was incredible.Favorites: "Finders" by Melissa Scott and "Missions of Greed" by Sue LangeWorst: "Landfall" by Joan Slonczewis...
The premise of this anthology is interesting, not just because I’m a woman, but because 4 of my favorite recent short pieces would all easily have fit within it. And when I say favorite, I mean things I liked enough to include in my Hugo nominations. The strength of those tales may have set my expec...
See my review at http://www.shocktotem.com/05/14/2011/rigor-amortis/
This is an anthology of stories from the first year of Crossed Genre magazine. There is one story from each of the first twelve issues. Check out the magazine at http://crossedgenres.com/Each issue had a theme, the themes are listed in the table of contents, but I wish the themes had been identifie...