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I had a moment of worry. I'd been eyeing both books, and I'm never sure on poetry, so I bought one first. I went with the second collection, not realizing that, although this had an introduction - a lovely, lovely introduction by Neil Gaiman - so I was like, 'I don't know.' The truth is I love ...
If any fault is to be found in this book, it's to be found in me as a reader. While the poems that I felt I fully understood were gorgeous, warm, and at times heartbreaking, the ones I didn't fully understand were simply poetry. Graceful little moments - or big sweeping ones - boiled down a few ...
As usual with short stories, only a few were interesting. Quite a few here were dull, frankly. I only read it for John Park's Nightward, really (it landed squarely in the interesting bucket btw). Heat Death (Patrick Johanneson), Flight of Passage (Jon Martin Watts), and One Nation Under Gods (Jer...
I'm not sure I'd call most of these stories horror. More like dark fiction. Some were a little too oblique for my tastes (I had more than a few 'Huh?' moments), but the writing caliber was good across the board. Overall rating: 3.5/5.0 starsReviewed for Bitten by Books. http://bittenbybooks.com.
A few more interesting stories, more that weren't anything special. The collection as a whole reminded me of vampire short-stories from the 80s, when authors wanted their vamps more contemporary but hadn't hit on the sparkles yet.
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