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.
The vast majority of stories in this anthology were very good. There were a couple of exceptions and more than one author had to actually say something about how the vampires were evolving. I'm not a huge fan of authors quoting the theme or name of their story. It always feels heavy handed to me. Al...
Vampires fans, this is a must read. Not quite what I would call an anthology, this is more like tid bits, but enough to tempt your pallet. Evolve is stuffed full of shorts that all have one thing in common, good writing about the fabulously fanged. This is great book to keep on your nightstand to gr...
The Burning WomanListen!You can hear her pale voicefrom within the conflagration.It always speaks truth.It always lies.She crackles like marrow-bonewhen she walks.Her eyes and mouth openand burn like magnesium.She is a contrary Gorgon;everything she looks atis forced into frenzied life.If you are ve...
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