by Jennifer Pelland
Pelland's stories are as creepy as Richard C. Matheson and as original as China Mieville. I ordered a copy of this book as soon as I finished it.
I love the unifying thread of this anthology which is summed up beautifully in the title: Unwelcome Bodies. Bodies that are changed or uncomfortable or deformed or manipulated; each story concerns itself with the body and self in a speculative environment. I am fascinated and captivated by each and ...
Unwelcome Bodies is a collection of, well, frankly, utterly unnerving tales. It’s rare for me to review SFF and rare for me to review short stories, so a combination of both is practically unhead of. However, Jennifer Pelland’s collection looked to be full of intriguing ideas and I wanted to try s...
Jennifer Pelland's first short story anthology Unwelcome Bodies from Apex Publishing contains only eleven stories, but they are all winners and would be considered among the highlights of any anthology they're a part of. Jennifer's style is at once both intimate and removed, she focuses on her main ...
Excellent first anthology of dark science fiction from writer Jennifer Pelland. Her stories mostly are a twisted punch in the gut that explore the darker side of human nature. Among the best of the lot are her Nebula-nominated story The Captive Girl, The Last Stand of the Elephant Man and Brushstrok...