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Category Archives: Short Story Collections
Mini-review: Through the Woods by Emily Carroll
I’ll start out with the main point of this review: Through the Woods by Emily Carroll should be on your Hugo ballot for Best Graphic Story. Haven’t heard of it yet? Still plenty of time to find a copy and … Continue reading
Posted in Graphic novel, Horror, Short Story Collections
Tagged Emily Carroll, Margaret K. McElderry Books
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“A Year and a Day in Old Theradane” by Scott Lynch
The following is a non-spoiler review of “A Year and a Day in Old Theradane”, a piece of short fiction by Scott Lynch included in the new Rogues anthology. The anthology, edited by Gardner Dozois and one George R.R. Martin, is the latest iteration of … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Reviews, Short Story Collections, Short Story Discussion
Tagged Bantam, George R.R. Martin, Scott Lynch
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Her Husband’s Hands and Other Stories by Adam-Troy Castro
I came to the works of Adam-Troy Castro quite late. Specifically, the first story I remember of his is “Of a Sweet Slow Dance in the Wake of Temporary Dogs” in the excellent dystopian anthology Brave New Worlds, edited by John … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Horror, Reviews, Science Fiction, Short Story Collections
Tagged Adam-Troy Castro, Prime Books
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The Bread We Eat In Dreams by Catherynne M. Valente
At first the narrator of “The Consultant,” the opening story of Catherynne M. Valente’s excellent new collection The Bread We Eat in Dreams, sounds like your standard, tired Raymond Chandler private investigator: She walks into my life legs first, a long … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, Science Fiction, Short Story Collections
Tagged Catherynne M. Valente, Subterranean Press
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The Ape’s Wife and Other Stories by Caitlín R. Kiernan
From the back cover of The Ape’s Wife and Other Stories by Caitlín R. Kiernan I learned that this is Kiernan’s twelfth collection of short stories since 2001. That’s about one collection per year. Even more impressive, in the book’s … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Reviews, Science Fiction, Short Story Collections
Tagged Caitlín R. Kiernan, Subterranean Press
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Jewels in the Dust by Peter Crowther
I’d never read anything by Peter Crowther before Jewels in the Dust, a new collection of thirteen stories published between 1996 and 2006 and collected here for the first time. I was, however, very familiar with Crowther’s name, mainly as one … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Short Story Collections
Tagged Peter Crowther, Subterranean Press
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How the World Became Quiet by Rachel Swirsky
Just the most basic book description should be enough to set some people running to their preferred purveyor of books to purchase this new title from Subterranean Press: How the World Became Quiet: Myths of the Past, Present and Future is … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Reviews, Science Fiction, Short Story Collections
Tagged Rachel Swirsky, Subterranean Press
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Conservation of Shadows by Yoon Ha Lee
Conservation of Shadows by Yoon Ha Lee is a terrifying collection of short stories to review. The stories themselves are rarely scary in the traditional sense, but their individual complexity and astonishing level of variety make this an impossible book to … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Reviews, Science Fiction, Short Story Collections
Tagged Prime Books, Yoon Ha Lee
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Five Autobiographies and a Fiction by Lucius Shepard
Lucius Shepard’s new collection Five Autobiographies and a Fiction is required reading for fans of the author. People who have never read anything by Shepard may love it too, but because of the specific nature of this set of stories, it’ll definitely … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Reviews, Short Story Collections
Tagged Lucius Shepard, Subterranean Press
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