Category Archives: Short Story Collections

Mini-review: Through the Woods by Emily Carroll

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Stefan (Far Beyond Reality)

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 →

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“A Year and a Day in Old Theradane” by Scott Lynch

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Stefan (Far Beyond Reality)

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 →

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Her Husband’s Hands and Other Stories by Adam-Troy Castro

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Stefan (Far Beyond Reality)

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 →

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The Bread We Eat In Dreams by Catherynne M. Valente

Posted on January 16, 2014 by Stefan (Far Beyond Reality)

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 →

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The Ape’s Wife and Other Stories by Caitlín R. Kiernan

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Stefan (Far Beyond Reality)

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 →

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In the Company of Thieves by Kage Baker

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Stefan (Far Beyond Reality)

Kage Baker had many different audiences. After all, she wrote in many genres and formats: fantasy, science fiction, horror, novels, novellas, short stories, series, standalones. (Oh, and:Tor.com blog posts!) It occurred to me recently that, because of this range and … Continue reading →

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Jewels in the Dust by Peter Crowther

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Stefan (Far Beyond Reality)

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 →

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How the World Became Quiet by Rachel Swirsky

Posted on October 7, 2013 by Stefan (Far Beyond Reality)

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 →

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Conservation of Shadows by Yoon Ha Lee

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Stefan (Far Beyond Reality)

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 →

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Five Autobiographies and a Fiction by Lucius Shepard

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Stefan (Far Beyond Reality)

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 →

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