About the Author Seanan McGuire is a native Californian, which has resulted in her being exceedingly laid-back about venomous wildlife, and terrified of weather. When not writing urban fantasy (as herself) and science fiction thrillers (as Mira Grant), she likes to watch way too many horror movies, wander around in swamps, record albums of original music, and harass her cats. Seanan is the author of the October Daye, InCryptid, and Indexing series of urban fantasies; the Newsflesh trilogy; the Parasitology duology; and the "Velveteen vs." superhero shorts. Her cats, Lilly, Alice, and Thomas, are plotting world domination even as we speak, but are easily distracted by feathers on sticks, so mankind is probably safe. For now. Read more
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Contents
“Long Way Down” by Seanan McGuire“The Snow Train” by Ken Liu“Twilight State” by Gemma Files“Santa Cruz” by Andy Duncan“And the Trees Were Happy” by Scott Edelman“Blackthorn” by B. Morris Allen“Ouroboros in Orbit” by J. Daniel Batt“Reef” by K.C. Norton“Scab Land” by Wendy N. Wagner“The Forgetting Field” by Caroline Ratajski“The Town the Forest Ate” by Haralambi Markov“Imperator Noster” by Sonya Taaffe“The Other Shore” by Rebecca Campbell“The South China Sea” by Z.M. Quynh“Iron Feliks” by Anatoly Belilovsky“Forest for the Trees” by Steven S. Long“Drowning Again” by Ken Scholes and Katie Cord“The Grudge” by Thoraiya Dyer“Coaltown” by Heather Clitheroe“In the Water, Underneath” by Damien Angelica Walters“Afterparty” by Chaz Brenchley“The Gramadevi’s Lament” by Sunil Patel“Blue & Grey and Black & Green” by Alethea Kontis“Heartbeat” by Laura Anne Gilman“The City” by Vivienne Pustell“The Crooked Smile Killers” by James Lowder“Threadbare Magician” by Cat Rambo“Well of Tranquility” by Steven H Silver“Beer and Pennies” by Rich Dansky“The Sleck” by Keris McDonald“The Transplant Specialist” by Sarah Goslee“Cactus Flowers and Bone Flutes” by Mercedes M. YardleyNon-fiction introductions by Carrie Sessarego
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Rich, but dark
As anthologies go, this one was dense. Most of the stories in here were spicy dark chocolate truffles for my imagination; I could only consume a few at a time or the intensity of flavor made it hard to actually enjoy them. The forwards for each story provided an education about a place, type of spirit, or time. The stories did not lean on the forwards as much as I expected, but stood on their own without contexts. The introductions just made the stories richer.I admit that I'm an American girl, and that I'm looking for happy - or at least balanced - endings. This book had more unhappy or haunting endings than it did balanced or happy ones. Most of the endings were slashingly conclusive, but not in a way that I would relish reading again later. So why did I rate the book so highly? These stories are works of art. A lot of time and thought was put into crafting the small, surprisingly sharp images. I am impressed, and I hope other readers will be, too.
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Step out of your comfort zone and read some amazing stories by some awesome authors.
I love purchasing books with a bunch of authors. I came for one author in particular and found more that I WANT to read. And that brings me joy beyond words. I love to read and find new and enjoyable authors that cross genre's I don't normally read and this book did that for me. Step out of your comfort zone and try something new today. You won't regret it with this book!
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