One thing about me is that I am going to shout a lot about OwnVoices and Diverse books. I love that we are in a time where these books and stories are finally getting published and told. These four books — All The Fighting Parts, The Gilded Ones, Everyone Wants To Know, and Eternally Yours cover a multitude […]
The Collectors: Stories edited by A.S. King | Book Review
December 1, 2023
The Collectors: Stories edited by A.S. King features some heavyweights of YA publishing. The list of authors in this anthology is star studded. This anthology is chock full of weird, interesting stories.
A Phoenix First Must Burn edited by Patrice Caldwell | Review
April 24, 2020
I don’t know what it is about this pandemic, but I am really ripping through short story anthologies. Maybe because there’s a feeling of accomplishment when reading one or two short stories per day. A Phoenix First Must Burn edited by Patrice Caldwell is a spectacular anthology that’s essentially a celebration of Black Girl Magic. There […]
Wastelands: Stories Of The Apocalypse edited by John Joseph Adams | Book Review
April 3, 2017
Wastelands: Stories Of The Apocalypse edited by John Joseph Adams is quite the anthology. It provides a decent sampling of genre sci-fi and fantasy writers, so if you’ve been curious about a writer, this is the book to try. I will say that I did feel like this apocalyptic anthology was a bit uneven. There […]
Halloween: Magic, Mystery, and the Macabre edited by Paula Guran | Anthology Review
October 1, 2015
I’ll admit — I was really looking forward to Halloween: Magic, Mystery, and the Macabre edited by Paula Guran. However, I ended up feeling like this was an uneven anthology with few stories that blew my mind. Thirteen by Stephen Graham Jones Well, the first story in Halloween: Magic, Mystery, and the Macabre is super weird. It’s […]