from cissa

This is the first time I've read one of these anthologies- I can see I've been missing out! No bad stories here, though some were more polished than others. To mention a few: "The Siren" by M.O. Muriel was truly weird and surreal; nicely paced, though, as our understanding of what was going on tr...

from turtlesleap

I have been reading anthologies of short fiction, and particularly science fiction and fantasy, for over 40 years. In today's market, the trend seems to be toward much longer work--massive novels and trilogies clearly sell well but it is the rare science fiction or fantasy work of this length tha...

from paulco

The anthology is a collection of some of the best and brightest in the field of up-and-coming science fiction writers. i wouldn't consider anyone represented hereto be an amateur. The stories are diverse in their premise, and show that the field is going to be in good hands in the future. We'll s...

from Gryphon-kl

This book collects the twelve winning stories from the 2011 Writers of the Future competition, and additional story that came close to winning in its quarter, all illustrated by winners of the year's Illustrators of the Future contest, and three essays of advice (two for writers and one for artis...

from Course8

The best stories in this volume are those that draw the reader into a fully developed fictional world (hard to do in a short story). One story features a creature made of wicker and animated by magic that struggles to find purpose after its creator is mysteriously murdered. Another story follows ...