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being_b's review against another edition
4.0
My favorite story by far was the last, “The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn” by Usman T. Malik-- just gorgeously written, and didn't go where I expected.
On the downside, the 'one sentence summaries' that headed each story were very "questions for your bookclub"-esque, and (in my opinion) often mis-identified the story's themes.
On the downside, the 'one sentence summaries' that headed each story were very "questions for your bookclub"-esque, and (in my opinion) often mis-identified the story's themes.
shalini_gunnasan's review against another edition
3.0
Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers - 5/5.
Selkie Stories are for Losers - 3/5
Tornado's siren - 3/5
Let the Century to Sit Unmoved - 1/5. so fucking stupid
A Kiss with Teeth - 4/5, cheesy but so sweeet
Jackalope Wives - 5/5. I worship U. Vernon
The Cartographer Wasps & The Anarchist Bees - 5/5
A Practical Witch's Guide to Acquiring Real estate - 5/5
The Tallest Doll in New York - 4/5
The Haunting of Apollo A7LB - 4/5
Here Be Dragons - 3/5
The One They Took Before - 3/5
Tiger Baby - 3/5
The Duck - 2/5
Wing - 1/5 - dumb
The Philosophers - dnf
My Time Among the Bridge Blowers - 2/5
The Husband Stitch - 4/5
The Pauper Prince - dnf
Selkie Stories are for Losers - 3/5
Tornado's siren - 3/5
Let the Century to Sit Unmoved - 1/5. so fucking stupid
A Kiss with Teeth - 4/5, cheesy but so sweeet
Jackalope Wives - 5/5. I worship U. Vernon
The Cartographer Wasps & The Anarchist Bees - 5/5
A Practical Witch's Guide to Acquiring Real estate - 5/5
The Tallest Doll in New York - 4/5
The Haunting of Apollo A7LB - 4/5
Here Be Dragons - 3/5
The One They Took Before - 3/5
Tiger Baby - 3/5
The Duck - 2/5
Wing - 1/5 - dumb
The Philosophers - dnf
My Time Among the Bridge Blowers - 2/5
The Husband Stitch - 4/5
The Pauper Prince - dnf
spikeanderson1's review against another edition
2.0
A very mediocre collection. Exceptions /worth reading to: Samatar’s Selkie Stories Are For Losers, Borlander’s Tornado’s Siren, Gladstone’s A KISS With Teeth, Machado’s A Husband Stitch
xfirefly9x's review against another edition
4.0
A brilliant collection of fantasy short stories. I liked some better than others, but most left an echo or imprint behind in my mind, and all were unique and distinct.
Some favourites were “Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers” by Alyssa Wong, “A Kiss with Teeth” by Max Gladstone, and “The Practical Witch’s Guide to Acquiring Real Estate” by A. C. Wise.
Some favourites were “Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers” by Alyssa Wong, “A Kiss with Teeth” by Max Gladstone, and “The Practical Witch’s Guide to Acquiring Real Estate” by A. C. Wise.
bunrab's review against another edition
4.0
There's always been overlap between fantasy and horror; for me, I felt that several of the stories in this anthology were much more in the horror circle than in fantasy.
Ones I particularly enjoyed:
-A Kiss With Teeth
-The Practical Witch's Guide to Real Estate
Ones I particularly enjoyed:
-A Kiss With Teeth
-The Practical Witch's Guide to Real Estate
tani's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this. It gave me an opportunity to try a lot of new-to-me authors, which I very much appreciated. And over all, I felt like the stories were all pretty high quality. Unfortunately, I read the book over a long span of time, so it's hard for me to comment too much on many of these. They've kind of faded into the depths of time.
Some of my favorites: Jackalope Wives, A Kiss with Teeth, The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees, The Haunting of Apollo A7LB, and The Husband Stitch.
Some of my favorites: Jackalope Wives, A Kiss with Teeth, The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees, The Haunting of Apollo A7LB, and The Husband Stitch.
competencefantasy's review
My annotations all faded out of existence. I have to decide whether fo fo them again. This read is trashed
kathrinpassig's review against another edition
4.0
Gemischt natürlich, aber die meisten Geschichten mochte ich sehr gern. Und es ist die beste Zeitreisegeschichte drin, die ich je gelesen habe.
eowyns_helmet's review against another edition
5.0
Some wonderful work here, and the collection is well worth a read. The short story is a great way to experiment, and every one of these was worth a read. I found myself marveling even when the story didn't quite work for me. There's certainly something here for many readers.
magaramach's review against another edition
4.0
Short story collections are always so hit-or-miss, but I actually had a very good time with this one. None of them are exactly the sort of stories you'll remember a year from now, but they were all a good time to read.
My favourites, in order of how good:
Max Gladstone's A Kiss With Teeth - Dracula has settled in the suburbs and it's so good.
Carmen Maria Machado's the Husband Stitch - this one is going to stick with me, in the way good horror always does.
Usman T. Malik's The Pauper Prince - I read a short story by him a couple weeks ago, which was the reason I picked this one up. His short story in here was wonderful as well, twisting and telling stories within stories and with a mystery at the middle I was so intrigued by.
Maria Dahvana Headley's The Tallest Doll in New York City - not spoiling this one just read it.
Chris Tarry's Here Be Dragons - a scam artist dragon hunter is out of work so he reconnects with his kids.
The only ones I was properly disappointed by were Amal El-Mohtar's Wing, because I normally enjoy her writing so much, and Eugene Fischer's My Time Among the Bridge Blowers, which was incomprehensible.
My favourites, in order of how good:
Max Gladstone's A Kiss With Teeth - Dracula has settled in the suburbs and it's so good.
Carmen Maria Machado's the Husband Stitch - this one is going to stick with me, in the way good horror always does.
Usman T. Malik's The Pauper Prince - I read a short story by him a couple weeks ago, which was the reason I picked this one up. His short story in here was wonderful as well, twisting and telling stories within stories and with a mystery at the middle I was so intrigued by.
Maria Dahvana Headley's The Tallest Doll in New York City - not spoiling this one just read it.
Chris Tarry's Here Be Dragons - a scam artist dragon hunter is out of work so he reconnects with his kids.
The only ones I was properly disappointed by were Amal El-Mohtar's Wing, because I normally enjoy her writing so much, and Eugene Fischer's My Time Among the Bridge Blowers, which was incomprehensible.