Reviews

Afromyth: A Fantasy Collection by James Pyne, Darrel Duckworth, N.D. Jones, Marija Smits, Sarah L. Byrne, Clive Tern, Gary Priest, Brittney Sankofa, Mallory St. Cloud, J.S. Emuakpor, Lela E. Buis

_b_a_l_'s review

3.0

I feel like I always rate anthologies as a 3 because they are by their nature a mixed bag, but overall a very worthwhile read.

The stand out for me is definitely A Drop of Comfort, a Slice of Heart's Desire, if AfroCthulhuEsque isn't already a genre it damn well should be.

pacardullo's review

4.0

Great anthology with a nice mix of different styles/sub-genres of fantasy. Just as the types of fantasy vary from story to story, so does how each author handles the Afrocentric themes. It is a enjoyable read, with each story offering something different, while still having the collection feel like an organic whole. You know it is a good anthology when it makes you excited to seek out other work by the authors involved - and this one does that.

greeniezona's review

4.0

Anthologies are still not my thing, but I'm still trying, and I figured this one would be worth the effort as not only is it from a fellow micro press, but one of the stories is written by someone I know online. I ended up liking it fairly well. (Which really is about as highly as I've ever praised an anthology.)

All of the stories had something that I liked about them -- there wasn't any dead weight here. There were, of course, some standouts. My favorite is probably "Death in Nairobi," a detective story with a mystical twist, but I also really liked "The Eyes of the Goddess," which often felt like a folktale, "The Black Birds of White Oaks," which mixes Greek myth with post-Civil War reckoning, and even "Fishing Lake Tanganyika," which is a neat little horror story.

Happy my local library picked this up.