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michael_benavidez's review against another edition
5.0
As a sister companion of sorts to Anomalies and Curiosities, the introduction to Ravens & Roses gives an insight to how this anthology came to be.
With their first anthology, A&C, they had gathered several submissions that were great but not in fitting with the themes and tone of it. And so they collected those stories rather than discarding them, and created Raves & Roses: A Woman's Gothic Anthology.
With that in mind, its easy to see Ravens & Roses as a sequel anthology. Many of the stories have a similar idea to A&C, focused and centering around medical mysteries. And yet, they hold their own. The stories seem sometimes darker, sometimes shifting fully in tone from one story to the next. Never outshining the one before it, but rather giving the next person in line a chance to tell their tale. In a way it feels as though a campfire story, each new author giving a new perspective and new way to lure the reader into the ambiance of their gothic nature.
Differing in another way is that Ravens & Roses now includes interludes between stories in the form of poems.
Much like in Crow Calls, they vary in style and length, but add rather than take away from the anthology.
It goes without saying that Quill & Crow is quickly becoming a favorite publication of mine and look forward to what they put out.
With their first anthology, A&C, they had gathered several submissions that were great but not in fitting with the themes and tone of it. And so they collected those stories rather than discarding them, and created Raves & Roses: A Woman's Gothic Anthology.
With that in mind, its easy to see Ravens & Roses as a sequel anthology. Many of the stories have a similar idea to A&C, focused and centering around medical mysteries. And yet, they hold their own. The stories seem sometimes darker, sometimes shifting fully in tone from one story to the next. Never outshining the one before it, but rather giving the next person in line a chance to tell their tale. In a way it feels as though a campfire story, each new author giving a new perspective and new way to lure the reader into the ambiance of their gothic nature.
Differing in another way is that Ravens & Roses now includes interludes between stories in the form of poems.
Much like in Crow Calls, they vary in style and length, but add rather than take away from the anthology.
It goes without saying that Quill & Crow is quickly becoming a favorite publication of mine and look forward to what they put out.
junglewriter's review against another edition
5.0
A truly hauntingly beautiful collection of short stories. Grave robbers, ghosts, vampires, revenge, and with just the right amount of psychological horror.
This is gothic fiction as it's meant to be written.
This is gothic fiction as it's meant to be written.
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