Reviews

The Pagan Anthology of Short Fiction: 13 Prize Winning Tales by C.S. MacCath, Linda Steele, Paula R. Stiles, Ashley Lynn Waldron, Eugue Foster, Vylar Kaftan, Llewellyn Publications, Diana L. Paxson, Sophie Mouette, Melodie Bolt, A.C. Fisher Aldag, Deborah Blake, Alex Bledsoe

tangleroot_eli's review

4.0

A good grouping of stories, for the most part. Not sure I agreed with the underlying philosophy of the judging panel; all the stories showed scenarios where magic and deity were undeniably "real" (as in physically manifested); none were about ordinary Pagans doing ordinary things and just happening to be Pagan, none were about people doubting and reexamining or defending their faith. It was somewhere between Harry Potter and what I would've liked, but almost all of the stories were incredibly well-written (I thought a few were...unworthy, but I'm picky like that), and seeing Paganism in all its variety reflected in such a good light was delightful.