A review by mindsplinters
Haunted Legends: New Ghost Stories by Ellen Datlow, Nick Mamatas

3.0

As with most anthologies, this book is a mix of hits and misses in the genre of retelling urban legends and ghost stories. Probably about a third that are really awesome, a third that are good, and a third that are "meh." The particularly good ones were Catherynne Valente's Japanese-based offering, Kaaron Warren's ghost girl hitch-hiker, Carolyn Turgeon's take on the Woman in White, and Stephen Dedman's spin on reality shows mixed with spooks. One or two of the other tales... Eh, they were overly concerned with their own cleverness to the point of losing all sense of flow and narrative.