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A review by tregina
Last Drink Bird Head by Jesse Bullington, Tim Pratt, Jeff VanderMeer, Keith Brooke, Brian Evenson, Hal Duncan, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, John Kaiine, Desirina Boskovich, Paul Di Filippo, Gio Clairval, Alan M. Clark, Stina Leicht, Michael Bishop, Matthew Cheney, Henry Kaiser, Kari O’Connor, Rhys Hughes, Catherine Cheek, Holly Phillips, Ann VanderMeer, Clare Dudman, Richard Butner, Nick Mamatas, Michael A. Arnzen, K.J. Bishop, Dustin Long, Eliot Fintushel, Tessa Kum, Jay Lake, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Ellen Kushner, Felix Gilman, Ben Peek, Therese Littleton, Steve Aylett, Tanith Lee, Stephen R. Donaldson, Paul Jessup, J.M. McDermott, Michael Cisco, Brendan Connell, Rikki Ducornet, Sarah Monette, Richard Gehr, Antony Johnston, Louis Phillips, Jeffrey Ford, Scott Eagle, Daniel Abraham, Beth Adele Long
3.0
As with any book of short fiction, especially short fiction that all has the same starting point--the titular "last drink bird head"--the results are mixed. Some stories were disposable, some were forgettable and some were riveting. I think overall this one ended up being fairly average (though wildly imaginative), with some moments (and I say moments because the stories in this collections are all flash) that were vivid and haunting.