A review by mdpenguin
F is for Fairy by Pete Aldin, Andrew Bourelle, Steve Bornstein

5.0

I picked this up because it was part of a Story Bundle and seemed like it might be a light diversion that would see me through a bad mood I was in. Then I read the first story and literally cried for quite a bit afterward. This has a really good blend of stories in it, running the gambit from high-ish fantasy to urban fantasy, drama to pure silliness. A few weren't particularly memorable, but a number of them were truly excellent and there weren't any that weren't at least an ok read. Most of them poked around in some aspect of being human and were pretty effective at it. A good number of them play off of well-known fairy tales and quite a few others play off of some of the standard tropes of the genre, inverting the story to give a different perspective and maybe provoke a few thoughts.

I started off making little notes about each story so that I could check out the authors later, but didn't keep up with it. I'll need to go through sometime this week and see if I can't remember which ones I liked the most so that I can see what else those authors have written. I don't read short stories often, but I'll probably check out a few of the other anthologies in the series, especially since the first one seems to be free.