A review by drewsof
The Bestiary by Jeff VanderMeer, Micaela Morrissette, Catherynne M. Valente, Karin Tidbeck, China Miéville, Brian Evenson, Vandana Singh, Karen Heuler, Gio Clairval, Stephen Graham Jones, Rhys Hughes, Eric Schaller, Lisa L. Hannett, Ann VanderMeer, Dexter Palmer, Corey Redekop, Brian Conn, Ivica Stevanovic, Rochita Loenin-Ruiz, Michal Ajvaz, Joseph Nigg, Felix Gilman, Amal El-Mohtar, Karen Lord, Dean Francis Alfar, Michael Cisco, Rikki Ducornet, Richard Howard, Karin Lowachee, Reza Negarestani, Cat Rambo

4.0

Conceptually brilliant, Ann VanderMeer has curated a top-notch collection of some of the strangest creatures you've never heard of, described and codified by some of the best of the best in this weird world. Some entries are more successful than others - the ones that veer too far into the structurally-weird lose the playfulness of the prompt and are ultimately forgettable, while the ones that hew closest to the expected form tend to be the most memorable - but the whole thing is a delight for lovers of cryptozoology, the Weird, and short stories that aren't quite like any other shorts you've read. A must-have for any explorer, even the most ordinary ones.

More at RB: http://ragingbiblioholism.com/2015/12/21/the-bestiary/

(and get The Bestiary along with zounds of other awesome Weird stuff in this month's Storybundle, thru 12/31: www.storybundle.com/fiction)