Tag: anthology
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Review: Arsene Lupin, Gentleman Thief by Maurice Leblanc
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual Rating: 3.5 Maurice Leblanc’s classic stories of Arsene Lupin Gentleman Thief are refreshed in this new collection accompanied by illustrations from Vincent Mallie. Editor Mike Kennedy compiled the collection. I was already familiar with Maurice Leblanc’s stories involving…
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Review: Fruiting Bodies: Stories by Kathryn Harlan
3 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Kathryn Harlan presents Fruiting Bodies, a short story anthology that seems to defy any genre other than to classify it as speculative. There are some stories than lean into scifi, fantasy, or horror, but there is also…
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Review: Kink: Stories by RO Kwon et al
*I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 3 stars RO Kwon and Garth Greenwell compile a series of short literary fiction stories from various authors to convey the spectrum of kink, love, and desire. As always, with anthologies, certain stories resonate more than others for each…
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Review: The Ghost Variations by Kevin Brockmeier
**I was provided an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 3 stars Kevin Brockmeier brings a plethora of ghost stories in the anthology The Ghost Variations. Brockmeier further divides the anthology into similar themes, which made for a pleasant reading experience. My issues with this book are very similar…
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Review: Where the Veil is Thin by Alana Joli Abbott
3 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Where the Veil is Thin is a collection of short stories from various authors, all surrounding the fae folk. Each story has a somewhat different take on fae lore or explores a different aspect of fae lore.…
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Review: American Midnight Tales of the Dark by Laird Hunt
3 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Laird Hunt’s American Midnight Tales of the Dark is a selection of short stories from a variety of authors in horror literature. I was happy to have the opportunity to read the selection as some I was…
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Review: 55 slightly sinister stories by Racha Mourtada
3 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC by the publisher on NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Racha Mourtada brings 55 slightly sinister stories, a collection of 55 drabbles that are all 55 words long exactly. There are corresponding illustrations for the drabbles that are included in the collection as well. This collection is…
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Review: Laughter at the Academy by Seanan McGuire
**I was provided an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review. Avg rating: 3.82 I always have the hardest time rating anthologies and short story collections, so I’ve decided to give each story an individual rating and average them to the overall score. For the star rating, I rounded up…
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