This collection of 25 science fiction and fantasy tales represents
the cream of the entries for a short story contest run by Fantastic Books. The
stories included are the contest winners plus a couple from professional
writers, invited by the organisers. 10% of sales receipts will go to cancer charities.
Anthologies are sometimes patchy affairs, but not this one.
The quality of the writing is pretty consistent and all the stories are well
told (I must add here that I contributed one of the tales). But consistency doesn’t
mean similarity. There’s great variety here. Some humour, some darkness and something
for younger readers. All speculative fiction, the stories entertain, amuse,
inspire and make the reader think.
There are characters of every sort lurking in this selection
and plots to suit all tastes. This is a collection you can read at one sitting,
as I did, or dip into for those short breaks over coffee, when a longer piece
must be interrupted. I enjoyed all the stories but I don’t intend to describe
them in this short review. All are different and all demonstrate the
imaginative power of their creators, the skill of these writers as storytellers.
I thoroughly recommend the book to all who love their fiction with a twist of
the unexpected.
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