Print Collections
Reviews of single-author collections.
Another Santana Morning by Mike Dolan
Mike Dolan is a writer who is new to me and, I suspect, to many others as well. Another Santana Morning is a reissue of his 1970 collection, Santana Morning. Ten new stories have been added, and the original ones have been re-worked and even re-titled in some cases. Half a dozen appear to have […]
Continue ReadingThe Aphorisms of Kherishdar by M.C.A. Hogarth
The conceit at the heart of M.C.A. Hogarth’s The Aphorisms of Kherishdar is, you have to concede, both brave and intriguing. The aim is to take a series of flash fiction pieces (nicely referred to here as “incense stories, short but lingering”) and create a guide to the laws, ethics, and customs of an alien […]
Continue ReadingBinding Energy by Daniel Marcus
Occasionally, say once in a blue moon, you stumble across a collection of stories whose range, intensity, passion, and inventiveness simply knock you off your feet. And then you get up and start seeking out whatever else the author of those stories has written.
Last time it happened for me it was Glen Hirshberg, whose collection, […]
Ugly Stories for Beautiful People by James Burr
The most interesting thing about James Burr’s stories, in my mind, is the use he makes of urban fantasy. Fantasy can sometimes be seen to represent ideas and concepts that are entirely relevant to real life; other times, fantasy allows the author to set up plots and situations which would be impossible in a mundane […]
Continue ReadingSometimes While Dreaming by Marcie Lynn Tentchoff
Sometimes While Dreaming is a chapbook of poetry written by Marcie Lynn Tentchoff. Thirty-seven of the 48 poems in this collection are new. Eight ethereal illustrations by Marge B. Simon accompany them. At her best, Tentchoff is able to put the reader in touch with the souls of some pretty strange people […]
Continue ReadingTall Tales on the Iron Horse by Colin P. Davies
Tall Tales on the Iron Horse is the first collection of short fiction by Colin P. Davies and gathers nineteen tales, the oldest published in 1989 and the most recent in 2006, with some making their first appearance here. Despite this range in publication dates, none of these stories are dated, and in fact, some […]
Continue ReadingTales from the White Hart by Arthur C. Clarke
Originally published in 1957, Tales from the White Hart, a collection of fifteen tall tales by Arthur C. Clarke, has been reissued in a smart new fiftieth anniversary edition with an introduction by Stephen Baxter and one new story, a collaboration between Baxter and Clarke himself.
For those more familiar with the Clarke of the […]
Unwelcome Bodies by Jennifer Pelland
Jennifer Pelland’s first collection, Unwelcome Bodies, is a compendium of dark tales that are truly speculative. Each one embraces a cosmic “what if”—many of the same questions we ask ourselves today—but in Pelland’s stories, we can see the outcome.
The first tale, “For the Plague Thereof Was Exceedingly Great,” starts with a terrible future where HIV […]
Other Voices by Andrew Humphrey
The opening story of Andrew Humphrey’s collection, Other Voices, is a science fiction tale of love and compassion. Set in a time when the world is at war and society is falling apart, “Grief Inc” is about people who have special “gifts” whom the government is making use of as it fights a losing battle. […]
Continue ReadingDagger Key And Other Stories by Lucius Shepard
At 473 pages, Lucius Shepard’s Dagger Key And Other Stories is a collection of nine substantial tales, all except the title story first published in well-known genre venues such as The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Asimov’s, and SCI FICTION, with an introduction by China Miéville, plus some concluding “Story Notes” by the author. […]
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