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I won this book on the Goodreads giveaway.A short story anthology for those in need of a little change. This compendium of new fiction that has a little something for everyone, including a list of new authors to explore!
I received this as an ARC at my local bookstore. Since I'm partial to short story anthologies, I was predisposed to like this, but I was surprised at the quality of writing (I'm so used to pulp anthologies, it never occurred to me that this wouldn't be one). The stories were at turns delightful and challenging, never weak in their imaginings. Containing both sci-fi and fantasy, this book delivers on its promise of stories (and two poems) of transformation.With the exception of three or so storie...
an amazing, eclectic collection of the wonderful and bizarre. i have to be honest - the cover of this book drew me in, and i am very glad that it did. were it a different cover, i might have missed some of the most creative stories out there.
I'm not usually one for short story collections. But I was gifted this around the holidays and finishing it got lost in the hustle and bustle of moving. However, I finally did get around to it. There were some amazing stories in there which have left me wanting for the author to have released a full-blown novel. There were a few duds I didn't care for and powered through just to make sure I gave them all a fair shake. But, for the most part, i enjoyed the collection very much.
I won a free copy from the Goodreads First Reads Giveaway Program and think that it interesting. I would recommend it to everyone.
I was excited about this book but it just didn’t live up to my expectations. I bought the book for the Richard Thomas and Daryl Gregory contributions but it turned out I had already read both of them.
Anthologies are usually hit-and-miss by nature, yet an impressive set of patterns emerged from this one. Transformation means two things to people: accessing another realm of existence or transcending death. It's crazy how these two themes came back over and over again. Jennifer Geisbrecth, Christie Yant, A.C Wise, Daryl Gregory, George Cotronis, Cat Rambo and Claude Lalumière's stories all stood out to me as the best in the anthology in their own way and they circled the aforementioned themes i...