A fantastic review of what promises to be a terrific anthology: http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1...

From the dedication:“To Mary. And her Monster. With thanks.”Indeed! Shelley’s Monster needs no introduction, although its many reinterpretations and reincarnations over the past (almost!) 200 years might leave people with competing ideas over who and what it is and represents. But anyone with a passing familiarity to film and horror knows the basic premise of man-creates-monster, and surely would recognize some form the Monster has taken over the years, whether in the iconic and stoic visage of

If you are a long time genre reader you know there are hundreds upon hundreds of anthologies that come out every year. Some good, some bad and a few that are just amazing. There are few names that you can see on the edited by line that promise really good work. Some that come to mind for me include Ellen Datlow, Paula Guran, John Skipp and Douglas Winter. In the past names like Martin Greenberg, Charles Grant and Harlan Ellison were the best in the business. I think it is safe to assume we have

Eternal Frankenstein is an anthology of sixteen stories, some long, some short, each with its own unique take on Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. While all the stories found within are creative, with each author's take of revival through the horrifying means Victor Frankenstein took to to bring life to his Creature, there are some that I consider my favorite: Amber-Rose Reed's "Torso, Heart, Head," Autumn Christian's "Sewn into Her Fingers," Michael Griffin's "The Hu...

It's hard to rate a book of short stories like this because the stories ranged from very good to not at all good. interesting concept

A wonderful and enthralling collection of stories. Word Horde are fast becoming one of my favourite presses.

This is a perfectly balanced anthology. There is no filler. All of the stories are award worthy. Looking forward to Word Horde's next effort!

Sixteen short stories can't be saved by one good one at the end and maybe one or two middling ones throughout.

I can honestly only give 3 out of 16 of these short stories 4 stars. Two others received 3.5 and one a 3, three earned 2, four a 1 and two (I’ve never, ever done this before) got a big fat zero.

A great anthology, for sure, but my favorite story was the last one, "Mary Shelley's Body" by David Templeton. It was truly a poetic and breathtaking story. Every story in the book was good, but that one was especially amazing. I'm happy to have read this book and to add it to my Frankenstein collection.

Eternal Frankenstein is a short-story collection consisting of various tales all inspired by Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. I would actually give this a 3.5-star rating (if given the option Goodreads, ahem...). Frankenstein in its original form is one of my favorite books of all time. I think generally people automatically think HORROR when they think of Frankenstein and although it is horrific in many ways, it is also lyrical, thought-provoking and darkly beautiful. This collection I felt paid lo...

The Eternal Frankenstein anthology was, as a whole, quite well written, however some of the stories really weren't that great, instead closer to the lines of predictable and boring.I rate this book four stars despite my boredom or distaste to a couple of the stories since the ones I liked, were really, really interesting a few even with twists that made me gasp or laugh, and the concluding story of Mary Shelley's Body tied everything together so nicely. Interesting is a good word to describe thi...

Not for me

3.5 stars from Marion, read the full review at FANTASY LITERATUREDisclaimer: just so you know, some of the books we review are received free from publishersEternal Frankenstein (2016) asks horror writers to imagine, or reimagine, the life of Mary Shelley’s infamous doctor and his “creature.” The book includes 16 stories, all of them original to this anthology, with one that appeared in a different form in the publication Perihelion.Make no mistake, these are horror stories. Some may glance at sc...

This was an interesting book of short stories based on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Each one has a different take on Frankenstein’s monster from a mother trying to keep her injured daughter whole to a couple trying to stay young. My favorite story was Mary Shelley’s body. It has her as the narrator telling how she went about writing Frankenstein, but also insight into her life. Torso, heart, head was way to short for me. But for the most part I enjoyed most of the stories.

A fairly solid collection of short stories. Naturally, there's some variation in quality, though I'm sure if you had five people rank the stories, you'd end up with five completely different lists. Some stories are genuinely unnerving, and other have some absolutely beautiful passages. The stories stay consistent to the theme of the collection, so how much of this you want to read in one sitting will certainly depend on how enamored you are of Frankenstein's literary and pop cultural legacy.

I had previously reviewed this book but I'm not sure what happened to it. Some of the stories in this book were great, some were hard to get through. Another issues I cam across was editing errors. There weren't as many as some of the other books I've read from Ross E. Lockhart/ Word Horde. I wanted to love this book, but, the errors can be distracting and take away from the stories.

Eternal Frankenstein was another book I've had on my TBR for way too long. This is an anthology of 16 short stories, all based of the concept of reanimation, first introduced to the world by Mary Shelley 200 years. While the premise was interesting, none of these short tales really grabbed me by the throat and made me stay riveted. A few of these stories were decent, with some fairly interesting characters, but overall I don't foresee myself grabbing this book of the bookshelf for a reread any t...

001 - Introduction: A Modern Prometheus by Ross E. Lockhart 003 - "Torso, Heart, Head" by Amber-Rose Reed007 - "Thermidor" by Siobhan Carroll 017 - "Sewn into Her Fingers" by Autumn Christian 033 - "Orchids by the Sea" by Rios de la Luz037 - "Frankenstein Triptych by Edward Morris047 - "The Human Alchemy" by Michael Griffin 079 - "Postpartum" by Betty Rocksteady 097 - "Living" by Scott R Jones 105 - "They Call Me Monster" by Tiffany Scandal115 - "Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice" by Damien An...

A collection of Frankenstein themed stories. My favorites were:"Thermidor" by Siobhan Carroll "Sewn into Her Fingers" by Autumn Christian "The Human Alchemy" by Michael Griffin "The New Soviet Man" by G. D. FalksenThese four were well written, and made me think about existence and our sense of self.My least favorite was "Mary Shelley’s Body" by David Templeton. I ended up only reading half the story because I was so bored and just wanted it to be over.The rest of the stories were good. This is a...