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Ranging from 2* to 5*, the highlights for me include contributions from Roseanne Rabinowitz, Timothy Jarvis, and Derek John. I enjoyed the Dorian Gray theme - who doesn’t like Oscar Wilde?
This Hardcover is numbered 61 of 100 numbered copies from a total print run limited to 300 copies.The book also came with a numbered postcard (61/100) in an envelope, and an additional post card depicting William Hope Hodgson. Contents: vii - "Introduction" by Mark Valentine003 - "Love and Death" by Reggie Oliver028 - "This Is How It Will Be" by Caitriona Lally042 - "Every Exquisite Thing" by Lynda E. Rucker059 - "Speck" by John Howard071 - "Doreen" by D.P. Watt087 - "All That Is Solid" by Rosan...
Overall, a wonderful anthology that has given me much pleasure over the Christmas period, including a realisation that the Dorian Gray story is emblematic of so much else, including elements of an ‘Imposter Syndrome’ (the title of an anthology I read and reviewed a few weeks back.)I am astonished why an anthology has not used Dorian Gray as a theme before (if that is true), and much credit to Swan River Press and Mark Valentine for not only doing that at all but also creating such a haunting ble...