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Sadly, this is the final installment of the series that aimed to gather the years' best in trans SFF short stories and which for me served as a useful gateway to more trans fiction: through the names of the authors, the original publication credits, and editor Bogi Takács’ forewords presenting an overview of the field of trans speculative fiction in a given year, I would discover creators to follow, venues publishing queer fiction, other anthologies worth reading. There will probably still be pe...
This last volume was more misses than hits.
Wonderful, imaginative anthology of speculative fiction starring trans and LBGTQIA characters. Exciting plots, unusual, far-off settings, and characters that breathe life onto the pages and the worlds they inhabit make great stories that reflect humanity, bravery, and a longing for a better, more egalitarian future.
This is a very cool anthology with a myriad of stories to capture your imagination and to make you think.In front of the book there are trigger warnings with each story, so people can skip the stories that would be too confronting or emotional.The stories themselves range from magical realism to straight out SF. There are those that explore possible futures, family relationships, love, friendship, etc. Some of the stories made me cry, others made me angry, others offered hope.All in all this is
Every story in here a win for me. Especially fond of the stories by Matthias Klein, L Chen, Andrew Joseph White, Blue Neustifter.
I edited this and very soon it will be available! (I am told some copies are already out in the world!)
Anthologies are always a little bit scary for me because, well, it's hard to like more than 10 authors' work equally. However, I've been writing more shorts myself and I found my interest in short stories renewed. This was a really cool anthology! I can't say I loved all the stories equally but that's rarely going to happen with anthologies anyway. Most stories were delightful. There was a few that weren't my cup of tea, but overall I enjoyed myself a lot reading this. It's also just incredibly
One of my favorites yet. The only downside to this book is the next installment isn't out yet.