The Classic Monsters Series by Ye Olde Dragon Press starts with a classic monster and then twists the theme. This continues with The Invisible Files: Classic Monster Series #4. The twist must be a departure from the tried and true. For the Invisible Files anthology, The Invisible Man (or Woman) […]
Many Halloween anthologies exist on the market, but most offerings are crafted by different authors. Other collections are written by a single author. It’s rare to find an anthology of multiple stories written by the same group of authors. For Thirteen Paths: A Halloween Anthology, a trio of authors pen […]
Havok has released its tenth collection of flash fiction—Legendary Havok: Season Ten. At this point, Havok has earned its stripes as a cornerstone of the flash fiction market. However, some series stretching into the double digits lose their groove. Not true with Legendary. Legendary contains forty-five samples of flash fiction. […]
Full disclosure that I have a story in this anthology. I will only be reviewing the rest of the stories. All remarks below exclude my own story, including the count—twelve stories exist in this anthology. The fairy tale of Red Riding Hood is a cautionary tale in the category of […]
Award-winning author Beka Gremikova has written many short stories that have been published online and in anthologies. In Unexpected Encounters of a Draconic Kind and Other Stories, she collects several of her stories into one offering. A reader who enjoys a variety of speculative fiction will certainly appreciate this gem […]
Havok publishes an anthology two times a year with a variety of genres (fantasy, science fiction, thriller, comedy, mystery) and theme (vice and virtue). Anthology series are hard to review unless a system is in place. For Vice and Virtue, I returned to my system where I rate each offering […]
The Uncanny and the Dead is a horror anthology of bizarre and oftentimes lethal transformations. Many of the stories the collection presents have a Lovecraftian vibe with regular people encountering the weird or cosmic. Each eerie entry unfolds in a startling yet creative way. Eight stories comprise the anthology of […]
Lovers and Other Monsters, an anthology edited by Marvin Kaye presents suspense and horror stories centered on the theme of love, in particular, eros love. Kaye is well known for putting together unique and interesting anthologies, and he’s collected some of Weird Tale’s best stories in his other anthologies. This […]
Ye Olde Dragon Books’ second anthology of classic monsters targets Frankenstein and asks the question “Who’s the Monster?” Is it the ambitious scientist who goes too far? Is it his creation who, after being rejected, runs amok? Is it both? Or is it a society that can’t see beneath the […]
Havok’s latest anthology, entitled Casting Call, examines many common archetypes of fiction in several genres (fantasy, mystery, comedy, etc.). The magician, the wizened elder, and the sneaky rebel are but a few character types offered in a flash fiction—one thousand words or less—story. As usual, Havok’s high quality is on […]