We kickoff this first "Monday With Kaye" blog posts in
2016 with Kaye’s review of a fantasy anthology…..
Down These Strange Streets edited by George R. R.
Martin and Gardner Dozois
An anthology of urban fantasy stories
was something new for me, but I enjoyed them very much! There are lots of big
names in this hardcover collection, including Charlaine Harris.
Although I hate to leave any out, there
are too many stories to include all of them here, so I'll mention some that
grabbed me especially hard.
In "It's Still the Same Old
Story" by Carrie Vaughn (best known for her late night DJ werewolf) the
vampires seemed so real to me, I hated
this tale of revenge and tender love to end.
These are tough times in "No
Mystery, No Miracle" by Melinda M. Snodgrass. Not only a depression and
prohibition, but a tear in the universe.
We're talking a special kind of semantics
in M. L. N. Hanover's "The Difference Between a Puzzle and a
Mystery."
In "The Curious Affair of the
Deodand" (I had no idea what this was either) by Lisa Tuttle, her lovely,
authentic period style brings us an unsolvable case, although the reader knows
what happened.
Back to Rome with John Maddox Roberts'
"Beware the Snake." Pompaedius has lost his sacred swamp adder and
Decius Caecilius, though he doesn't take the loss seriously, is taxed with
keeping the snake worshippers happy. The banter is something to behold--loved
it!
Patricia Briggs, with "In Red, With
Pearls," brings us a sexy werewolf. I hated to see this one end, too.
This is a huge volume, nearly five
hundred pages, packed with wonderful, weird stories.
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