The next four stories read come from the Doctor Who tie-in collection Tales of Trenzalore; four novellas set during the final episode of the series to feature Matt Smith's version of The Doctor (or Eleven, as we call him).  Overall, the stories do not contain any spoilers for the Big Events of that finale episode (titled "The Time of the Doctor") ( Read more... )

Continuing my group "catch  up" posts to get me closer to current.

I've already reviewed three stories from TALES OF JACK THE RIPPER, edited by Ross E. Lockhart: "Abandon All Flesh" by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia, "The Butcher, The Baker, The Candlestick-Maker" by Ennis Drake, and "Once November" by E. Catherine Tobler (aka graygirl). Clicking on the "jack the ( Read more... )

The following six stories are all taken from COOL THING: The Best New Gay Fiction From Young American Writers, edited by Blair Mastbaum and Will Fabro.

A note first about the anthology overall:

There are some anthologies I buy because of the inclusion of one or two authors, and I know I'm probably going to only read those one or two stories and then ( Read more... )