Auroroa of the Sun - my thoughts
Some contributor copies are better than others. When I picked up my copy of Aurora of the Sun, I was pretty skeptical, since it had a non-traditional square format.
This lasted until the first paragraph of the first story, and I realized that this was a good group of stories which, it turned out, span everything from fairy tale reimaginings to straight SF, always with a certain idealistic bent. The writing is first-rate, and I believe that the collection will appeal to people who generally aren't exposed to my work, since there's quite a bit of urban fantasy and "gentle" fantasy (not sure how else to refer to that particular subgenre dealing with a poignant sense of loss) in here.
(As a disclaimer, my own tale is a bit of a romp, a comic retelling of a Grimm tale entitled "Crystal Ball Blues".)
Favorite story? It had to be Seastedia by Steven Southard, which left me wanting more in that universe, although the ending makes that unlikely...
This lasted until the first paragraph of the first story, and I realized that this was a good group of stories which, it turned out, span everything from fairy tale reimaginings to straight SF, always with a certain idealistic bent. The writing is first-rate, and I believe that the collection will appeal to people who generally aren't exposed to my work, since there's quite a bit of urban fantasy and "gentle" fantasy (not sure how else to refer to that particular subgenre dealing with a poignant sense of loss) in here.
(As a disclaimer, my own tale is a bit of a romp, a comic retelling of a Grimm tale entitled "Crystal Ball Blues".)
Favorite story? It had to be Seastedia by Steven Southard, which left me wanting more in that universe, although the ending makes that unlikely...