51. Transtories edited by Colin HarveyI picked up this collection at a previous Bristol Con and have just got round to reading it in time for this year's. The late Colin Harvey was involved with the Bristol SFF scene but I never met him; the only person I know who has a story in here is Joanne Hall ( Read more... )

42. North by Southwest edited by Joanne HallDisclaimer: This is another one where I know almost everybody involved. My name's in the acknowledgements because I contributed to the Fundsurfer ( Read more... )

17. Night Music: Nocturnes 2 by John Connolly

My favourite John Connolly book is Nocturnes, his first volume of short stories. It's the first book of his I ever read and I was impressed not only by the individual stories in it, but the variety of voice that he employs ( Read more... )

11. Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman

Neil's latest collection of short stories. I found they varied wildly in quality - some were wonderful, straight through to what-the-hell-is-this? My favourite was definitely the Shadow story (as in Shadow from American Gods), but I also really enjoyed the variation on Sleeping Beauty.

2. Airship Shape and Bristol Fashion edited by Roz Clarke and Joanne HallDisclaimer: I know the editors and practically all the contributors ( Read more... )

75. New Cthulu: The Recent Weird edited by Paula GuranA collection of short stories all based somehow in HP Lovecraft's universe that have been published since 2000. Amazingly, even though it contains stories by a lot of authors I read, the only one I'd read before was the Neil Gaiman one (A Study in Emerald ( Read more... )

2. Gothic! Ten original dark tales, edited by Deborah NoyesI didn't realise until I read the intro that this is supposed to be a Young Adult collection ( Read more... )