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Honourable mention goes to:Danse MacabreDeath Over EasyThe Physician's Assistant
danse macabre, horror, fantasy, Nancy Kilpatrick, death, medieval images Images of people accosted or dancing with Death were very common after the Black Death decimated Europe's population in the Middle Ages.Danse Macabre: Close Encounters with the Reaper is an anthology edited by Nancy Kilpatrick and put out by Edge Pulishing. These tales are about Death and its personification. Like a Harlequin romance, you pretty much know how it's going to end. In Harlequins the woman gets her man. In Danse...
....a collection of short stories about meeting the earthly incarnation of death that hits more often than it misses. I like themed collections, they provide the opportunity to see the same basic premise handled in a variety of tones, settings and styles, and there's enough depth and texture here to make for a tremendously entertaining read. I see this company at Calgary Expo every summer, and always enjoy what I wind up buying at their booth, and this was no exception.
Danse Macabre is a short story anothology that plays with the idea that death is personified and lives it's own life beside our own. The stories are all angles on this idea going from humorous and irreverant to dark and honest. There isn't a story in here that DOESN'T strike a chord and as a result the book sings and I gladly sat down and listened.
This is an excellent collection of stories, ranging from dramatic to comedic, philosophical to fantasy. I have to admit to a conflict of interest: I am one of the writers whose short stories appear in this anthology. ("Out of the Sun") That doesn't mean I can't be a fan of the many other writers whose works appear in this book, and as a reader I definitely am. In fact, considering I had only one previously published short story several years ago, I'm quite honoured to be counted among this quite...
