Re-reading in The New Voices of Fantasy made me realise that, despite what I'd thought, I never reviewed this when I first read it. But I think that's not a terrible thing; upon re-read, I liked it better. It's satisfying, beautiful and sad. I loved the ending.It's also interesting how, similarly to Sarah Canary, this reads as either genre or mainstream, selkies in the eye of the beholder.Merged review:I received the electronic ARC of this from NetGalley and publisher in exchange for an honest r...

Did I just buy an entire anthology only because it has Alyssa Wong's name on the cover? Yes. Yes I did.On sale for $1.99 in the US Kindle store right now!

Huge thanks to Latasha, Canavan, Stephanie, and Fiona at Spells, Space & Screams for reading, interpreting, and discussing these stories with me. You made a good book great! Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers by Alyssa Wong ★★★★★"I feel decadent and filthy, swollen with the cruelest dreams I’ve ever tasted." Oh twisted sister I love you! Gorgeous Asian women in Manhattan eating bad men alive. Yes, yes, yes! Selkie Stories Are For Losers by Sofia Samatar ★★★☆☆"In selkie stories, kissing nev...

One or two brilliant stories doesn’t make up for the half dozen not so great ones in this anthology. Overall this is a disappointing set of stories. However, the ones that are worth reading, if you were to say take this out at the library are by: Alyssa Wong, Brooke Bolander, E. Lily Yu, Kelly Sandoval. These four authors I will definitely watch for the future. The rest of the stories either, weren't all that stunning. Some seemed just outrageous or impractical, some were poorly written. In the

An excellent collection of contemporary fantasy short stories. I'd already read 8 out of the 19 stories, but I enjoyed rereading them. I'd also already read 15 of the authors, so it's nice to know I'm keeping up with new fantasy authors!If you're on the hunt for some new authors, this is a great collection to read. It's also interesting to note that of the 19 stories, only 2 were 2nd world fantasy. The other 17 stories were rooted in this world. But what all of these stories tend to do is use fa...

I usually enjoy short story anthologies - you get a collection of all sorts of things, some better, some less good. I often compare them to finding a chest full of stuff in the attic and being excited to discover trinkets and gems and stuff that kind of sucks, but you can't have it all in life.Well. This chest felt a bit like a dud, even though it started off exciting.I see a few other reviewers say the "new" in the title is a bit deceiving, because this is a book published in 2017 which contain...

ARC provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.I love supporting under-hyped books and authors, and these are nineteen up and coming fantasy authors that each contributed a short story for this anthology. I mean, how could I not request an ARC of this? I absolutely love the thought that went in to this, and I'm so very thankful that Peter S. Beagle and Jacob Weisman curated this.Yet, I do think that these curators are being very liberal with the word "new". Some of

Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC!I really liked, sometimes loved the stories in this volume. A lot of them are reprints, if not all, and I remember a number of them quite fondly from previous reads, such as, and especially, Alyssa Wong and Brooke Bolander.However, there were a number of newcomers (the definition is flexible) that I really enjoyed or I've already had the pleasure of reading some of their actual novels, such as stories from Hannu Rajaniemi, Sofia Samatar, and Max Gladstone. Hannu i...

This collection of nineteen fantasy tales is one of the most unique anthologies I have had the pleasure of reading thus far in my humble reading life. Written by exciting new storytellers of the fantasy (and science fiction) genres, these short stories range from vampires and selkies, to walking skyscrapers and a lovelorn duck. I gobbled up these stories in a short time, and enjoyed most of them immensely. However, there arose a nagging question while reading these stories: what defines fantasy...

Some great stories. I read this with a group on goodreads. I'm usually a horror gal but decided to give this a try. I'm glad I did. There is some great stories in here and only 1 didn't care much for. So thank you to my book club for introducing me to many new authors. :)

The New Voices of Fantasy is an anthology of 19 fantasy short stories by a selection of new authors.I was already familiar with some of them (mainly Alyssa Wong and JY Yang) but I discovered many other writers, and now I want to check out their other works.As many other anthologies, The New Voices of Fantasy has its ups and downs, with some stories I loved and some I didn't like; my average rating is 3.35 out of 5. Overall, it was an interesting experience.Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers by...

"Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers"--Alyssa Wong. A girl feeds on the ugliest thoughts she can find. It makes her very lonely. This is a fantastic short story: there's so much imagination here, but the interpersonal and emotional dynamics feel totally realistic and familiar. "Selkie Stories are for Losers"--Sofia Samatar. A girl left behind by her selkie mother connects with a coworker. I love that this story is written about "losers stuck on the wrong side of magic.""Tornado's Siren"--Brooke...

Sadly uneven. While there were a few really beautiful stories, overall I found this anthology not as great as it could have been. Peter S. Beagle and Jacob Weismann collected short stories by authors they think will influence the future of fantasy. As such this is a very varied anthology with different outlooks on what constitutes "fantasy" as a genre. There were some really innovative story telling techniques employed and some stories I really adored - but some felt flat for me. I guess that is...

Average Rating: 3.47. This collection was... a bit of an experience. And meh. While I'll be mentioning thoughts on each story separately, I would like to say a few words about the collection as a whole. First of all, this is more speculative fiction than fantasy. Barely any of these take place in a different world, and barely any have standard plots. Instead, with a few exceptions, most are brief ruminations on a certain topic. I have to admit, I found that element fairly boring. Many of these s...

On sale as of August 22, 2017! Final review, first posted on Fantasy Literature:This collection of nineteen fantasy short works, edited by Peter Beagle, is definitely worthwhile if you like speculative short fiction. Many of them left an impact on me, and a few are true standouts. These stories are by relatively new authors in the speculative fiction genre and are all fantasy; otherwise there’s no discernable overarching theme.These stories have almost all been published previously over the last...

If these ladies and gentlemen represent the future of fantasy we are in for a wild and terrific ride. All the stories have been published since 2010 so whilst they might not be technically new, their writers are blossoming, following new and different paths to their humble beginnings. Being excellent examples of their kind you may have come across some of them already but as reader who tends to stick to full-length novels almost all of the writers and all of the stories were unfamiliar to me, so...

***Note: I received a copy curtesy of Netgalley and Tachyon Publications in exchange for an honest review. Most of the stories can be read for free online, I linked them in my review for a taste of the collection. Below, each of the stories rated with its own stars and a few words of each, trying to avoid spoilers.Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers by Alyssa Wong - .../5★ (Read it HERE).[...]The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn by Usman T. Malik - 3.5/5★ (Read it HERE).A man decides to f...

While a few of these have popped up in other places - Tor's free stories featured at least a couple of the stories found here - having them collected all in one place really does showcase some excellent writing and imagination.The standouts for me were A Kiss With Teeth and Jackalope Wives, both of which I've reviewed elsewhere. Both were completely original, and striking in the absolutely gorgeous emotion they managed to evoke.It's also a well-balanced book as far as representation of female or...

The best couple stories here ("Selkie Stories are for Losers" and "Jackalope Wives") I'd already read elsewhere but overall a strong collection of stories. Of authors I hadn't read previously the most interesting was Sandoval's "The One They Took Before". I also liked Wise's writing style, although it wasn't a story per se and there was one section (Breeding) where I wasn't sure what they allegory was.

I received this copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest reviewA collection to highlight upcoming voices in fantasy. I know a lot of these authors from being a fan of some of these authors. They all write in what could be considered a new era of fantasy, one that tries to push the boundaries of the already fantastical. A couple of these stories I'd read before and loved. I enjoyed quite a lot of them, although I am not sure a few are fantasy as much as about human nature, and some are on t