Mortification Factors: 3 Tomato Faces
- 1 TF for being SciFi/Fantasy
- 2nd TF for embarrassing cover art
- 3rd TF for being an anthology - for some reason, people look down on anthologies
- Some excellent short stories
- Story by Neil Gaiman (Sandman, Stardust, etc.)
A very nice collection of stories edited wby Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois. Neil Gaiman made a contribution with a story about a live boy living in a cemetary with ghosts, ghouls, and vampires. This particular story was very powerful and very very odd. Another big name draw is Orson Scott Card who provided a coming of age story of a boy from the mountains coming down to the big city and discovering what his affinity for stone really means. Tanith Lee is still writing and I was happy to read her story, Zinder. These three and 15 others made up the fairly substantial compilation.
Most of the stories in this anthology are coming of age tales directed toward the young adult market. However, I'll never be too old to enjoy this genre!
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