amia's review
5.0
This compilation of 14 short thrillers defies all the standards of anthologies I have ever read (a lot) or read reviews about (a lot more)-literally hundreds because, in my humble opinion, they are usually the best buy. You always get at least five stories per collection. On average, between 50% and 75% are very good. Burning, on the other hand, has 100% that ranked as excellent for me. Pete Oxley, publisher of this fine tome, did an outstanding job in collecting tales for his first (hopefully, not his last) from his new venture Burning Chair Publishing. Obviously, Pete said, "bring me your best!" to all fourteen authors but his secret was that the 14 were already very good wordsmiths, some even fantastic. I had the pleasure of reading many of their previous works. With Burning, they did exactly what was asked of them, they brought their best and I am overjoyed about the end product. I highly recommend each and every story in Burning and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Oh, by-the-way, I suggest you begin reading early in your day. Perhaps this will allow you to finish reading before 5 am, but it doesn't mean you will sleep peacefully, mwaaahaaha.
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