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A review by shanehawk
Miscreations: Gods, Monstrosities & Other Horrors by Michael Bailey, Doug Murano
4.0
3.5 stars rounded up!
Mr. Doug Murano chose a wide array of perspectives and styles to include in his weird/horror anthology, MISCREATIONS. Loved the overarching theme of monsters. (Anyone remember The X-Files' Monster-of-the-Week episodes?)
Sometimes one can grow tired of themed anthologies after too many duds. To me, this anthology doesn't have a dud. Sure, there were some that didn't agree with my tastes, but none of them totally turned me off at all. I believe this was helped by some format variation. This anthology included standard narratives, poems, a letter, and an internet chat forum type-thing. Different takes on story format can excite the mind into pushing forward due to the freshness of style and creativity.
And to conclude, a list of favorites:
[a:Nadia Bulkin|4723236|Nadia Bulkin|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1506973591p2/4723236.jpg]'s Operations Other Than War - I love seeing commentary on war as I've been antiwar since childhood.
[a:Victor LaValle|1762294|Victor LaValle|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1280959466p2/1762294.jpg]'s Spectral Evidence - Should one be brutally honest?
[a:Lucy A. Snyder|948181|Lucy A. Snyder|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1465839703p2/948181.jpg]'s My Knowing Glance - Whoa, didn't know cosmic horror could be so rad!
[a:Mercedes M. Yardley|3084816|Mercedes M. Yardley|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1333652263p2/3084816.jpg]'s The Making of Asylum Ophelia - Holy moly, Mercedes! Why haven't I checked out your stuff sooner?
[a:Max Booth III|5362281|Max Booth III|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1607407165p2/5362281.jpg]'s You Are My Neighbor - Yup, this solidified my decision to check out way more of Booth's work.
[a:Laird Barron|466494|Laird Barron|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1446325324p2/466494.jpg]'s Ode to Joad the Toad - Who knew Laird was so funny?
Mr. Doug Murano chose a wide array of perspectives and styles to include in his weird/horror anthology, MISCREATIONS. Loved the overarching theme of monsters. (Anyone remember The X-Files' Monster-of-the-Week episodes?)
Sometimes one can grow tired of themed anthologies after too many duds. To me, this anthology doesn't have a dud. Sure, there were some that didn't agree with my tastes, but none of them totally turned me off at all. I believe this was helped by some format variation. This anthology included standard narratives, poems, a letter, and an internet chat forum type-thing. Different takes on story format can excite the mind into pushing forward due to the freshness of style and creativity.
And to conclude, a list of favorites:
[a:Nadia Bulkin|4723236|Nadia Bulkin|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1506973591p2/4723236.jpg]'s Operations Other Than War - I love seeing commentary on war as I've been antiwar since childhood.
[a:Victor LaValle|1762294|Victor LaValle|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1280959466p2/1762294.jpg]'s Spectral Evidence - Should one be brutally honest?
[a:Lucy A. Snyder|948181|Lucy A. Snyder|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1465839703p2/948181.jpg]'s My Knowing Glance - Whoa, didn't know cosmic horror could be so rad!
[a:Mercedes M. Yardley|3084816|Mercedes M. Yardley|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1333652263p2/3084816.jpg]'s The Making of Asylum Ophelia - Holy moly, Mercedes! Why haven't I checked out your stuff sooner?
[a:Max Booth III|5362281|Max Booth III|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1607407165p2/5362281.jpg]'s You Are My Neighbor - Yup, this solidified my decision to check out way more of Booth's work.
[a:Laird Barron|466494|Laird Barron|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1446325324p2/466494.jpg]'s Ode to Joad the Toad - Who knew Laird was so funny?