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A review by rachel_menard
Chimera by Ashley Hutchison
5.0
I usually end up giving short story collections 3 stars because there will be stories in it that I love, and stories in it that I really don't like. This is honestly the first collection I've read where I enjoyed EVERY SINGLE STORY.
Chimera is a curated collection of tales about monsters, and no two were alike.
"Maybe it made sense that the monsters weren't out there. They'd always been among them." - Stephen Howard
Some stories had a twist. Some were scary. Some were silly...this was really a representative collection. My favorites were, in no particular order...
Jaecyn Boné for her story, Color Unknown, an enby water nymph romance. She created a painful and beautiful love story in only a few pages.
Banshee Song by Michelle Tang. This was a short but incredibly poetic story about a sapphic banshee romance that left me with many feels.
And...When the Basilisk Wakes by Alexis L. Carroll. I am still thinking about this story and the surprise at the end.
This is a great book to leave on the coffee table and pick up to read one story at a time. You won't be disappointed.
Chimera is a curated collection of tales about monsters, and no two were alike.
"Maybe it made sense that the monsters weren't out there. They'd always been among them." - Stephen Howard
Some stories had a twist. Some were scary. Some were silly...this was really a representative collection. My favorites were, in no particular order...
Jaecyn Boné for her story, Color Unknown, an enby water nymph romance. She created a painful and beautiful love story in only a few pages.
Banshee Song by Michelle Tang. This was a short but incredibly poetic story about a sapphic banshee romance that left me with many feels.
And...When the Basilisk Wakes by Alexis L. Carroll. I am still thinking about this story and the surprise at the end.
This is a great book to leave on the coffee table and pick up to read one story at a time. You won't be disappointed.