A review by maree_k
Pacific Monsters by Iona Winter, Octavia Cade, Kirstie Olley, Simon Dewar, Tihema Baker, Andi C. Buchanan, Rue Karney, Michael Grey, Laya Rose, Michael Lujan Bevacqua, Bryan Kamaoli Kuwada, Tina Makereti, A.J. Fitzwater, Kieran Walsh, Raymond Gates, Margrét Helgadóttir, Dave Johnson, Lahela Schoessler, Jeremy Szal, Eugene Smith
5.0
Pacific Monsters is a fantastic collection of short stories from Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii and more. It's great to read an anthology with diverse voices and stories from parts of the world that are often overlooked. But I do have a favourite in the collection: All My Relations by Brian Kamaoli Kuwada. It's not just the shape-shifting shark that I love (although that is something that has fascinated me for years) but the core relationship between the young diver and the shape-shifter, and how the writer raised the tension bit by bit until the story's climax.
Other favourites for me included The Weight of Silence by Jeremy Szal, set in a post-apocalyptic world ruled by spiders, and Mudgerwokee by Kirsty Olley where wishes, secrets and sacrifices combine in a subtly crafted tale.
Along with illustrations by various artists there are a couple of graphic stories included in the collection, and the beautiful cover by Daniele Serra makes this an object of beauty as well as an anthology you'll want to dip into again and again.
Other favourites for me included The Weight of Silence by Jeremy Szal, set in a post-apocalyptic world ruled by spiders, and Mudgerwokee by Kirsty Olley where wishes, secrets and sacrifices combine in a subtly crafted tale.
Along with illustrations by various artists there are a couple of graphic stories included in the collection, and the beautiful cover by Daniele Serra makes this an object of beauty as well as an anthology you'll want to dip into again and again.