A review by quietgalaxy
Fast Ships, Black Sails by Jeff VanderMeer, Ann VanderMeer

3.0

I'm not a fan of short stories collections. This is really just a fact that can't be overcome. That said, that's mostly because I find it hard to take all the stories together, when in reality they stand alone. I did really enjoy several of those stories (although at least a few of them I definitely did not enjoy). My favorites included. "Ariminta," "Boojum," and "The Nymph's Child." (Perhaps it says something about my tastes that all of those stories have female protagonists. What can I say, I love lady pirates.) In addition, I enjoyed most of the stories that took an especially fantastical (or science-fictional) take on sea-faring; historical archetypes in new settings is generally a lot of fun.