A review by bookfessional
Dead Man's Hand: An Anthology of the Weird West, by Ben H. Winters, John Joseph Adams, Christie Yant, David Farland, Tobias S. Buckell, Elizabeth Bear, Jonathan Maberry, Hugh Howey, Kelley Armstrong, Mike Resnick, Beth Revis, Seanan McGuire, Joe R. Lansdale, Alastair Reynolds, Tad Williams, Rajan Khanna, Laura Anne Gilman, Alan Dean Foster, Ken Liu, Orson Scott Card, Charles Yu, Fred Van Lente, Jeffrey Ford, Walter Jon Williams
4.0
Reviewed by: Rabid Reads
Stingers and Strangers, InCryptid 0.04
4 stars
I tried to refrain from purchasing any anthologies I didn't already own when I decided to get current with InCryptid, but after half a dozen various references to Fran and Jonathan's trip to Colorado, I caved.
Was it worth it?
Eh. I'm finally rid of the WHAT-AM-I-MISSING?! angst, and the story itself is in the top two of the extras I've read so far, but then there's the shame of my weakness to contend with, so six of one, half dozen of another.
Fran and Johnny go to Colorado after receiving word that the apraxas wasps are behaving strangely . . . And that's all you get. Suffice it to say, there's a darn good reason the wasps are out of sorts, and anything that freaks out giant, intelligent, brain-eating insects is worthy of concern.
Stingers and Strangers, InCryptid 0.04
4 stars
I tried to refrain from purchasing any anthologies I didn't already own when I decided to get current with InCryptid, but after half a dozen various references to Fran and Jonathan's trip to Colorado, I caved.
Was it worth it?
Eh. I'm finally rid of the WHAT-AM-I-MISSING?! angst, and the story itself is in the top two of the extras I've read so far, but then there's the shame of my weakness to contend with, so six of one, half dozen of another.
Fran and Johnny go to Colorado after receiving word that the apraxas wasps are behaving strangely . . . And that's all you get. Suffice it to say, there's a darn good reason the wasps are out of sorts, and anything that freaks out giant, intelligent, brain-eating insects is worthy of concern.