A review by pers
After Hours: Tales from the Ur-Bar by Avery Shade, Jackie Kessler, Ian Tregillis, Anton Strout, S.C. Butler, Kari Sperring, Juliet E. McKenna, Patricia Bray, Seanan McGuire, Jennifer Dunne, Laura Anne Gilman, Maria V. Snyder, Joshua Palmatier, D.B. Jackson, Benjamin Tate, Barbara Ashford

4.0

As always when I buy a multi-author anthology, I make a beeline for the stories by the authors whose work I already know since the chances are very high I'll enjoy those stories. After that I work my way through the remaining stories from start to finish. I'm pleased to say there was only one story in this collection which failed to engage me and I left it unfinished.(No, I'm not going to 'name and shame' the author as it may well be down to me not the author that I couldn't get into it.) Of the authors with whom I was unfamiliar, I've added 3 to my 'want to read more of their stuff' list. Always a good sign.

I believe this anthology is the one that started the partnership of Bray and Palmatier and led to the Zombies Need Brains annual Kickstarter anthology campaigns. This year's anthologies are just about to go out to backers, and I'm very much looking forward to receiving my copy of 'Death of All Things'. And to backing the new campaign when it opens on August 29th!