A review by jenn_geeks_out
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

Anthologies are often tricky for me to rate, and this one is no exception. Some of the stories were awesome and some weren't. Most of the stories grew up organically around the premise of Gilgamesh's immortal bar, but there were a few that gave the distinct impression of being half written before the idea for this anthology and the immortal bar was thrown in ex post facto. This volume is definitely worth reading and it introduced me to a few authors that I'd like to check out in the future, as well as warned me off from a few that I don't think I'll enjoy.

Mostly I read this book because I knew Maria V. Snyder had a story in it and it was available through Kobo to put on the ereader I got for Christmas.