A review by brynhammond
Sword and Sonnet by Aidan Doyle, Tony Pi, Margo Lanagan, Kira Lees, A.C. Wise, Malon Edwards, Spencer Ellsworth, Hayley Stone, Samantha Henderson, Anya Ow, Carlie St. George, C.S.E. Cooney, Rachael K. Jones, Setsu Uzume, Victoria Sandbrook, E. Catherine Tobler, A.E. Prevost, Osahon Ize-Iyamu, Alex Acks, Cassandra Khaw, A. Merc Rustad, S.L. Huang, Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali, Ingrid Garcia, Suzanne J. Willis, Matt Dovey
5.0
Extraordinarily strong collection. 23 stories. Even the few I didn't fancy were fascinatingly different. Five or so I want/need to read again because they are so densely imagined.
I misled myself to expect more historical stories, since the brief of battle poets called to mind historical examples. It turned out less historical -- although, for instance, there was a Tang China City God -- and more fantasy or science fiction.
I misled myself to expect more historical stories, since the brief of battle poets called to mind historical examples. It turned out less historical -- although, for instance, there was a Tang China City God -- and more fantasy or science fiction.