Spotted this review over at the Baryon Review
The volume opens with this years winning entry, “Garden of Tian Zi” by Emery Huang. It is a tale of a conglomerate run future and genetic engineering that also shows there can still be a human relationship. Donald Mead shows an unusual tale of the results of the bombing of Hiroshima in “The Shadow Man”. Gra Linnaea’s “Life in Steam” is a steampunk tale that shows the Church as inquisitor yet again. Fiona Lehn takes an alternate THE LONG WALK/RUNNING MAN tale and adds in charity, multicorps, and war in “The Assignment of Runner ETI”. Heather McDougal gives a western setting in a dying gold rush town where “The Candy Store” just happens to open. Jordan Lapp gives the story of a Phoenix in “After the Final Sunset, Again”. There are plenty of others between the covers to give you interest and leave you waiting to see what the writers do next.
All in all, a positive review. Congrats to everyone involved.
The Phoenix seems to be connecting with people at least enough that they mention my name in reviews (which is not bad seeing as how I’m the second-to-last story in the book). Man, that’s a great feeling!
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Such is the power of the WOTF anthology, that people read all the way to the next-to-last story. And beyond! (grin)
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