Dr. Philip Edward Kaldon, an online friend, has just reviewed Writers of the Future Vol. 25. Dr. Phil is the author of the delicious “A Man on the Moon” in Vol. 24 and, because he was a published finalist and not strictly a winner, has the distinct luxury of being able to attend the workshop twice. Jealous? I am!
Anyways, he has just reviewed Writers of the Future XXV on his livejournal.
He picked Donald Mead’s “The Shadow Man” as the most beautiful story in the collection, and Fiona Lehn’s “The Assignment of Runner ETI” as his favourite.
As for the Phoenix?
“After the Final Sunset, Again” by Jordan Lapp
illustrated by Joshua J. Stewart
First story I read in the collection, because Jordan is an online friend. A Phoenix in the City story where one constantly wonders how the hell this all got started. (grin) We’ll call it my favorite urban fantasy story of the collection. Exceptionally well done.
So, I’m going to avoid review-o-mancy in this one, but I have to say that in an anthology as chock full of urban fantasy as this one is… hey…wait… 
Oh well, I’ll settle for the “Exceptionally well done.” Thanks, Dr. Phil!
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The “favorite urban fantasy” line was somewhat tongue-in-cheek. With 12 stories and no duds, I managed to keep it down to singling out only three favorites for special mention. (grin)
Dr. Phil
Lol. This post just came up on a Google Alert, and the title reads “Dr. Phil Reviews WotF XXV – Without Really Trying”.
The unintended consequences of naming your blog, eh?
Oh, BTW, loved your piece. When I finish the book I’ll write up a full review of Vol. 24.
Mine is titled “They Didn’t Ask Me” — that would be good for a few laughs, too.
Dr. Phil
I subscribe to your LJ through Google Reader and it shows up as “Dr. Phil’s LiveJournal” there. I didn’t realize it had a title other than that until you posted.
But yeah, seriously, “John Scalzi comments on the SyFy channel – They Didn’t Ask Me”. That could come off as bitter, whereas mine could come off as condescending. Dang, we’re both in trouble!