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Magic Tails Martin Greenberg, Janet Pack (Editors) Daw, Sep 2005, $7.50 ISBN: 0756402883 Cats always seem at home in the fantasy (and horror) genre at least in this reviewer’s mind since the 1950s Bell, Book, and Candle; so a genre match-up seems natural. This fourteen-book collection stars...

All Hell Breaking Loose Edited by Martin H. Greenberg Daw, Oct 2005, $7.50, 320 pp. ISBN: 0756402891 This sixteen tale anthology centers on either the denizens of hell picking on a human or two or a trip to hell rarely for that heavenly cause. Many are tongue in cheek (tail in cheek sounds so...

Children of Magic Edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Kerrie Hughes Daw, Jun 2006, $7.99 ISBN: 0756403618 This is one of the best, if not the best, anthology of the year. Each of the seventeen tales (mostly written by women) is excellent with some like the amusing “After School Special” by Huff...

Fantasy Gone Wrong Edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Brittiany A. Koren DAW, Sep 2006, $7.99 ISBN 0756403804 This sixteen tale fantasy anthology is filled with humorous satires that ironically lampoon the genre. Fans will laugh at the slapstick musings of authors like Alan Dean Foster, Brian...

Time Twisters Edited by Jean Rabe and Martin H. Greenberg Daw, Jan 2007, $7.99 ISBN: 0756404053 These seventeen new science fiction tales focus on time travel and the related paradoxes including the impact on the present by changing the past and meeting one’s self or ancestors, etc. The short...

Places to Be, People to Kill Martin H. Greenberg (Editor), Brittiany A. Koren Daw, Jun 2007, $7.99 ISBN: 0756404177 This twelve never before published tales focuses on the fantasy genre’s professional hitmen (and women), assassins as they have not been seen before (at least to the knowledge of...

Man vs. Machine Martin H. Greenberg (Editor), John Helfers (Editor) Daw, Jul 2007, $7.99 ISBN: 9780756404369 The premise hooked this reviewer who has always been fascinated by technology especially artificial intelligence since reading an early Fantastic 4 comic book involving Galactus first...

Pandora’s Closet Jean Rabe and Martin H. Greenberg (editors) Daw, Aug 2007, $7.99 ISBN 9780756404376 The underling connective thread between these nineteen new tales is items worn like garments and jewelry found in fantasy realms. Think of classic accouchements like Superman’s cape, Green...

Fellowship Fantastic Martin H. Greenberg and Kerrie Hughes Daw, Jan 2008, $7.99 ISBN: 9780756404659 The underlying connecting concept between these thirteen short stories is the bond of fellowship usually found on an impossible quest as defined by Tolkien although can be as simple as...

Something Magic This Way Comes Edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Sarah A. Hoyt Daw, Mar 2008, $7.99 ISBN: 9780756404727 This fantasy collection focuses on modern day magic in a world filled with technology and science, but as pointed out in the “The Power of Magic” introduction by Sarah A. Hoyt...

Imaginary Friends John Marco & Martin H. Greenberg (editors) Daw, Sep 2008, $7.99 ISBN: 9780756405113 The theme of this fine anthology is just what the title advertises, IMAGINARY FRIENDS, but with a fantasy or Twilight Zone twist that widens the scope of the collection. The compilation of all...

The Dimension Next Door Martin H. Greenberg & Kerrie Hughes Daw, Jul 2008, $7.99 ISBN: 9780756405090 Although readers would expect the thirteen contributions by a strong group of authors would be so similar the tales would trip over each other; as how many thin veils and portals can there be...

Better off Undead Martin H. Greenberg and Daniel M. Hoyt Daw, Nov 2008, $ ISBN: 9780756405120 This eighteen new story anthology focuses on a variety of different “Undead” species and not just vampires as mummies, fossils, ghosts, and other supernatural creatures. The collection is divided into...

Catopolis Edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Janet Deaver-Pack Daw, Dec 2008, $7.99 ISBN: 9780756405144 Feline fantasy fans will enjoy these seventeen tales of life in a magical “city of cats” that resides alongside our mundane world, but is kept hidden. Each tale is well written, but because the...

Crime Spells Edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Loren L. Coleman Daw, Feb 2009, $7.99 ISBN: 9780756405380 These sixteen urban fantasy tales are whimsical and though this reviewer suggests spreading the entries over several days as the theme is somewhat limiting. Each contribution is well written...

Terribly Twisted Tales Edited by Jean Rabe and Martin H. Greenberg Daw, Jun 2009, $7.99 ISBN 9780756405540 These eighteen entries will remind readers of Rocky and Bullwinkle’s Fractured Fairy Tales as the authors take an irrelevant spin on famous stories. Almost all the contributions are...

Full Moon City Darrell Schweitzer and Martin H. Greenberg (Editors) Gallery (Pocket), Mar 9 2010, $15.00 ISBN: 9781416584131 Full Moon City contains fourteen dark werewolf and one leaning more towards vampire (Darrell Schweitzer’s “Kvetchula’s Daughter”) urban fantasies written by some of the...

Over the last year or so I have become very interested in how SF authors treat the law in their fiction. Finding good legal themed SF has not turned out to be as difficult as I thought it would be. This review is of a book of legal themed SF by a variety of authors. Some of the following is...

The plots of Clifton's stories were practically indescribable because they were so complex and multi-faceted. As dense and realistic as his plots were, his characters were orders of magnitude moreso. Even the little one-time-use throw away characters were given some motivation and personality...