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Ellen Datlow, Nathan Ballingrud, Laird Barron, Pat Cadigan, Siobhan Carroll: Fearful Symmetries (2019, ChiZine Publications)

English language

Published June 30, 2019 by ChiZine Publications.

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978-1-77148-539-5
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Another excellent anthology edited by Ellen Datlow

4 stars

With Ellen Datlow editing, you are always guaranteed an anthology with quite a few excellent stories in it. Even the ones that may not grab you particularly are always at least interesting. Fearful Symmetries is no exception. The stories in this anthology that most grabbed me were:

"A Wish from a Bone" by Gemma Files

In my experience Gemma Files' stories often fall into either the realm of subtly disturbing, as her entry from The Doll Collection does, or full-throttle intensity. "A Wish from a Bone" is the latter type of story. It is also one of those horror stories that I think would translate very well to film.

"The Atlas of Hell" by Nathan Ballingrud

I had read Ballingrud's story "Skull Pocket" prior to reading this one. "Skull Pocket" is a macabre little gem for sure, but this is the story that convinced me to buy his collection Wounds: …

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