An Eclectic Buffet: Review of Finding Creatures & Other Stories

(Follow the links to read the stories.)

An Eclectic Buffet
by Jess Mowry, author of Way Past Cool

I like story collections, and speaking as one who writes for kids, it has always puzzled me why many mainstream publishers are reluctant to publish them. Short stories are far less intimidating and generally more enjoyable than novels for "reluctant readers." I have seldom been disappointed with a story collection, though I may have been disappointed with one or more of the stories in them. Still...