Anthologies: A Reader's Point of View

Earlier this month, I asked questions about anthology editing and anthology reading. As you can tell from the thread, there were a lot of good, thoughtful responses.

Next week, I'll address some of the issues surrounding anthologies from a writer's perspective and from an editor's perspective. For now, though, I'll explore what I as a reader want from a fiction anthology.

As a reader, I'm omnivoracious when it comes to novels but tend toward surreal, absurdist, fantasy, and related modes of...