Mosaics: A Collection of Independent Women

by Susan Kaye Quinn

COMING MARCH 8TH 2016

Mosaics: A Collection of Independent Women features authors writing about Intersectionality, WOC, and disabled, trans, or GLB/GSD* (Gender and Sexual Diversities) with short fiction, flash fiction, poetry, essays, and art.

Foreword by Susan Kaye Quinn
Wax Anatomist's Daughter by Deborah Walker
The Girl Made of Glass by Ari Harradine
Someleze's Children by Chelo Diaz-Ludden
Happily Ever After in Twelve Stained Glass Panels by Keyan Bowes
Kaguya at Leisure by Caroline M. Cao
Book of Lilith by P.K. Tyler
Adventures in Gaming by Tonya Liburd
Pain Relief by Julie Rea
Open Space by Kelsey Maki
Star Girl and Captain Obvious Meet the Troll by Kim Wells
THE DAY THE WIND STOPPED BLOWING by Patty Somlo
Six Poems by Elizabeth S. Wolf
The Chinchorro Boy by Sarina Dorie
The Last Automaton, and accompanying art piece by Jordanne Fuller
FEMINA VIRTUS by Keira Michelle Telford
Space Travel Loses Its Allure When You've Lost Your Moon Cup by Sylvia Spruck Wrigley
The Reluctant Flesheater by Naomi Elster
The Living Wood by Karen Heuler
The Queen of Lakes by L.S. Johnson

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Genres: Fantasy, Anthologies, Short Stories, Poetry

232 pages, Paperback

Published March 2, 2016

About the author

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Susan Kaye Quinn has designed aircraft engines and researched global warming, but now she uses her PhD to invent cool stuff in books. Her works range from hopeful climate fiction to gritty cyberpunk. Sue believes being gentle and healing is radical and disruptive. Her short fiction can be found in Grist, Solarpunk Magazine, Reckoning, and all her novels and short stories can be found on her website. She is the host of the Bright Green Futures podcast.

SOLARPUNK
collections
Bright Green Futures: 2024 (edited by SKQ)
Halfway to Better

novels
Nothing is Promised series
When You Had Power
You Knew The Price
Of Kindness and Kilowatts
Yet You Cry When It Hurts

short stories
A Moon Goddess to Watch Over Me (Luna Station Quarterly) (hopepunk)
It's in the Blood (Reckoning 8)
Once and Future Kilowatts (Solarpunk Magazine)
Rewilding Indiana (Little Blue Marble)
Seven Sisters (Grist)
The Joy Fund (DreamForge Magazine)

SCI-FI
Singularity Novel Series
The Legacy Human
The Duality Bridge
The Illusory Prophet
The Last Mystic

Stories of Singularity
Restore
Containment
Augment
Awakening
Harvest
Defiance
Resistance

YA SF
Mindjack Series
Open Minds
Closed Hearts
Free Souls
Locked Tight
Cracked Open
Broken Wide
Mindjack Short Story Collection

WATCH the award-winning live-action Mindjack Book Trailer!

STEAMPUNK ROMANCE
Royals of Dharia
Third Daughter
Second Daughter
First Daughter

CYBERPUNK
Debt Collector
LIRIUM (Season One)
WRAITH (Season Two)

WATCH the Debt Collector Book Trailer

ANTHOLOGIES
Synchronic
Telepath Chronicles
AI Chronicles
Dark Beyond The Stars
Future Chronicles
Cyborg Chronicles
CLONES: The Anthology

MIDDLE GRADE FANTASY
Faery Swap

WATCH the Faery Swap Book Trailer

CONTACT SUSAN
Susan's Website | Sue on Bluesky | Sue on Mastodon
Susan's Email: sue@twistedspacepub.com

Reviews

[Deanne Charlton]

Mosaics: A Collection of Independent Women is a stunning anthology. Susan Kaye Quinn’s personal foreword sets the stage for an intriguing collection of women-centric narratives. The stories entertain, amuse, sadden, horrify, and provoke much thought. Each has a different voice and content; together they are a formidable (in the positive interpretation of the term) reading experience.

* Deborah Walker’s “The Wax Anatomist's Daughter”, a strong opening story, explores parental expectations, filial resistance, and generational patterns.
* Ari Harradine’s “The Girl Made of Glass” gives us the improbable notion of a working glass heart and makes it seem likely. All hearts are fragile; a special friend can help them mend.
* Somaleze’s Children”, by Chelo Diaz-Ludden, provides a glimpse into African women’s lives and addresses very different ways of “laying the past to rest”.
* Keyan Bowes’ “Happily Ever After in Twelve Stained Glass Panels” reconstructs the fairy tale “Rumpelstiltskin”, relying on the iconic imagery of stained glass windows to tell the story of one woman’s strength in raising a child while keeping a crucial secret.
* Kayuga at Leisure”, by Caroline M. Cao, is a poem based on what is called the oldest folktale in Japan, in which a moon goddess eventually smiles upon women who persist in questions about her and her cyclical influence on them.
* P.K. Tyler’s “Book of Lilith” is a retelling of the first bits of the Book of Genesis in the Christian Bible. Lilith, first of God’s companions for Adam, is deemed unsuitable and, though banished, finds her own power, foretelling her hand in what I hope will be later episodes.
* In Tonya Liburd’s “Adventures in Gaming”, a black female military veteran is beset by male gamers who use the vilest language against her, with her being female as the greatest sin. This short short story points to the wider community’s efforts to dilute the hatred, with small results.
* ”Pain Relief”, a prescient title by Julia Rea, chronicles the spiral of a woman in a wheelchair who has reached her nadir in the freakshow that serves as healthcare and Social Security for the disabled.
* Kelsey Maki’s “Open Space” allows Enna to disentangle herself from her self-absorbed and manipulative daughter who is still “tyrannical as a toddler.” This one feels very real.
* Kim Wells romps through a graphic novel shop in ”Star Girl and Captain Obvious Meet the Troll”, where superheroes appear with perfect timing. (Of course.) Spoiler; the troll dies.
* In ”The Day the Wind Stopped Blowing” inhabitants of a small fishing village encounter a woman of power who must do a bit of personal housekeeping before using her talents for their benefit.
* “Synergy/Contradictions” by Elizabeth S. Wolf is a prose story singing like a poem about survival and a brutal poem about keeping secrets.
* Sarina Dorie’s “The Chincorro Boy” deals with loss and turning away and burying pain through overwork and finally, finally a way of letting go. The mystical aspect was warm; the accidental severance quietly hilarious.
* Jordanne Fuller takes us across a vast expanse in “The Last Automaton”, a story that blends struggle and a self knowledge deep enough to understand the best form of self healing. The ending stays with me in the best possible way.
* “Femina Virtus” shows Kiera Michelle Telford’s hallmark in-depth knowledge of Edwardian era London and her ability to write simply about complicated situations.
* The title “Space Travel Loses Its Allure When You’ve Lost Your Moon Cup” might seem to say it all, but Sylvia Spruck Wrigley’s handling of discovery, negotiation and budding friendship says much more. I’m humming now.
* “The Reluctant Flesheater” is a completely new take on zombieism, weaving marital discord, cult captivity and a thinking freak into a gruesome tale of carnage and power.
* Karen Heuler illustrates motherly love in a living motif in “The Living Wood” and shows the enormous capacity of people to adjust to and embrace unexpected change.
* “The Queen of Lakes” presents its main character with an unbearable situation with little chance of rescue, so L.S. Johnson’s Rose takes extraordinary steps to save herself. This tale provides a fierce finish that is a match for Deborah Walker’s strong starting story.

As I said originally, this anthology is stunning. The stories are our new folklore, telling our lives and dreams, spreading before us as a feast. We dine on old ways, current heartaches, and possible futures. And we drink to the power of women storytellers. A second collection is already in the works, but the best news is that profits from this one are donated to the Pixel Project to end Violence Against Women. We can all support a story like that one!

I received a copy of this book with a request for an honest review. The comments included are mine alone and are influenced only by the high quality of writing found in it. Buy this book.

[Justicereads · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mosaics: A Collection of Independent Women

Description:

Mosaics: A Collection of Independent Women will inspire and shock you with its multi-faceted look at the history and culture surrounding femininity. If gender is a construct, this anthology is the house it built. Look through its many rooms, some bright and airy, some terrifying– with monsters lurking in the shadows.

Mosaics Volume One features twenty self-identified female authors writing about Intersectionality, including women of color, and members of the disability, trans, and GLB/ GSD* (Gender and Sexual Diversities) communities. We have curated amazing short fiction, flash fiction, poetry, essays, and art. It’s personal, political, and a great read.
This collection includes Hugo Award Nominees, Tiptree Shortlists, Pushcart Prize Winners, USA Today Bestsellers, indie superstars and traditionally published talents alike. The anthology combines leading and new voices all proclaiming their identity as Women, and their ability to Roar.


My Review:
I’ve never really read a book with a collection of stories quite like this. This anthology holds very intriguing stories that all come from women of different ethnic backgrounds and different beliefs. The simple fact that this novel holds stores by not only women, but women that hold prestigious awards, or have been nominated for them and women who have already been labeled as national best sellers, screams to a potential reader, to pick this up and don’t put it back down.

Starting the collection of stories, Deborah Walker, an author who resides in London, writes a fascinating tale of what its like to be A Wax Anatomist’s Daughter and how a young woman who initially wants nothing to do with her mother, finds that ultimately, her mother is exactly who she wants to be with.

The Book of Lilith by P.K.Tyler is another exciting recant of so many versions of Adam and Eve, but Tyler shows the life of Lilith in such a way that most would never even begin to imagine was possible. I loved her descriptive sense of the characters and her world building of a place that so many people have been told about throughout history.

Elizabeth S. Wolf is an expert of poems and stories and allows her readers to experience that through her marvelous works. In Synergy/Contradictions, Wolf’s words draw you in and force you to be in “the survivor’s” shoes. These stories among the rest, speak to the reader and allow each and every one of us to experience a different life. A different voice. A light to our darkness. A sound to our silence. I absolutely cannot wait for Volume 2. I highly recommend this to all readers, reviewers and the like!

I received a free copy of Mosaics: A Collection of Independent Women in exchange for an honest review.

[Nicola · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jordanne Fuller's The Last Automaton is an impressive story following an android in the desert as it aims to reenergise. The fact the main character isn't human but I can empathise with her is a sign of truly great and captivating writing. I really enjoyed the android's contemplation of whether it had a personality or emotions whilst also being able to follow its non-human instincts. The ending took me by surprise and it felt very fitting to the character's earlier contemplations. The original artwork included with the story is also stunning! I highly recommend this story from an author who gets better and better.

[Catherine Schaff-Stump · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this early in preparation for a podcast. Full confession: I am in the second volume of this series, so I was kindly disposed toward reading this volume.

These stories are fantastic. This is an amazing blend of reality and fantasy, a wide range of the experiences of those who identify as women; poems, essays, fiction. It satisfies both my literary and speculative tastes.

Clearly, I'm recommending this book. Go read it.

[Bookphile · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can maybe write a coherent review of this once I pick my jaw up off the floor. That final story is phenomenal. What a way to cap off a really lovely, diverse, and intriguing collection.

[Anna Tan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mosaic is the art of creating images by assembling other smaller pieces together. Mosaics: A Collection of Independent Women is just that. This collection of short fiction, flash fiction, poetry, essays and art, each a beautiful piece, has been curated to present a larger tapestry of what it means to be a woman. Not all of them agree with each other. They're not meant to. But they give you a wider picture of the various things it means to be female.

Beginning with Deborah Walker's The Wax Anatomist's Daughter, which gives you a glimpse of the complex relationship between bother and daughter, and ending with L.S. Johnson's The Queen of Lakes, which weighs a marriage Rose doesn't want against a monster's favour, the anthology explores a variety of topics - relationships, abuse, oppression, choices, sexism, misogyny, power, loss, motherhood, menstruation, lesbianism, independence - from the view point of the women themselves. Women's voices have been suppressed for a long time, and in this anthology, women are standing up to claim back their voices and their spaces.

The Girl made of Glass (Ari Harradine) is a particularly insightful story about how girls are often restrained from their full potential because of fear and the idea that women are fragile. It takes a strong woman to set Attie free from this entrapment, helping her decide to take a risky step towards wholeness - even if it may result in her death.

I enjoyed Kim Wells' Star Girl and Captain Obvious meet the Troll, a funny satire on superheroes, comic books and common tropes, but I couldn't decide whether to sympathise (or totally judge) the poor woman in Julie Rea's Pain Relief whose struggles with the benefits office and her medication is made worse by her weed-smoking habit.

Femina Virtus (Keira Michelle Telford) is a period piece on the suffragette movement, whilst Space Loses its Allure When You've Lost Your Moon Cup (Sylvia Spruck Wrigley) is a hilarious piece about having your period in space.

The Queen of Lakes is a powerful piece to end with: Rose's struggles with the limited options she has are poignant; her parents' fights about allowing her to dream and learn weighed against their ability to support her studies financially are all too real; her brother's betrayal like a knife to the heart.

The debate on feminism (and why it's necessary) is not one that is going to go away any time soon. We need collections like this to continue telling the world what it really means to be female.

* I received a free copy of this ebook in exchange for an honest review.

All profits go to the Pixel Project to end Violence Against Women!

[Gaele · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oxford defines mosaic as a picture or pattern produced by arranging together small colored pieces of hard material, such as stone, tile, or glass, expanding this definition a bit to present a combination of diverse elements forming a more or less coherent whole. What this anthology has done is brought together twenty or so authors to write on the concept of gender and femininity. Smooth and polished writing, seemingly superficial until the twist, each author challenges your ideas, perhaps allowing you to look at age-old issues with new and questioning eyes.

Far from accepting the way things are, each story manages to take a left, a right and circle back with insights, imagery and emotionally available moments. From characters relegated to myth and legend to those who are palpable in their current day situations, the authors spin, twist and travel along a path that will have you thinking long after the pages are turned.

Initially agreeing to review Book of Lilith by P.K. Tyler: this twist of the creation story bringing a new dialogue and revising this His in history. A wonderful introduction to this author’s writing from those unfamiliar with her style, is brings a sense of the Joan Osbourne song, What if God Were One of Us to mind in that sort of lilting, wonderful, daydreaming way. Moving from this story, I was intrigued enough to read on and did finish the entire book, in several sittings.

Some moments and stories will make you uncomfortable: but that’s never a bad thing. You aren’t told that any one way is THE WAY, simply presented with alternatives – and who doesn’t like alternatives? While I consider myself a fairly facile thinker, able to look at issues from different sides, this book stretched my horizons and provided perspectives that only exposure can bring. A wonderful collection for those who want something a bit different from the norm, providing plenty for thought and a good sample of several authors that bear further exploration.

I received an eArc copy of the title from the publisher. I was not compensated for this review: all conclusions are my own responsibility.

[Veronica of V's Reads · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a collection of stories, poems, and art from female authors collected into an anthology for charitable sale. All proceeds will be given the the Pixel Project to support the production of films that will highlight, and hopefully end, violence against women.

The stories are not related in any way. They are diverse, with characters who are of color, disabled, of varying ages, and in various states of control regarding their lives and opportunities. All together these stories represent many people, all female, who are taking steps toward empowerment. The tone varies from story to story, but you should expect all of them to resound with desire to better their situation. From the African woman whose husband abuses her and her daughters finally taking a stand, to the wheelchair-bound woman fighting Social Security to get her due benefits, to the elderly woman, shamed at the lack of interest she receives from her only child--the one she continually sacrifices herself for, these women want a life free of drama, and pain, and suffering. And they deserve it. And they take it, make it happen.

These are very uplifting messages. The characters empower themselves. Oh, how I gloried with the octagenarian stealing her own car back from her shiftless daughter. Oh, how I giggled when Captain Obvious had to cool his heels so the narrator could tour with Star Girl. Oh, how I felt the rage of gamer girls /deleted by hate speech, or Lilith's impotence when Ya gave Adam the power to name all in creation. There are so many points of view to experience in this collection.

Length of each offering varies from short poems to longer stories. There's a little bit for everyone.

[Toula · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mosaic is a collection of stories from all around the world . Showing what woman have to go through. We have an author that wanted to go into Space ... Work for NASA ... At that time woman didn't have that option . She goes on to to another field the point was women were stereotyped.
Secon story is about a young girl that had a glass heart .. Her own heard failed her . As she became a teenager she felt that her glass heart didn't grow with her . She was always limited to what she can do because her heart was glass. She read about an advance heart . She spoke to her mother and Doctor and they both said no . She went to see the Doctor that wrote the Article.
P.K Tyler story is her version and questions of Adam and Eve . God made Adam and Liath. Everything was going great in Paradise except for a few things . Adam was naming everything but Lith felt left out she wanted to name a few . Yes Adam and Lith were brother and sister like it is said . Adam also told Lith that YA advised Adam to get on top of her and multiple. Lith didn't like that . She was questioning it .
Lith decided to go out from the garden and Explore . That is when she saw that the place is barren . Lith meets a man and they decide to make a go of it . They make a life and multiply . After a few years Lilth decides to go back to Eden to tell Adam and YA that she is okay . Once back she meets Eve . What Happens when the two woman meet . Need to grab this to find out what happens .

[Susan (The Book Bag) · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this collection and I can't praise it enough. These twenty women came together to create an amazing set of stories, poems, essays, and more. There is such a variety included in this anthology that there is something for everyone.

Each story takes just minutes to reads. Some take just a few minutes, some take a little bit longer. I found myself completely immersed in these stories and I kept reading one after the other, thinking all along - I'll just read one more, just one more. It was kind of like eating potato chips, just one more..... and there is no way that you can stop with just one. I flew through these 20 pieces of work and enjoyed each and every one of them.

I highly recommend this book! The creations within are just amazing. I am looking forward to reading volume 2, which is due to come out in May. I know it will be another high caliber collection, just like volume 1, written by another set of creative women.

[Elisha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mosaics: A Collection of independent women is the first volume in an anthology series. Within its pages are tales that range in subject and style. The stories share a common ground, that being of raising awareness and promoting acceptance of various lifestyles including that of gender and sexual diversity. Profits from the sales of Mosaics are being donated to The Pixels Project: To end violence against women. This of itself is a worthy enough cause to purchase the book. The anthology contains mature subject matter and many of the stories would be considered to be controversial. But controversy can be a positive thing and used for a bold purpose and that is where Mosaics truly shines. The anthology is beautifully produced and would make a wonderful addition to any library. Five stars!

[Julie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had the privilage of being at the Facebook launch party for this book. When a new author would start hosting, I would go to her story and read it. I loved every one of these stories. Anthologies are like boxes of chocolate, every one is different, and you can test try each one for as long or as little as you like. I usually end up with a huge pile of TBR books from reading anthologies, this was not any differrent. These range from historical, to sci-i, definitely the unexpected, and all great entertainment. Thank you women for sharing your talent with me.

[D. Morgenstern · Rating 4 out of 5]

Disclaimer: I was given a free copy of this book in exchange for a fair review.

“Mosaics” is an anthology complied for fundraising for the Pixel Project, a charity against violence against women. It features short stories, poems, and essays. It features a wide-range of topics and genres from slice of life, sci-fi, fantasy, and horror.

It is International Women’s Day, today on March 8th, 2016. It is no coincidence this was the chosen launch day of “Mosaics Vol. I”. The anthology was designed to be an intersectional, embracing work with the theme of “independent women”. Except for a few stumbling blocks I feel it achieved its end.

I based my overall rating on the average of the ratings of each story. I decided I am not going to cover each individual story in my review. I gave a mini-review and rating for each work which can be found on my GoodReads progress page. On average my score was four stars as seen above but I did have one low-end of two and a half stars and a few five stars ratings. So overall I saw quality work being offered.

One common theme is mother-daughter stories and I think this is one of the anthology’s strengths. I know why this is a theme women will often choose when they are presented their own space to write. It is because it is an often ignored and marginalized theme in our male-dominant society that has little value for the familial solidarity of women. I was glad to see it be prominent.

We do however also get to see women doing many things. They get to be monsters, lovers, barely surviving and thriving. We get to read an essay about a female gamer and a harsh satire of geek culture. We have poems about Princess Kaguya and the decay of American culture. It’s a fairly varied offering.

Nevertheless there are some places for improvement. I feel there were some things (and some were offensive) that could have been handled at the editorial stage without greatly altering the narrative of the story. If the editors want the work to be truly intersectional they may want to expand their staff a bit to include a few more points of view.

There is a Vol II in the works and I hope the above is a little bit more addressed and even more so in the possible Vol. III and IV. Nevertheless I understand the difficulty of the undertaking and for what the editors must have gone through with the submissions and editing it’s still very impressive. I just like this to be noted.

Of course we also won’t get to have more women-only anthologies without continuing support. It is a very worthwhile project I feel. I would definitely like to see this endeavor turn into a literary construct in of itself. I know personally the editors are willing to listen and for reasons of a true desire to be inclusive not because it’s a new literary “fad”.

So let’s try our best.

Also available on my blog.

[Joanne Huff · Rating 5 out of 5]

A collection of stories, poems, sci-fi, flash fiction, and art of both the diversity and independence of women; by a diverse group of independent women. The cover of the books tells it all, a piece of art woven together by different views of feminism. Stories of women of different color, sexual diversities, disabilities, aging, family relations, etc. Proceeds from the sale of this book will go the Pixel Project, to help end violence against women.
Some of the stories I have read so far and enjoyed are: The Wax Anatomist’s Daughter, about mother/daughter relationships. The Girl made of Glass, about the fragility and strength of women. Pain Relief, about the pain and suffering of a disabled woman. Star Girl and Captain Obvious meet the Troll, about superheroes. The Book of Lilith: A different view of the creation of Adam, and his sister, Lilith, an independent minded woman. Adam and Lilith were created at the same time, side by side as equals. When Adam starts taking charge, Lilith independence comes forth. Lilith decides to take care of matters in her own ways. She leaves the Garden of Eden, and makes a life and family of her own in the new land she discovers. All is well until she returns to the Garden of Eden and runs into Eve….What part does Lilith play in the Fall of Man and pain and sorrow? Get your copy now to find out. I am eager to read the rest of the stories and looking forward to getting Volume 2.

[Naturalbri (Bri Wignall) · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a gorgeous collection of works, by women around the world. Each has submitted a piece that they feel reflects the life of a woman, be it trials and challenges or love and joy.

I found the collection to be very diverse, covering a range of topics and doing so in very different ways. What better way to celebrate the independent woman than by showing all the art she is capable of expressing.

I liked that the different pieces explored not only a woman’s life and indolence, but it showed these aspects from the eyes of each author. Just like many things in life, we came to see that even each woman sees, feels and represents independence and womanhood in different ways.

I was very pulled in by the different reads. I never once felt as though I were being preached at or made to believe anything. Instead, this was a very honest, open and beautiful representation of sharing one’s perspective.

Overall, I think this was brilliant. I enjoyed it very much and look forward to reading Mosaics 2. I highly recommend having a read.



** I received this book for free in exchange for my honest and unbiased opinion.

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

I got to read Keira Michelle Telford’s short story Femina Vertis in the anthology Mosaics.
The story of Cinderella has been told in many different ways over the decades, but Telford’s take has to arguably be one of the most original - and stirring - yet. Poor Ismay works as a housemaid in a large Victorian house and keeps her true feelings (as she does her sole book) hidden away from any and all to see (especially two certain cruel maids) until she is visited by a surprise caller one night that changes her life forever. Telford manages to slip a few things into this story that were unexpected, but wholly welcome such as the suffragette angle and her usual knowledge of the slang and customs of the time (this reader had never known about the “rag on a stick” system, for one) and creates a charming, romantic tale in the end.

[Melissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

This review is specially for Keira Michelle Telford's work, Femina Virtus.

In her newest work, Telford re-imagines the widely popular Cinderella fairytale and sets it in England during the women's suffrage movement. Despite this being a short story, Telford's attention to detail is superb. While reading, I could see in my mind's eye exactly what the characters were seeing. Also, I could relate with how each character was feeling. Overall, Telford has produced quality work and this is no exception.

[Chantel DaCosta · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this anthology of women writers. Great and so diverse the characters, writers and writing styles.

My top five stories were:
The Girl Made of Glass by Ari Harradine
Happily Ever After in Twelve Stained-Glass Panels by Keyan Bowes
Book of Lillith by P.K. Tyler
Adventures in Gaming <\sarcasm> by Tonya Liburd
Pain Relief by Julia Rea

Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers of Mosaic, DayDream Dandelion Press for granting me access to this digital ARC.

[Bryan Jarvis]

I had the pleasure of reading Jordanne Fuller's The Last Automaton and it is about a steam punk android and a day in her life as she walks through the desert. This is definitely one of this authours more engaging stories she manages to bring humanity to a non human character and she got me to enjoy a steam punk story when I usually don't like them.

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed most of the stories in this anthology
There is something in this book for every one
It mostly about strong woman.
Give it ago you will find something to your liking
Received this book for an honest review

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

10 shorts that are all written by independent women authors. There are so many different types of shorts I am sure you will be able to find one you love. Amazed that proceeds are going to charity.