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Bewere the Night
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Kitsune. Werewolves. Crane wives. Selkies. Every culture has stories of such strange creatures -- animals turning into humans, humans shapeshifting into animals. Sometimes seductive, sometimes bloodthirsty, but always unpredictable like nature itself, these beings are manifestations of our secret hearts, our desire to belong to both worlds: one tame and civilized, the othe
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It took me quite a while to finish this one, mostly because I simply couldn't bring myself to pick it up, fearing being bored out of my mind, and, instead, decided to ignore it for a couple of days after getting a taste of the first few stories. I have a very bad track record with anthologies, but I keep getting excited about them and buying them. Mostly because Holly Black is almost always in them, even if the great majority of her contributions to anthologies are either "The Coldest Girl in Co
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Bewere the Night is a memorable dive into the world of werecreatures and shapeshifters because the editor wasn't afraid to take risks. As with any anthology, tastes and quality of the stories can vary, and I expected to see countless takes on the same old werewolf idea. Thankfully, I was wrong, and pleasantly surprised to see so much variety. From crows to foxes and selkies to tigers, the animals and themes change as often as the shapeshifters themselves. We get to see tales of boars, coyotes, j
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Aug 07, 2017
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I started this book with the idea that I would have fun exploring short stories by authors I know and get to know those I don't. The topic seemed interesting and there are some familiar names on the list. Out of the first six stories, the only one that I enjoyed reading was 'Go Home Stranger' by Justin Howe. It was excellent and I look forward to reading more by him.
'A Song to the Moon' by Richard Bowes was a disaster that went on forever. I have no idea why anyone would pick that ill-written p ...more
'A Song to the Moon' by Richard Bowes was a disaster that went on forever. I have no idea why anyone would pick that ill-written p ...more
This is, bar none, one of the best collection of were stories I have ever read. Each is beautifully written and intriguing, with characters and worlds I want to visit. After each story, I had to go find more that author and look up phrases and people and places. The funniest story In here is the were-maid tale,
A series of short stories about were-animals. The first story was outstanding. Set in a future, destroyed version of our world, there were Crow Lords (men who could turn into a dozen crows), Fox Girls (werefoxes, always female), and a small handful of humans. The Fox Girls apparently lived forever(? or a seriously long time), and the three groups were at war. The story followed one Fox Girl as the Crow Lords tried to use her against the humans. I would have happily read a whole book based on tha
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Me gustan las antologías que tienen un tema tan bien definido pero un riesgo suele ser que sean repetitivas.
En este caso, cada autor acordó el tema desde perspectivas tan diferentes que no llegan a coincidir realmente. Curiosamente, en estas páginas no encontrarán hombres lobo, sino selkies, personas zorro o tigre.
Tristemente, la calidad de las historias varía mucho,. Aunque no odié ninguna, me hubiera gustado que aprovecharan mas los elementos culturales que utilizaron, y creo que por lo mismo ...more
En este caso, cada autor acordó el tema desde perspectivas tan diferentes que no llegan a coincidir realmente. Curiosamente, en estas páginas no encontrarán hombres lobo, sino selkies, personas zorro o tigre.
Tristemente, la calidad de las historias varía mucho,. Aunque no odié ninguna, me hubiera gustado que aprovecharan mas los elementos culturales que utilizaron, y creo que por lo mismo ...more
I only read the story below but plan on reading the rest of the book at a later date
The Thief of Precious Things by A.C. Wise. Fantasy/dystopian world. I'm not exactly sure if the ending was good or bad. 3 stars. I read this in the anthology Magic City: Recent Spells ...more
The Thief of Precious Things by A.C. Wise. Fantasy/dystopian world. I'm not exactly sure if the ending was good or bad. 3 stars. I read this in the anthology Magic City: Recent Spells ...more
Hit or miss. Some of the stories were great! Other ones were a complete bore. At times I'd find myself not being able to put the book down & at other times I couldn't find it in me to pick it back up.
I liked
The thief of precious things
The poison eaters
The aphotic ghost
Snow on sugar mountain
Infested
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I liked
The thief of precious things
The poison eaters
The aphotic ghost
Snow on sugar mountain
Infested
That's only 5 out of 30 ...more
Not a very well edited compilation... The stories I liked came near the end of the book. They are:
Snow on Sugar Mountain by Elizabeth Hand
The Aphotic Ghost by Carlos Hernandez
Infested by Nadia Nulkin
Snow on Sugar Mountain by Elizabeth Hand
The Aphotic Ghost by Carlos Hernandez
Infested by Nadia Nulkin
Definitely contained some stories with unique were creatures, and one story with a surprise sex scene.
Some typos and other edits escaped the editing process, but it was nice to read a collection of stories were most of the stories were original to the volume again.
Some typos and other edits escaped the editing process, but it was nice to read a collection of stories were most of the stories were original to the volume again.
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A varying variety of shifter-inspired tales (not tails) are featured here. As with many short stories some were well self-contained, while others felt like more could been added to it. I especially liked A.C. Wise's, Melissa Yuan-Innes's, Gwendolyn Clare's, Stephanie Burgis's, and Marie Brennan's story contributions. These stories felt self-contained, but also would probably make for amazing novels (if expanded).
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Full disclosure: I'm in this anthology with a tale of Were Actors! But if you can get past that there's a remarkable range of subjects and style. On hand are Werewolves, Were Marxists, Were Cleaning Ladies. 29 tales in all. Classics old (Elizabeth Hand's SNOW ON SUGAR MOUNTAIN)and new (Holly Black's THE POISON EATERS). Stories by veteran writers and new names like Genvieve Valentine and Justin Howe.
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A really good collection of short stories that all have the common theme of shapeshifting. Some of the tales were better then others as is normally the case with short story collections. I was introduced to a few authors whom I had never read before and was quite impressed with. Certainly worth the read!
The book was mostly just dark and creepy. In a very unpleasant way. I did like one story about a woman who had a clean freak father and a werewolf mother, and so she turned into a maid every full moon, and had to clean the night away. Made me chuckle. Other than that, though, I was mainly just creeped out.
I don't typically like short story anthologies. This was recommended by someone whose advice has been good in the past. It is uneven. Some of the stories are good, some not, as is the way of anthologies. There was one author I meant to take note of. I liked her story and was going to look for more of her work, but I returned the book to the library before writing down her name . . . . shoot.
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The stories were better than I expected...however, I read the Kindle version and it was marred by errors throughout every story--seems like the words "one" or "body" were replaced by nothing, making some sentences very hard to puzzle out.
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Decent collection of short stories all dealing with were-creatures. As in any collection, some stories (such as Grotesque Angels by Gwendolyn Clare) are more enjoyable than others. Enjoy at your own risk.
I am not a fan of horror, violence, or graphic sex. This book has a lot of all of that. I finally gave up when one really short story ended with the main character killing a small child by tearing her throat out and eating her...Nope, no, not gonna do it.
By my "was it a quick read" standard, this was good. It also had some interesting twists on the theme, some of which worked. Again, I recommend reading it yourself. You'll probably find something interesting in it.
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I'm not usually one for short stories but I really enjoyed this book, favorite stories were: the coldest game by Maria v Snyder, snow on sugar mountain by Elizabeth hand and the aphotic ghost by Carlos Hernandez
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An above average collection of transformation stories. Especially memorable were the grotesque (gargoyle) story, the were-jellyfish story, and several based on non-European shapeshifter myths, such as the Japanese kitsune, Native American, and Central American traditions.
As far as anthologies go, this one is one of the weaker ones I've read. I enjoyed very few of the stories in this one. They ranged from sucked to just okay for me.
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The only story that I particularly enjoyed was "The Poison Eaters" by Holly Black.
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A little hit and miss. Some stories were excellent some I had to skim to get through.
Not sure why this book was so hard for me to go into. I have finally given up and am passing it along to someone who might enjoy it more than I did. Maybe just not in the right mood.
A few of the stories were great, made me interested in finding more of those authors work. A few of the stories that i actually looked forward to, because I knew of the authors, were disappointments!
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