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‘Dear Froggy’ and ‘The Last Flight from Llano’ - back to back - were my favourite experience delving into this collection, thus far. ‘Dear Froggy’ reminded me both of Lindsay’s The Haunted Woman, and even Nazareth Hill by Ramsey Campbell - plus I tend to enjoy stories that make it to 30-40 pages - so it’s no surprise that it was a highlight for me.

Oops. I said last time that I was in for one of her slightly longer stories, but actually, ‘Blue Woofers’ - which I just read - still wasn’t very long, and it’s the next one that stretches itself a bit…’The Secret Language of Old White Ladies’. Title is long, too…and strange…

‘The Shoot’ was a fascinating story. I’m beyond trying to figure out everything Anthony is up to, in each 10 or 12 page expedition, but overall, these tales are interesting reading. Just very sad, a lot of the time. I think the next story is one of the longer ones - let’s see what happens when she adds 15 or 20 pages…

If a story in here is not Science Fiction, then it’s Horror, or Horror mixed with SF. So…good book for the season, bad for happy feels.

The stories can be enjoyable and frustrating at the same time. Odd writing - odd ideas and outgoing vibes. As I was reading The Fork River Space Project over the last day or two, and struggling with its frustrating delights, I thought "Okay, this novel is almost exactly like reading Patricia Anthony. Strange to read them at the same juncture.". Coincidentally similar authors.