Unfit for Eden: A Postscripts Anthology 26/27

Gorel of Goliris

by Peter Crowther (Editor), Nick Gevers (Editor), Michael Bishop

The latest bumber Postscripts anthology, with new stories from 27 of today's finest speculative fiction writers.

Michael Bishop - Unfit for Eden
Darrell Schweitzer - True Blue
Mike Chinn - Saving Prince Romero
Richard Calder - Madeline Smith
Quentin S. Crisp - Non-Attachment
Matthew Hughes - The Immersion
Eric Brown - The Scribe of Betelgeuse V
Thomas Olde Heuvelt - The Boy Who Cast No Shadow
Christopher Harman - The Reader
Robert Reed - Emergence
Greg Ouiring - The Man Who Hated Shakespeare
Amber D. Sistla - The Summer of Our Discontent
Mike Resnick - A Weighty Affair
George Hulseman - The Sea Witch
Vaughan Stanger - First and Third
Lavie Tidhar - Black Gods Kiss
Robert T. Jeschonek - Warning! Do Not Read This Story!
Steven Utley - Crime and Punishment
Simon Unsworth - Borough Station
Jessica Reisman - The Bottom Garden
Kit Reed - Tasmin
Andrew Drummond - Dr. Calvin’s Grand Illuminated Bestial Pleasure Dome
Michael Swanwick - Pushkin the American
Michael Kelly - Conversations with the Dead
Eric Schaller - The Parasite
Neal Barrett, Jr. - Trash
Matthew Bialer - I Found Fresh Footprints Again

Genres: Fantasy

388 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 2011

About the author

Peter Crowther, born in 1949, is a journalist, anthologist, and the author of many short stories and novels. He is the co-founder of PS Publishing and the editor of Postscripts.

Reviews

[Maurits van Rees · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well, I only read an ebook version of the story by Thomas Olde Heuvelt: The Boy Who Cast No Shadow, so this review is only about that.

This is a cool, inventive story. A bit of a dark fairy tale. It does not stay cool, it becomes more personal, diving into the psyche of main character Look. Well done. A deserving winner of the Dutch Paul Harland fantasy contest.

Sometimes disturbing due to some sexual content, so I would not recommend it for children under twelve.