Lovers & Other Monsters: A Collection of Amorous Tales of Fantasy, Old and New

by Marvin Kaye (Editor)

Book

Genres: Horror, Anthologies, Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy

496 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1993

About the author

Marvin Nathan Kaye was an American mystery, fantasy, science fiction, horror author, anthologist, and editor. He was also a magician and theater actor. Kaye was a World Fantasy Award winner and served as co-publisher and editor of Weird Tales Magazine.

Reviews

[Brian Cohen]

I have a number of Marvin Kaye’s anthologies and this has been my least favorite so far, but that’s not to say it wasn’t good. I would have rated it a four, but since I didn’t make any notes of specific authors to look up (although I would certainly read more of any of their work), and there was one story that was graphic in its depiction of a parent abusing his child (trigger warning), I’m dropping to a three.

[James S.]

I applaud Kaye for allowing new authors a chance to get their work published and for choosing lesser-known works by more famous authors, but unfortunately that doesn't negate the fact that this anthology is quite poor. Fiction in this anthology generally depends on a plot twist to generate interest. Good fiction depends on writing and characterization to accomplish the same. This anthology is basically a primer in how not to write fiction.

[Lisa]

Collection of short stories, some are better than others.

[Maryjane Coons]

Just not for me. If don't like to skip through A lot of stories.

[Elizabeth Nesbit-comer]

Only a few of the stories really kept my interest and there were some pretty boring ones that I skipped though.

[Howard]

10