Required Reading Remixed Volume 3: Featuring Little Women in Black

by Lezli Robyn, Louisa May Alcott, Rick Hautala

Android of Green Gables, Little Women in Black, Sen. Joe McCarthy vs. Killer Frogs, The Mob vs. Witchcraft, and Anime run amok!

Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Humor, Anthologies

140 pages, Paperback

First published July 19, 2011

About the author

I am an Aussie Lass who has recently moved to the United States, and loves writing sf, fantasy, horror, humour and even dabbles in steampunk every now and then. Since my first sale to Clarkesworld, I've made over 25 story sales to professional markets around the world, including Asimov’s and Analog. In 2009 I was a finalist for the AUREALIS AWARD (Aussie) for Best SF Story, and finalist for the 2010 IGNOTUS AWARD (Spanish) for Best Foreign Short Story, as well as a 2010 CAMPBELL AWARD NOMINEE for best new writer. In 2011 I won the Best Foreign Translation ICTINEUS AWARD (Catalan) for "Soulmates", a novelette written with Mike Resnick, and first published in Asimov's Magazine. My first short story collection will be published by TICONDEROGA PRESS in 2013, and I will also be releasing an ARC MANOR Stellar Guild Series book wih the most awarded short story writer of all time, Mike Resnick, in the same year.

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Reviews

[Jay Atwood · Rating 1 out of 5]

The best thing about this piece is the front cover. It only went downhill from that point forward. The first story (Anne-droid of Green Gables) was the best story by far. The others did nothing for me except steal hours of my life. I feel ripped off and that's saying something since I bought the book at a used book store. Ugh! Stay away...

[Natalie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Clever, entertaining.

[Melissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Again a mixed bag. I suppose most anthologies I buy because there is one story by an author I like in it. So, whether or not the other stories are good is irrelevant. In this case: I bought 3 books of this anthology series blind and it really doesn't feel like money well spent.

Anne-droid of Green Gables was a charming telling of an android finding a new home and acceptance. Part of my enjoyment of this story is likely because I enjoyed the Anne of Green Gables stories as a kid. It captured the feel of the original.

Little Women in Black was passable, but didn't have enough changes to the original story to make it unique.


The Green Menace was more original if odd and not really my style

Benediction was pretty good. I don't normally got for stories about the mob. But the witchcraft aspect was engaging

And Pokky Man was a complete waste of my time.