Hear Me Roar

by Liz Grzyb (editor), Jenny Blackford, Faith Mudge

Hear Me Roar: 17 tales of real women and unreal worlds

The anthology focuses on speculative fiction stories about female characters who are strong in many different ways. There may be futuristic or fantastic settings, but one thing remains the same: resourceful, resilient women who are committed to doing what is needed, no matter what the cost.

Cherith Baldry, “Star Bright”
Jenny Blackford, “The Sorrow”
Kay Chronister, “Dustbowl”
Stephanie Gunn, “Broken Glass”
Kathryn Hore, “Generation Zero”
Kathleen Jennings, “A Hedge of Yellow Roses”
Faith Mudge, “Blueblood”
T R Napper, “The Silica Key”
Rivqa Rafael, “Function A:save(target.Dawn)”
Alter S. Reiss, “Catalysis”
Jane Routley, “Barista”
Cat Sparks, “Veteran's Day”
Kyla Ward, “Cursebreaker: The Mutalibeen and the Memphite Mummies”
Marlee Jane Ward, “Clara's”
Susan Wardle, “A Truck Called Remembrance”
Janeen Webb, “A Wondrous Necessary Woman”
Eleanor R Wood, “The Fruits of Revolution”

Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Short Stories, Anthologies

328 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2015

About the author

I'm a reader, librarian, teacher, bellydancer, traveller and champagne-addict.

Reviews

[Anna Hepworth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Disclaimer: This book was one of many I read as a judge for the 2015 Aurealis Awards. This review is my personal opinion and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of any judging panel, the judging coordinator or the Aurealis Awards management team.

Quick summary: this is the kind of stories I want to read more of. And yes, relevant to my interests. And it was nice to see a mix of F/F and F/M relationships. I only put it down when I had to.

Sadly, I apparently made no specific notes on stories.

[Elizabeth Fitzgerald · Rating 4 out of 5]

An anthology of short feminist SFF stories I read in order to prepare my 2016 Ditmar nominations. There were a couple of stories I didn't really enjoy, but that's usual for an anthology and it definitely hit more than it missed. All the stories were of an excellent standard and I thought the balance of sci-fi and fantasy stories was great.

[Liz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Of course I loved it -- I edited it! :)

[Ticonderoga Publications · Rating 5 out of 5]

Standard Ticonderoga Disclaimer: We published this book because we loved it!

[Rivqa]

My first published short story! And some truly excellent stories, about fantastic women, to keep it company.

[Kathryn Hore · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've a story in this anthology, so I won't give it a review - except to say it's awesome! :-)

[Wendy Campbell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Liz Grzyb has brought together an awesome group of writers to explore this topic - women being strong.

I loved it!

Well done everyone who created this wonderful reading experience:-)

[Jennifer Bradshaw · Rating 5 out of 5]

There are a lot of great stories in this collection!