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Monsters!
The Origins Game Fair is pround and pleased to offer Monsters!, our 2014 limited edition fiction anthology. This collection features stories by authors in the convention's Library program. This anthology brings together nineteen tales of monsters in all their frightening glory - some from the monster's point of view, and some from the viewpoint of the so-called heroes who are determined to dispatch them. Each author has provide a story that will give you a good taste of their skill.
279 pages, Paperback
First published May 18, 2014
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July 15, 2025
I wasn't sure what I expected when I FINALLY got around to reading this collection of short stories but what I did NOT expect was the consistently high quality of each story.
There were certainly some that I enjoyed more than others but even my least favorite would have been no fewer than a 3-star story.
Thanks Kelly and Origins for the great book.
There were certainly some that I enjoyed more than others but even my least favorite would have been no fewer than a 3-star story.
Thanks Kelly and Origins for the great book.
February 7, 2016
The first story "Demonized" by Aaron Allston is LOL funny. Loved it! A must-read.
"Until Death Do Us Part" by Janine K. Spendlove broke my heart.
"Sharp Teeth" by Samatha Rich continues the Silence in the Library tradition of not sticking to just Anglo-Saxon materials. ... And remember not to leave a request to gods open-ended.
"Polyphemus" by Ronald T. Garner is a great twist on a traditional Greek myth. Not all monsters are born man-eaters.
"Holocaust" by Maxwell Alexander Drake is a cautionary tale. Those that do not remember history are doom to repeat it - from both sides.
The final five stories disappointed, not up to the quality of the first fifteen. But since I read them all the same day, I may have just been "off" that day. "Santa Claus vs. the Krampus" is written in dialect, this may appeal to some but I usually don't like this type of device. "Covenant" ended up a strange mix of obscure and predictable.
Silence in the Library continues to produce anthologies worth reading, with a variety of authors, styles, topics, and cultures. The first story of this anthology is great and way more than half of the short stories are very, very good.
"Until Death Do Us Part" by Janine K. Spendlove broke my heart.
"Sharp Teeth" by Samatha Rich continues the Silence in the Library tradition of not sticking to just Anglo-Saxon materials. ... And remember not to leave a request to gods open-ended.
"Polyphemus" by Ronald T. Garner is a great twist on a traditional Greek myth. Not all monsters are born man-eaters.
"Holocaust" by Maxwell Alexander Drake is a cautionary tale. Those that do not remember history are doom to repeat it - from both sides.
The final five stories disappointed, not up to the quality of the first fifteen. But since I read them all the same day, I may have just been "off" that day. "Santa Claus vs. the Krampus" is written in dialect, this may appeal to some but I usually don't like this type of device. "Covenant" ended up a strange mix of obscure and predictable.
Silence in the Library continues to produce anthologies worth reading, with a variety of authors, styles, topics, and cultures. The first story of this anthology is great and way more than half of the short stories are very, very good.
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