Project Entertainment Network Presents... My Favorite Story Anthology
Fifteen podcast hosts and authors share their favorite short story they've ever written...
"Spirits" by James A. Moore "The Tin Box" by Kelli Owen "Short Straw" by Jay Wilburn "The Rag And Bone Man" by John Urbancik "The Priest" by Jaimie Engle "Seven Eight One Five Four" by Amber Fallon "Kins" by Mary SanGiovanni "Rainforest of Bones" by Armand Rosamilia "Put On A Happy Face" by Christopher Golden "Mr. Giggles" by Frank J. Edler "M.E.N.TOR by Thomas R. Clark "I Sing A New Psalm" by Brian Keene "Dandelion Yellow" by Erin Sweet Al-Mehairi "Dead Beckoning" by Chuck Buda "Pegleg And Paddy Save The World" by Jonathan Maberry
Why are they the author's favorite story? You'll have to read it to find out!
Armand Rosamilia is a New Jersey boy currently living in sunny Florida, where he writes when he's not sleeping. He's happily married to a woman who helps his career and is supportive, which is all he ever wanted in life...
He's written over 150 stories that are currently available, including horror, zombies, contemporary fiction, thrillers and more. His goal is to write a good story and not worry about genre labels.
He not only runs two successful podcasts...
Arm Cast: Dead Sexy Horror Podcast - interviewing fellow authors as well as filmmakers, musicians, etc.
The Mando Method Podcast with co-host Chuck Buda - talking about writing and publishing
But he owns the network they're on, too! Project Entertainment Network
He also loves to talk in third person... because he's really that cool.
You can find him at http://armandrosamilia.com for not only his latest releases but interviews and guest posts with other authors he likes!
and e-mail him to talk about zombies, baseball and Metal:
This anthology is a straight up solid collection of stories from various podcasters who are part of the Project Entertainment Network. There is no singular theme other than the contributors were asked to submit their favorite short story to the collection. The result is a great book.
There isn't a bad story in the bunch. Of course, for me, some stood out more than others. Stories like KINS by Mary SanGiovanni, SPIRITS by James A. Moore, M.EN.TOR by Tom Clark and THE TIN BOX by Kelli Owen were highlights. In my opinion, Jay Wilburn's SHORT STRAW was my favorite of the collection. And the final story, PEGLEG AND PADDY SAVE THE WORLD by Jonathan Mayberry was the perfect way to end it all and is by far the best zombie comet story I've read yet.
This anthology is packed with big names in writing. Sprinkled among them are other solid up and comers to the writing scene. What connects them all is podcasting. It just goes to show that whether your putting it to paper or microphone, these people are very creative in whatever endeavor they take on. There just isn't a bad story in this book and as anthologies go, that's saying something.
*Full disclosure: I have a story in this collection as well. This review does not include the content of that story.
I enjoyed every story in this anthology, and that is rare. This is a solid collection of entertaining fiction. Most of the tales would probably be considered horror, but there are also good doses of comedy, fantasy, psychological, western, suspense, and general weirdness. Some of the stories are serious, some are funny, some are a little disturbing. OK, a lot of them are disturbing, but in that awesome thought-provoking kind of way. This book contains a great variety and a chance to read new (to me) stories from authors I already liked as well as authors I never read before. Plus, each story has a blurb at the end in which the author explains why they chose it as their favorite. Very cool. This is easily one of my favorite fiction anthologies to come out in the past few years. Kudos to all the authors involved and to the Project Entertainment Network!
I have read many of these authors before and enjoyed their work, these shorts are their favourites that they had written at the time this book was published and I know they have written many awesome books, shorts and stories for other anthologies since. I highly recommend this book to any fan of the authors and the horror genre.
It's a well compiled collection of fictional stories. I have read many anthologies and it's nice to read stories that flow and offer a few surprises. The endings were not sudden or abrupt as is the case with many anthologies. I recommend this book to horror and thriller readers with an appreciation for tasteful bite size tales.