Worlds

Dark Drabbles #1

by D. Kershaw (Editor), Andrew Anderson (Contributor), Becky Benishek (Contributor)

Stories of new worlds, new creatures, alien colonization, humanity's new home, space accidents, alien snackcidents, evil planets, military mashups, alien autopsies, and much, much more.

What miracles can one hundred published and debut authors do with 100-words?

Two-hundred-and-fifty 100-word drabbles from around the world.

Genres: Science Fiction

300 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 25, 2019

Reviews

[Jefferson Retallack · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm a contributing author, so please consider this a review of the works besides my own.

I read this back to back and found every story worth the read, but the highlights for me were:

Single Colonists Wanted by Becky Benishek.

Cloneliness by Lynne Lumsden Green.

News from Earth by Joel R. Hunt.

The Distance Between Heavenly Bodies by Austin P. Sheehan.

And in the Mind, Darkness by Aiki Flinhart.

Blue Brain by Emily Fluckiher.

How the Wood-Devouring Archaeologist Regained a Normal Appetite After His Afflicted Mars. Research Expedition by J.J. Steinfeld*** My favourite tale and my favourite title in one.

Imigration Application: Earth from Phoebus 3 (Havenos) - Statement of Reason for Request by T.L. Barrett.

Paradise by Crystal L. Kirkham.

Frank's Baby by Rich Rurshell*** The funniest story in the book.

Sentinel Species by Graham Robert Scott.

Ones and Zeroes by Raven Corinn Carluk*** Requires a little bit of work for the pay off, but totally worth it.

[Stephen Herczeg · Rating 5 out of 5]

AUTHOR REVIEW
A great little collection of tiny tales, all aimed at the Sci-Fi genre under a collective theme of "WORLDS".
I am a contributing author of five tales, but I found that my work was in wonderful company.
This is an Australian produced collection with a wide ranging source of authors, from as far flung as the USA, UK, India and Pakistan.
The stories themselves are just as disparate. Some are simple, some could become novels.
There is humour, terror, darkness and light.

The biggest warning I would give though is, a collection of drabbles is a series of sprints not a marathon. Even five minutes of reading leaves your mind reeling at the world building, the ideas, the number of stories built in your brain and ended a hundred words.
Take your time. Absorb and digest each story on its merits. Then move on. You will be much better for the experience.

[Wondra Vanian · Rating 5 out of 5]

The 300ish stories in Worlds exhibit different levels of author ability, experience, style, and vision. Some of the stories are creepy, some are heartbreaking, and some are just plain unnerving. Some are even laugh out loud funny (though that might say more about my sick sense of humor than the anthology...)

[Neen Cohen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun little bite sized stories. I loved being able to pick it up and take sips of little worlds from brilliant imaginations.

[Andrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

I must state from the outset that I am the author of two stories within this anthology, but my 5-star review is of the project as whole. It's an epic start for Black Hare Press in publishing all these "drabbles", giving a fresh platform to new and established writers and with more than 6 further microfiction anthologies/longer themed anthologies to come this year and next.

My own two stories actually make up a very small percentage of the overall content. There are 250 microfiction sci-fi stories here, and the themes range from space battles, colonisation, aliens, androids, cloning and exploration to name a few.

There were so many incredible pieces of only 100 words each - my absolute favourites which stood out (mainly for doing something a bit different from what you'd expect with the genre) were:

Hard Sell by Liam Hogan
Single Colonists Wanted by Becky Benishek
Atomic Soup by D.M. Burdett
Immigration by Alanah Andrews
Destination: Earth by E.L. Giles
Bountiful Harvest by John H. Dromey
Mara’s Time by Joe Buckley
Second Chance by Eddie D. Moore
The Abduction by Blair Daniels
No Guarantee by Dawn DeBraaal
Midday by D.M. Burdett

There were so many more but I returned to these ones again and again. Fantastic read.

[R.A. Goli · Rating 4 out of 5]

*Disclaimer: I have a drabble in this anthology*
Stories of colonisation, new worlds, alien creatures and more fill the pages of this anthology. I really enjoyed it. Because stories are short, there's no hard sci-fi, so it's perfect even for those who don't read a lot of sci-fi. Stories were a lot more varied than the Angels anthology. Some favorites of mine are, Hive Mind by J. Farrington, Analysis: Flawed by Terry Miller, Valley of Penance by Jodi Jensen, I Know Who I Am by J.D. Bell, Communion by Jonathan Inbody, Octopiod by Pamela Jeffs, Modified by Vonnie Winslow Crist, and Me by Andrew Anderson, but there are far too many good ones to mention. It was a fun read.

[Steven Streeter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Drabbles are great - if you don't like one it'll be over in a blink. But this book has very few not to like.

For my full review, please go to:
https://www.weekendnotes.com/worlds-d...