Triangulation: End of the Rainbow

Triangulation #4

by Bill Moran (Editor), Aaron Polson, Peter S. Beagle (Contributor)

End of the Rainbow is the 2010 edition of PARSEC Ink's internationally acclaimed science fiction, fantasy, and horror anthology series, featuring nineteen short stories from award-winning pros like Peter S. Beagle, Eugie Foster,and Cat Rambo, plus a selection of up and coming authors. What will you find at the end of the rainbow? A Hawaiian princess? A French widow in a magical house? An imaginary friend? Transcendence? Hell? Within these pages, you'll find all this, and more. "This whole volume is equal to any typical issue of your favorite prozine, and will reward your investment." Paul Di Filippo, Asimov's Science Fiction, on End of Time

Genres: Anthologies

158 pages, Paperback

First published July 12, 2010

Reviews

[David]

Well, I'm thrilled and honored to have the opening story in this book, with authors I admire such as Peter S. Beagle and Cat Rambo (I understand Eugie Foster is also widely admired, although this book is the first time I read her).

I try not to give star ratings to books I'm in, but I quite enjoyed reading this book. The authors I listed above did not disappoint, nor did Amy Treadwell, whose work I first read in Triangulation: Taking Flight. There are a number of remarkable writers I didn't know before this book, whom I will have to watch for in the future.

I have two favorites from the book. One is "A Womb of My Own" by Tinatsu Wallace, in which a gay married couple with a less-than-ideal relationship decide to have their own child in an artificial womb--but because they aren't so good at communicating, the guy who's carrying the child is still keeping his misgivings to himself.

My other favorite from the book is "Commander Perry's Mystic Wonders Show" Jaime Lee Moyer, which begins with an old Carney warning his daughter not to feed the troll--and gets better from there. From a narrator, surrounded by wonders, deciding whether to run away from the circus.

[Cate Gardner]

I have a story in this book so I won't rate it, but I will say it's well worth a read and among my favourite stories were 'Making Friends' by Kylie Bullivant, 'In Order to Conserve' by Cat Rambo, 'The Rainbow Vendor' by David Sklar, with my absolute favourites being 'David is Six' by Amanda C Davis and a story (reprint) I've loved for some time, 'The World in Rubber, Soft & Malleable' by Aaron Polson.