Status Updates From The Year's Best Fantasy and...

Leslie Dick's 'The Skull of Charlotte Corday' is interesting but a little dull for such a premise.

Nancy Pickard's 'It had to be you' is my favorite so far. I like how the image of Marilyn Monroe divides people.

John Kessel's 'Gulliver at Home' is further proof in my book of how much of an sad asshole Lemuel is.

James Aesop's 'Beauty and the Beast' is too short and forgettable.

Emma Donoghue's 'Tale of the Skin' is a lesson in the value independence vs depending on beauty or the whims of others.

Some really great stories and poetry in here that really made me think.