The Lone Star Stories Reader

"Marin selects 15 fantasy stories from the first 25 issues of webzine Lone Star Stories, with moderate success. In Catherynne M. Valente's stunning 'Thread: A Triptych,' a fantastical mail-order bride is brought to the 'real' world, only to be cast aside. The western meets dark fantasy in Martha Wells's standout 'Wolf Night,' when a group of people barricaded in a stockade are attacked by an otherworldly creature. Other standouts include Ekaterina Sedia's 'The Disemboweler,' where a robot explores a world where little spirits animate machines, and Sarah Monette's 'A Night in Electric Squidland,' where two queer psychic cops infiltrate an occult BDSM nightclub. Most of the stories have a writer's-workshop sameness to them that flattens their range, but the gems really shine." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)

An immersive collection of fifteen fantastic and unexpected stories by new and established writing talents such as Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Jay Lake, Sarah Monette, Tim Pratt, Ekaterina Sedia, Catherynne M. Valente, and Martha Wells awaits you in this anthology of speculative fiction selected from the first twenty-five issues of Lone Star Stories webzine. Come walk along the outskirts of genre and experience the strange and wondrous tales of The Lone Star Stories Reader.