The Collectors: an Anthology

Alas, my personal pattern of better luck with short story collections written by only one author continues. Unsurprisingly, I loved the Jason Reynolds story. The Penelope/Odyssey take in the first story was an interesting starting point. I think those are my pros.  They were all a little darker than I was hoping. A few had pretty blatant messaging. The ‘collection/collector' as theme could get pretty loose in application. 
 I'm glad I finally tried something written (editor and one of the contributors) by A.S. King, but my concern that her writing (based on others' description of her previous books) would venture a little too far into the surreal for my enjoyment seems to have been borne out by this experience. I got some of what I think she was hoping to convey, but it was a struggle. 
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