Triangulation: Dark Glass, by Pete Butler
Reviewed by Joshua Palmatier

Publisher: PARSEC Ink
Year Published: 2009
ISBN: 978-0578031033

This is the first time I’ve ever read, let alone reviewed, an anthology published by a small press. I have to say the experience was interesting. I thought that the stories had much more of an edge to them regarding originality of story concepts, the authors playing with ideas that weren’t as standard or as accepted in the mainstream, such as different types of POV characters, or worlds that were leaning farther away from our own than usual. For this reason alone, I think I’ll continue reading small press anthologies when I get the chance. For fantasy and science fiction, it’s often the idea that makes the world cool, so pushing the envelope is definitely a good thing. ...

Bones of the World, edited by Bruce Holland Rogers
Reviewed by David L. Felts


Publisher: SFFNet
Date Published: 2001

Bones of the World is the fourth volume in the Darkfire anthology series published by SFFNet. As with the three previous volumes, this one is themed. Here, Mr. Rogers has challenged his writers to deliver tales set in the far, far future, to deliver tales about endings. There's a song by Semisonic titled Closing Time that contains the line "Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end." This book embodies this; it isn't just about things ending, it's also about new beginnings. ...