M.L.N. Hanover aka Daniel Abraham

Books: Fantasy

Anthologies

Down These Strange Streets (2011)

Down These Strange Streets (2011) edited by Gardner Dozois and George R. R. Martin

If you look at the list of authors above, you’ll immediately see why I read this series. There are some of my favorite authors here–many of whom write short stories I tend to love. And surprisingly, I loved most of these stories, especially a few by authors I haven’t particularly read before.

• Death by Dahlia by Charlaine Harris
• The Bleeding Shadow by Joe R. Lansdale
• Hungry Heart by Simon R. Green
• Styx and Stones by Steven Saylor
• Pain and Suffering by S.M. Stirling
• It’s Still the Same Old Story by Carrie Vaughn
• The Lady Is a Screamer by Conn Iggulden
• Hellbender by Laurie R. King
• Shadow Thieves by Glen Cook
• No Mystery, No Miracle by Melinda Snodgrass
• The Difference Between a Puzzle and a Mystery by M.L.N. Hanover
• The Curious Affair of the Deodand by Lisa Tuttle
• Lord John and the Plague of Zombies by Diana Gabaldon
• Beware the Snake by John Maddox Roberts
• In Red, With Pearls by Patricia Briggs
• The Adakian Eagle by Bradley Denton

The story “The Difference Between a Puzzle and a Mystery” by M. L. N. Hanover was another police procedural (which I almost always like) but it had some lovely twists that I very much liked.

All in all, I found this to be a fabulous anthology, and I highly recommend almost all the stories I read–even the ones I didn’t love were, for the most part, interesting.

Published by Penguin

Rating: 9/10