My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding

My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding (2006) Edited by P.N. Elrod

My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding is an anthology of short stories featuring supernatural creatures and weddings. All the stories are good, but some are better than others. In some of the stories the wedding is the main feature, while in other stories the wedding felt a bit tacked on to make the story fit into the anthology.

One of the stories I particularly liked was P.N. Elrod’s “All Shook Up.” While catering a wedding, Frankie meets an Elvis impersonator who seems too good to be true–in more ways than one. I particularly liked how Frankie reacts to “Elvis” and tries to keep hormones from getting in the way of her good sense.

Esther M. Friesner’s story, “The Wedding of Wylda Serene” was also an interesting one–and I very much enjoyed the story and the crazy twists and turns it took, however, I misread an important detail at the beginning of the story, and was confused as to the gender of the storyteller. For some reason I was convinced the storyteller was a female–which lead to my consternation later on in the story.

L.A. Banks’ story “Spellbound” drew me in immediately. The idea of the Hatfield-McCoy being exacerbated by magic users in each family amused me, and I very much liked the writing. Michael picked up an L.A. Banks series a year or so ago. Perhaps I should pick up the first book in that series.

The story that was my favorite was Susan Krinard’s “…Or Forever Hold Your Peace.” I’m very fond of stories set in a Victorian setting–even an alternative Victorian England. Sticking magic into the middle of that is just a bonus. I also liked Kit and Olivia. I searched but I didn’t see any books written by Susan Krinard that have those characters. But if she writes one, I’ll definitely buy it.

All the stories have a romantic plot; some have boinking, but not all. (I, of course, prefer the stories without the boinking.) There were some stories that I preferred over others, but all the stories in the collection were strong and well worth reading, while several of the stories were well-written enough to make me glad I bought the collection.
Rating: 7/10

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