Review: A solid start for DarkFuse anthology series!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 15, 2014
I have sort of a love-hate relationship with anthologies, because sometimes I discover a new voice that really blows me away, but other times the variation in level of quality makes them hard to get through.  This book was definitely more the former, as the authors I am familiar with turned in solid contributions, and the new (to me, at least) voices contributed admirably as well.I think my personal favorite may well have been "Carrion Fowl" by William Eakin, for reasons that are hard to describe - it just "grabbed me".  Others have said the style wasn't their thing, but for me it definitely was.  Second place is a tough call, but it's probably either "Better Heard and Not Seen" or "Children of the Horned God".I somewhat share the feeling of other about Netherview being a beginning and not a complete story, though I don't think I felt quite as cheated as others.  But there's a lot more unexplored territory there, for sure.  The idea of thee tunnel system under the old asylum is intriguing.Overall, this anthology is well worth you time, and promises very good things to come in the series (which is no surprise to me at all, being a big DarkFuse fan).