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The End of the World as We Know It
by V. Castro, Catherynne M. Valente, Catriona Ward, Sarah Langan, Bryan Smith, Wrath James White, Poppy Z. Brite, Caroline Kepnes, C. Robert Cargill, Gabino Iglesias, Michael Koryta, Josh Malerman, Christopher Golden, Chuck Wendig, David J. Schow, Alma Katsu, Jonathan Janz, Ronald Malfi, Tananarive Due, Paul Tremblay, Joe R. Lansdale, Brian Keene, Premee Mohamed, Meg Gardiner, Alex Segura, Hailey Piper, Cynthia Pelayo, Steven Barnes, Stephen King, Maurice Broaddus, Usman T. Malik, Rio Youers, Tim Lebbon, Wayne Brady, Somer Canon, Richard Chizmar, Nat Cassidy, Bev Vincent, S.A. Cosby
I've been one of Unky Steve's Constant Readers for more than 35 years at this point. The Stand is one of those books that I've read and re-read more times than I can count (although not nearly as many times as I've read the first 3 Dark Tower books), so when I saw that this anthology was going to be a Thing, I got v excited.
There are 34 stories in this book. I gave 14 of them 4+ stars, and 11 more between 3 and 3¾. That's a pretty high success rate.
Some of the stories I rated lower felt like they could have been part of any apocalyptic anthology. Some of them I rated lower bc I just didn't like them. There were two I chose not to rate, one of which I really enjoyed, but it just felt wrong for this anthology.
What worked for me is probably not going to be the same as what works for you. The things that bothered me probably won't bother you. There is one story in particular that I cannot WAIT to read reactions to (I liked it quite a bit, but can see it being unpopular).
There are 34 stories in this book. I gave 14 of them 4+ stars, and 11 more between 3 and 3¾. That's a pretty high success rate.
Some of the stories I rated lower felt like they could have been part of any apocalyptic anthology. Some of them I rated lower bc I just didn't like them. There were two I chose not to rate, one of which I really enjoyed, but it just felt wrong for this anthology.
What worked for me is probably not going to be the same as what works for you. The things that bothered me probably won't bother you. There is one story in particular that I cannot WAIT to read reactions to (I liked it quite a bit, but can see it being unpopular).