Some of these stories are magical, some curious, some poignant, some are full of deeper meaning, and some just plainly weird. There were some wonderful little stories but I found myself losing interest in the anthology halfway through. I’m glad I stuck with it because the last few were good. I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not the biggest Alice fan and certainly do know all of the small details. I think that a number of the essays banked on one being invested in Alice the way I am say with Harry Potter, and since I’m not, some of the stories seemed completely out of left field and like thy had nothing to do with Wonderland. And some of them I could tell had a deeper meaning, but I just couldn’t figure out what it was. As with any anthologies there are hits and misses. 3.5 stars.