As with any short story collection, there are hits and misses. For me the hits far outweighed the misses, where I felt unsatisfied by the endings, such as “The Unicorn Triangle”. The hits were exactly what draws me to this genre: inventive reimagining of timeless lore and myth. Some dark, some sweet, some odd beyond my imagining, and others striking a balance of all of that. At least one left me jealous I didn’t think of the idea first (and I don’t typically enjoy noir)!

If you want a book of fluffy unicorn tales (and that’s fine if that’s what you want), this is not for you. If you want to see a theme and variation on magical beings and are willing to take a series of different journeys, then please give this a try.