Preston Grassmann

As with most anthologies, I found this collection uneven (for my taste). My favorites were A Storm in Kingstown by Nina Allan (a new-to-me author) and Inventory by Carmen Marie Machado. Emily St John Mandel's Mr. Thursday is another bit of her Glass Hotel/Sea of Tranquility world.

Others of these were way to much in the hard science fiction realm for me. If that's what you like, there is something for you here too.

Apocalypse stories from various authors including Samuel Delaney, Charlie Jane Anders, Clive Barker, Ramsey Campbell, China Miéville, Emily St. John Mandel, and Carmen Maria Machado, with apocalypse defined loosely in some cases. Some of the stories seem cut off, as if the authors wanted to leave you with only an image and uncertainty. Many of the stories circle around the theme of memory: it’s only an apocalypse if you remember a better world. Otherwise it’s just how things are.