Elfpunk: Faerie meets rock and roll! And surprisingly readable, too. The Kushner story was decent, I guess. Not what I was expecting; I need to reread. The de Lint was Good de Lint, which to me means archetypal Urban Fantasy, and the "Bach" (Shetterly?) story was also nice. ( )

In Bordertown, the city that lies between the human world and Faerie, magic and technology don't always work and misfits and runaways that don't belong in either world try to find their place. Fun shared universe with great world-building.

This anthology is the second (out of four). While I adore the premise and the world, the only story that really spoke to me was Will Shetterly and Emma Bull's "Danceland" -- a nice little Bordertown murder mystery. However, I'm biased... Shetterly's novel "Elsewhere" introduced me to Bordertown, so he and Bull's characters and style really make Bordertown for me... the other authors and their offerings just didn't sing to me in the same way. Your mileage, however, may vary. I'm giving it four stars just because I like the world and that one story a helluva lot. ( )