While I truly enjoyed a few of these stories, the truth is that most of this collection is just fine, but not great, and there are some few of the stories which really needed some more work--either because they ran on for far too long and could/should have been a lot tighter or because there were clarity/plot issues. Most of the time, I was reading along without feeling any strong impulse to continue on to the next stories or even finish the one I was on, and that hasn't happened with an anthology in a long, long time. A few of these authors are ones I now know to keep an eye on or who I already enjoyed, but I doubt I'll pick up another anthology from this editor, and I can't see myself recommending this work. ( )