A review by madarauchiha
Black Feathers: Dark Avian Tales: An Anthology by Ellen Datlow

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.75

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I thought it was a pretty decent collection. I like most of them, except for about 3 which weren't catching my interest.


Content warnings:
β—† The Obscure Bird - Nicholas Royle
minor child death, cats, 
medium emetophobia, explicit animal death and gore, unsanitary / animal feces, body horror 

β—† Something About Birds - Paul Tremblay
minor Vietnam war, schools, animal death and gore with insects, religion (pagan, ethnic religions), ableist language 
medium gore and body horror
major nsfw / nudity

β—† Great Blue Heron - Joyce Carol Oates
minor animal death, minor open water, death, sexual harassment, sexism, sexual assault , animal cruelty, 
minor medium alcohol , gore and murder


β—† The Season of the Raptors - Richard Bowe
minor animal gore, animal death

β—† The Orphan Bird - Alison Littlewoo
minor bullying , animal death, 
medium open water and swimming, kidnapping, 
major child abuse / bullying, childhood abandonment, child murder, drowning , child abuse ,

β—† The Murmurations of Vienna Von Drome - Jeffrey Ford
minor murder and gore, smoking (tobacco), police brutality, sexism , injuries and broken bone, 
medium stalking (done by police), body horror, heights, guns, 
major police (main characters), 

β—† Blyth’s Secret - Mike O’Driscoll
minor ableism, gore, mental health sectioning / psychiatric abuse, toy guns, minor animal death , suicide , child abuse, animal death, alcoholism, unsanitary and animal gore, 
medium animal gore, police, wrist trauma , 
major animal gore , mental health issues, 

β—† The Fortune of Sparrows - Usman T. Malik
minor: orphaning, disease, bruises , smoking tobacco, child brides pedophilia csa
medium cats

β—† Pigeon from Hell - Stephen Graham Jone
minor eugenics, self harm, abortion, medical, 
medium ableism, NSFW content, animal injuries, drowning, gore,
major child death, car accidents

β—† The Secret of Flight - A. C. Wise
minor suicide and murder, gore and arm trauma
medium murder attempts, domestic abuse, hauntings / supernatural 

β—† Isobel Avens Returns to Stepney in the Spring - M. John Harrison
Minor blood, medium suicide,
medium diseases, medical experimentation
major sex scenes

β—† A Little Bird Told Me - Pat Cadigan
medium death, minor unsanitary, medical / cancer ward
major end of life hospice like topics

β—† The Acid Test - Livia Llewellyn
major explicit sex scene, drugs (lsd), minor nudity / nsfw

β—† The Crow Palace - Priya Sharma
minor: orphaning, drowning, death, childhood bullying, 
medium medical details, emetophobia
major animal death and gore