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A review by morgandhu
Heiresses of Russ 2015: The Year's Best Lesbian Speculative Fiction by Steve Berman, Susan Jane Bigelow, Ruthanna Emrys, Melissa Moorer, Darcie Little Badger, M. Bennardo, Seanan McGuire, Vivien Jackson, Ken Liu, Jean Roberta, Shannon Connor Winward, Stacia Seaman
3.0
Heiresses of Russ 2015, edited by Jean Roberta and Steve Berman, collects some of the best "lesbian-flavoured" speculative short fiction from 2014. I've been reading these anthologies for several years now, and enjoying them for their woman-centred stories and queer imaginings.
While it's often true that there is some unevenness in a collection of short fiction, I found the stories in this year's anthology to be pretty much all of notable quality. But even in such a collection, there were some truly stand-out pieces for me, among them Ruthanna Emrys' "Seven Commentaries on an Imperfect Land," Ken Liu's "Knotting Grass, Holding Ring," and Susan Jane Bigelow's "Sarah's Child."
*This anthology contains 14 short stories, 10 written by women, 3 written by men and one written by a genderqueer person.
While it's often true that there is some unevenness in a collection of short fiction, I found the stories in this year's anthology to be pretty much all of notable quality. But even in such a collection, there were some truly stand-out pieces for me, among them Ruthanna Emrys' "Seven Commentaries on an Imperfect Land," Ken Liu's "Knotting Grass, Holding Ring," and Susan Jane Bigelow's "Sarah's Child."
*This anthology contains 14 short stories, 10 written by women, 3 written by men and one written by a genderqueer person.