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A review by lady_mircalla
We Won't Be Here Tomorrow: And Other Stories by Margaret Killjoy
adventurous
dark
hopeful
reflective
tense
medium-paced
4.75
A great anthology ranging from techno-punk to post-apocalyptic to rich fantasy worlds, with a dash of backwoods horror and leftism. A great book to get you out of a reading slump. If one story doesn't tickle your fancy, odds are the next one will capture your imagination.
Killjoy's shortest stories are some of the most haunting. "Not One of Us Will Survive This Fog" and "Beyond Sapphire Glass" have so much emotion and world building, and are some of the shortest stories in the anthology. The titular "We Won't Be Here Tomorrow" is a concept that could be an entire novel, but is punchy and perfectly paced - dark, grim, but hopeful. "Men of Ashen Morrow" and "Into the Grey" make me want an entire fantasy series from Killjoy.
A great first read for 2023! Not all the stories were my cup of tea. I think some of them will be brilliant narrated, but are less alive in print, particularly in the first quarter of the work.
Killjoy's shortest stories are some of the most haunting. "Not One of Us Will Survive This Fog" and "Beyond Sapphire Glass" have so much emotion and world building, and are some of the shortest stories in the anthology. The titular "We Won't Be Here Tomorrow" is a concept that could be an entire novel, but is punchy and perfectly paced - dark, grim, but hopeful. "Men of Ashen Morrow" and "Into the Grey" make me want an entire fantasy series from Killjoy.
A great first read for 2023! Not all the stories were my cup of tea. I think some of them will be brilliant narrated, but are less alive in print, particularly in the first quarter of the work.