A review by carlyalynnsia
Hillfire Anthology, Vol. 1 by Elena Sims, David Blakeslee, Abigail O'Neill, Nicole Christine Caratas, Anthi Cheimariou, Alex Penland, Emerson Craig, Bhavika Govil, Nikola Dimitrov, Hayley Bernier, Claire O'Connor, Erin Howell, Eileen Vandergrift, Wren True, Zhanglu Wang, Miriam Huxley, Lauren N. Thurman, Xuan Liu, Katie Hay-Molopo, Alexandra Ye, Hanna-Maria Vester, Julia Guillermina, Lola Gaztañaga Baggen, Michael Howrie, Todd Workman, Zala Jambrovic Hatic, Juliann Guerra, Alyssa Osiecki, Lena Kraus, Wendelin Law, Yue Yang, Tess Simpson, Thomas Carroll

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced

5.0

A beautiful collection of poetry, short stories, and a short play from Hillfire Press. It packs lots of humour, heartbreak, and suspense into one gorgeous volume. I enjoyed all of the pieces and am particularly fond of "Capricorn" by Alexandra Ye and "Jack and Jeanitta Fall Apart" by Nicole Christine Caratas -- both of which I was fortunate to see read aloud by the authors at the anthology's live launch at Typewronger Books in Edinburgh. I love how pretty it looks next to Volume 2 on my shelf!