A review by sapphistoire
Sarahland by Sam Cohen

funny

5.0

This was INCREDIBLE!!!! I am a well-known short story anti, I have never before enjoyed a short story collection or anthology as much as I loved Sarahland. Did I pick it up because I'm watching Buffy for the first time and I'm obsessed and one of the short stories is about a sapphic relationship between two Buffy fanfic writers? Yes! But this blew me away completely, not least because three of the short stories mentioned or included Buffy/Sarah Michelle Geller in some way or another! My favourite of the stories were Sarahland, Naked Furniture, Exorcism or Eating My Twin, Gemstones (hit very close to my own reality!), and All the Teenaged Sarahs. The Purple Epoch closed the collection off so well and I love how aspects of each story are displayed on the cover (RIP my gorgeous physical copy that got soaked when we attempted to go camping!). Cannot recommend this one enough, my only wish is that there was less fatphobia from the characters (though it did fit in with their characterisation). Definitely a new favourite of all time!