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A review by amandamlyons
Beyond the Bounds of Infinity by Stephanie Pearre, Vaughn A. Jackson
4.0
Beyond the Bounds of Infinity is a cosmic horror anthology that sets out to offer a collection of stories from several diverse perspectives and it does a nice job of it. It begins with stories on the shorter side with punchier and more chaotic themes, slips into denser and more traditionally gothic tones for the middle, and then finishes with a nice range of more modern themes. I was especially fond of Effigies of Lost Things by Pedro Iniguez, 24 points by S. A. Cosby, Cracks by Mary San Giovanni, On the Shores of Midnight by Marnie Desdemona, The Things We Did in the Dark by Julia Darcy, and A Dampened Embrace by Christopher Hahn. These ones felt like they had some interesting elements and spoke about different themes than we usually get from Cosmic Horror even when some of the tropes reflect those older stories, not an easy thing to do with such a widely explored genre!