A review by perjacxis
This Dreaming Isle by Gareth E. Rees, Catriona Ward, Richard V. Hirst, Angela Readman, Jeanette Ng, Alison Littlewood, Robert Shearman, Alison Moore, Gary Budden, Stephen Volk, Aliya Whiteley, Ramsey Campbell, Andrew Michael Hurley, James Miller, Jenn Ashworth, Dan Coxon, Tim Lebbon, Kirsty Logan

4.0

This short story collection is divided into three parts: country, city and coast. After reading the first section I was in love with the selection and was hoping it could be a 5 stars read. This feeling didn't stay though. The city section, unfortunately, wasn't for at all and I didn't love a single story of this section. They were all okay but I had higher hopes for them. The last section definitely was better but couldn't reach the brilliancy of the first. (Which surprised me a bit because I love myths related to the sea a lot.)
My absolute favourites were The Pier at Ardentinny by Catriona Ward and Domestic Magic by Kirsty Logan. For them alone I would recommend the collection. I also really enjoyed Old Trash by Jenn Ashworth, Dark Shells by Aliya Whiteley and Swimming with Horses by Angela Readman.

All stories considered the rating is probably closer to 3 stars but the ones I liked stayed with me and make me rate the collection 4 stars instead.