A review by alexauthorshay
Transcendent: The Year's Best Transgender Speculative Fiction by K.M. Szpara

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

My hold on the second volume ended up coming in prior to this one, but as they aren't linked through plots or anything, it doesn't really matter what order you read things in. I did find more stories enjoyable and relatable in this volume than the second one, with less focus on experimental story forms. The stories themselves didn't all feel inherently trans-focused, at least in relation to character gender, but Szpara made a note in the introduction around expanding our conceptions as trans people as to who gets to write trans stories and also the various things trans can mean, especially when it comes to speculative fiction where magic and science can do so much more than in the "real" world.