Leah Looks At: FRAGILE ANTHOLOGY – Edited by Michael Allen Rose
GENRE: Horror, Bizarro, Speculative Fiction
EDITOR: Michael Allen Rose
RELEASE DATE: 10/01/24
ISBN/SKU: 979-8-8691-6875-7
Publication Date: 10/01/2024
Price $15.99
E-book
ISBN: 979-8-8691-6876-4
E-book Price $4.99
Pre-orders receive a special “roll table” bookmark and a 20-sided die with the order to help navigate the box.
“Random chance, random chance, random chance!” – Robert Anton Wilson
This anthology sets forth such a simple prompt, and delivers a wide and wild variety in response. I abandoned an accepted, linear approach. Since the premise is based upon the rolling of a 20-sided die, why not consume it with the same lack of restraint? What is in that box, anyway?
At the twelfth entry, rolling of dice upon each completion became rather tedious. I persevered, listing entries I hadn’t seen, and ones I’d already read. Doubles were no longer a hassle to discern.
“Pre-orders receive a special ‘roll table’ bookmark and a 20-sided die with the order to help navigate the box.” I recommend this approach. I did not pre-order this anthology. If I had, I wouldn’t need to plot my own course. Through what territories we travel! Michael Allen Rose provides a collection as fulfilling and kaleidoscopic as its roster of inhabitants. Though some names are unknown to me, you’ll find pleasant satisfaction in these strokes of ink. Between these sheets you’ll find echoes of Lovecraft, Chambers, and Ballard as they intertwine with new voices in fresh harmony.
Pre-order information is provided above, I am eager to speak with Mr. Rose once this tome has been unleashed. Stay tuned.