The Crossover Alliance Anthology - Volume 1 (Book Review)
Review by Kim Wicke General Thoughts With nine stories by seven different authors, this anthology offers a good mix of the speculative genres, from the barely-futuristic to the fabulous. I am slightly disappointed that none of the selections scratched my itch for classic high fantasy, but the variety was wide enough that I was able to find other things I liked almost as much. If your personal preferences run more towards sci-fi or horror, you probably won’t feel even that small lack, and there’s definitely at least a little something here for everyone. Despite the variety on display, though, I did notice one odd similarity running through several tales. Four out of nine stories contain the following formula: something bad happens to the protagonist’s daughter, which consumes said protagonist’s mind and drives all of his (or in one instance, her) actions. After two stories in a row featuring this device, I started mentally bracing myself as soon as ...
