The introduction to this collection of short stories, Even Greater Mistakes, has encouraging words for would-be authors. Anders says: “In my first decade of writing short fiction, I racked up over six hundred rejections and published ninety-three stories, mostly in small markets that no longer exist.”
She introduces each story with background details of her narrative intention and creative process, giving extra resonance to the tales themselves.
These were most successful stories for me:
She introduces each story with background details of her narrative intention and creative process, giving extra resonance to the tales themselves.
These were most successful stories for me:
- The Time Travel Club (Since planets move in their orbits, moving through time might land you in empty space—or within a solid object. Fabulous premise!)
- Six Months, Three Days (The hellish choices faced by two people who can see into the future.)
- Love Might be Too Strong a Word (Fascinating exploration of romance and sexuality on a generation ship where humans have six distinct genders. My favorite overall.)
- Ghost Champaigne (About a woman haunted by the ghost of her future.)
- Power Couple (Heartbreaking story about a couple using cryogenic suspension to cheat time—sort of)
- A Temporary Embarrassment in Spacetime (My favorite of her zany stories.)
Other SFF short story collections you may enjoy: The Best of World SFF, The Mammoth Book of SF Stories by Women, The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories, Pump Six
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