An anthology of monster fiction stories and poems with commentary on queerness and racism, including rewritings of classic stories.  

This was so fun and interesting. The stories/poems are a wide mixture of different genres and lengths. I listened to the Audiobook and I really really loved the narration, I think it was done incredibly well. This consists of 16 poems and 16 short stories. Includes many genres such as Historical Fiction, Contemporary Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Horror, and Retellings. 

There weren’t any stories/poems that I hated, but there were some that I didn’t really care for or wasn’t interested in. My favourites were: 

1. No. 2 - Woolly Bully by Amber Don. This is a YA Historical Fiction Short Story about Lesbian werewolves. 

2. No. 14 - Glamour Us by Andrew WillMott. This is an Adult/New Adult Sci-Fi short story about using body modification AI technology to affirm your gender. 

3. No. 17 - And the Moon Spun Round Like a Top by Hiromi Goto. This is an Adult thriller short story about period blood clots coming to life. Very gory, super interesting. 

4. No. 24 - Ghosts of Pride Past by Cicilly Belle Blaine. This is an Adult Christmas Carol Retelling where an androgynous being shows a gay police officer his past, present and future and holds him accountable and punishes him for his homophobia and brutality. 

This has such a huge variety of stories and poems, there’s something for everyone. Overall, I had a really fun time reading this and I will be checking out more works by some of the authors featured in this anthology. I can’t wait for this to come out so I can own a physical copy, annotate it and reread it. 

Representation - Acid Scar (MC); Anorexia (MC); Anxiety Attacks (MC); Aro/Ace (MC); Asian (MC); Gay (MC); Genderfluid (SC); Hindi; Indigenous (MC); Lesbian (MC); Nonbinary (MC); Pansexual (SC); Sapphic; She/They (SC); Sleep Disorder (MC); Transgender FTM (MC); Transgender MTF (MC; SC)

TWs/CWs - Abandonment; Alcohol Consumption; Animal Death; Anti-Asian; Anorexia; Assault; Blood; Catfishing; Child Birth; Corpse; Cussing; Death; Doxxing; Drowning; Drug Use; Electric shock; Excrement; Gore; Guns; Gun Violence; Hate Crime; Homophobia; Illness; Internalised homophobia; Menopause; Murder; Nazis; Nudity; Police Brutality; Pregnancy; Racism; Sexual Assault; Sexual Content; Smoking; Suicide Ideation; Transphobia; Violence; Vomit; War