Strange Brew (book)
Encyclopedia
Strange Brew is an urban fantasy
short story
anthology
, edited by P.N. Elrod. It reached the NYTimes extended bestseller list in July 2009.
, says, "Some of these stories seem rushed or rudimentary. Some lean a shade too much on a presumption of familiarity with the novels featuring the stories’ characters." He continues, "But there is a fair amount of enjoyable fiction here as well."
BSCreview reviewer, amberdrake [sic], says, "For the most part, this anthology was highly entertaining..." and "definitely worth picking up, especially if you like stories about witches or if some of these authors are your favorites".
Strange Brew won Honorable Mention in the Pearl Award for best anthology, 2009.
Urban fantasy
Urban fantasy is a sub-genre of fantasy defined by place; the fantastic narrative has an urban setting. Many urban fantasies are set in contemporary times and contain supernatural elements. However, the stories can take place in historical, modern, or futuristic periods...
short story
Short story
A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels. Short story definitions based on length differ somewhat, even among professional writers, in part because...
anthology
Anthology
An anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler. It may be a collection of poems, short stories, plays, songs, or excerpts...
, edited by P.N. Elrod. It reached the NYTimes extended bestseller list in July 2009.
Stories
- "Seeing Eye", by Patricia BriggsPatricia BriggsPatricia Briggs is an American author, well-known for the Mercy Thompson urban fantasy series. Briggs was born in Butte, Montana, and lived in various cities in the Pacific Northwest...
- "Last Call", by Jim ButcherJim ButcherJim Butcher is a New York Times Best Selling author most known for his contemporary fantasy book series The Dresden Files. He also wrote the Codex Alera series. Butcher grew up as the only son of his parents, and has two older sisters. He currently lives in Independence with his wife, Shannon K...
- "Death Warmed Over", by Rachel CaineRachel CaineRachel Caine is a pen name of Roxanne Longstreet Conrad, an American writer of science fiction, fantasy, mystery, suspense, and horror novels. She also publishes media tie-in novels as Julie Fortune.-Personal life:...
- "Vegas Odds", by Karen ChanceKaren ChanceKaren Chance is an urban fantasy novelist. She grew up in Orlando, Florida. She has lived in France, Great Britain, Hong Kong and New Orleans, where she has taught history...
- "Hecate's Golden Eye", by P.N. Elrod
- "Bacon", by Charlaine HarrisCharlaine HarrisCharlaine Harris is a New York Times bestselling author who has been writing mysteries for over twenty years. She was born and raised in the Mississippi River Delta area of the United States. She now lives in southern Arkansas with her husband and three children...
- "Signatures of the Dead", by Faith HunterFaith HunterGwendolyn Faith Hunter is an American fantasy and thriller author. She writes as Faith Hunter in the fantasy genre, and as Gwen Hunter in the thriller genre. She also collaborates on thrillers with Gary Leveille, under the name Gary Hunter...
- "Ginger: A Nocturne City Story", by Caitlin KittredgeCaitlin KittredgeCaitlin Kittredge is an American novelist of dark fantasy and urban fantasy noir living in Olympia, Washington. She is known for her Nocturne City series of adult novels, and for The Iron Codex, a series of young-adult books....
- "Dark Sins", by Jenna MaclaineJenna MaclaineJenna Maclaine is an American author specializing in paranormal romance. Mclaine has a BA in history from North Georgia College & State University...
Reviews
Rich Horton, in Fantasy MagazineFantasy Magazine
Fantasy Magazine is a U.S.-based online fantasy and science fiction magazine. It was launched as a print edition at the 2005 World Fantasy Convention in Madison, Wisconsin. It continued in this format for six more issues, but in mid-October 2007, it moved online, with daily content, and spun off...
, says, "Some of these stories seem rushed or rudimentary. Some lean a shade too much on a presumption of familiarity with the novels featuring the stories’ characters." He continues, "But there is a fair amount of enjoyable fiction here as well."
BSCreview reviewer, amberdrake [sic], says, "For the most part, this anthology was highly entertaining..." and "definitely worth picking up, especially if you like stories about witches or if some of these authors are your favorites".
Strange Brew won Honorable Mention in the Pearl Award for best anthology, 2009.