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The Curiosities: A Collection of Stories

di Maggie Stiefvater, Tessa Gratton, Brenna Yovanoff

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An anthology of darkly paranormal stories, with comments by the authors on their writing process.
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I found a new "favorite" story every new page. Fans of these authors or just the "weird and wonderful" should jump on this collection immediately. You won't regret it. ( )
  lclclauren | Sep 12, 2020 |
4 stars, because there were some real gems in here.

Also, I can't decide if the last story was really serendipitous or a really bad coincidence.
{The last story was a about a world where fires didn't go on. Meanwhile, my house spent four days under pre evac for the Black Forest, which still rages right next door to me.} ( )
  Monica_P | Nov 22, 2018 |
Review courtesy of Dark Faerie Tales

Quick & Dirty: Entertaining and strange short stories for those who like their stories on the weird side.

The Review:

The Curiosities is a collection of short stories from Maggie Stiefvater, Brenna Yovanoff, and Tessa Gratton. If you are unfamiliar with these authors they have a website called Merry Fates that they each contribute a short story to every week. These stories are for those who like their stories on the strange or “curious” side of life.

What I liked about this collection was the fact that the authors contributed their thoughts to each other’s stories and the interesting tidbits that they would contribute about their own stories. I wished there were more notes than there actually were. This inside look into their minds was quite funny and horrifying at the same time. I highly recommend this collection for those who want to write because of some of the insight these authors have to give.

This collection is filled with a bunch of short stories. Some of these stories are wonderful and others left me shaking my head. I don’t want to go into each story because that is just too much so I am going to focus on the one main story that I really enjoyed by each author.

Berserk by Tessa Gratton is clearly the longest story in this collection. (Maggie and Brenna give her crap for writing the longest stories.) Rein is a Berserker who just got done from a terrible war where his ilk were all killed. The troll wars continue and he is a lone rider that discovers a lone survivor after her family is slaughtered. This story was heartbreaking yet empowering at the same time. A young girl discovers the strength in herself to destroy those who ripped apart her life. Tessa writes before the story that this came from a thought about why being a Berserker would be a good thing. This story came from wanting to understand a characters motivations and why they were the way they were. Plus, this story gets bonus points for mentioning my home state.

Heart-Shaped Box by Maggie Stiefvater is a strange take on immortality. What would you do to live forever? This story may not actually be about immortality, more of a how do I keep living for now instead of dying from a terrible disease but I think deep down it was a story on immortality. It also brings up the fact, why is one person more important to live than another. This was another story that made me a bit sad but I’m still thinking about it and the terribleness of this world. Maggie states that this story was based off of the box from Snow White but I can’t help but think of the Nirvana song.

Brenna Yovanoff really enjoys the tragic stories with messed up endings. I feel like she’s got something for deadly men and even deadlier women. That being said, Scheherazade is the one story that really stuck with me. A woman is confronted with a man who wants to kill her only he doesn’t realize that he’s more than met his match on the killing front. I had a hard time picking which story to choose from her because I did like her take on the fantasy genre.

The Curiosities was a fun collection. I enjoyed every story even the ones that left me scratching my head saying “What?!?” I’m not much of a fan for open endings so there were a couple stories that matched that criteria. As discussed within, opening endings are endings too, I just like having a definitive ending. I’m really excited to see that they have released a second collection. I can’t wait to pick it up.

FTC Advisory: Lerner Publishing Group provided me with a copy of The Curiosities. No goody bags, sponsorships, “material connections,” or bribes were exchanged for my review. ( )
  DarkFaerieTales | Jul 2, 2016 |
I loved this book. It had me hooked just reading the first couple lines of the first story. Not only are the stories written so well, it is inspiring. I felt inspiration to write short stories and I even felt the inspiration to doodle!

Speaking of doodles, the doodles in the book were absolutely cute and amusing!

If I were asked to pick a favorite story from this book, I wouldn't be able to. I love them all and each and every story is unique and creatively put together. This book surely is a great piece to someone's library! ( )
  SirenRemi | Feb 9, 2015 |
Tessa Gratton, Maggie Stiefvater, and Brenna Yovanoff comprise the Merry Sisters of Fate. As a group they have each been posting a short story a week to an online blog. Some of those stories have been selected to be included in this book. On the whole, there is not one story I dislike in the entire book — most of them were good and some were so fantastic they gave me chills. Here are a few of my favorites from each of the authors.

Tessa Gratton:
— "Puddles" is an eerie story that takes a normal everyday object and makes it terrifying.
— In "Ash-Tree Spell to Break Your Heart", Melea has built (with rose petal lips and a butterfly heart) to destroy a rival magician, but falls in love with him instead. Apparently there are three other stories on the Merry Sisters of Fate website that include Melea as a side character, so I'm going to have to go find and read them.
— "Thomas All" about a human kidnapped by deadly fairies is a story I would love to see turned into a novel.

Maggie Stievater:
— "The Last Day of Spring" reveals a species of creatures called papillions that are born, live, and die in a matter of only a few days.
— "Philosopher's Flight" is about an alchemists assistant that comes to an unsettling discovery as he sets to testing his master's new flying machine.
— "Heart-Shaped Box" presents a bleak post-apocalyptic story that resonates with love.

Brenna Yovanoff:
— "Girls Raised by Wolves" gave me chills. It has no magic, but presents two unique and complete characters and the cruelties of teenage girls in rather a short space.
— "The Bone Tender" reveals the double edged sword of magic via the interaction between one boy who has a habit of breaking bones and another boy who can heal them.
— "Blue as God" is an unsettling retelling of the Bluebeard myth (which I'm a sucker for) set at a Hollywood party.

One of the other fantastic things about this book is how it's been published in large format, leaving it with wide margins, where the authors have written hand scrawled notes, representing their thoughts on their own and each other's works. It's so much fun to read their comments and thoughts and the little back and forth banter between the authors. I loved this book, and plan to buy it to have on my shelf.

As soon as I finished this book, I went to the library to find books by Tessa and Brenna to read (I've already read Maggie's Shiver), since I loved their stories so much. I'm looking forward to reading Blood Magic and The Replacement as soon as I'm done with my current challenge. ( )
  andreablythe | Dec 28, 2012 |
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