This is a collection of fantasy stories from a continent like Africa, or from the African continent's deep past, and having women as their main characters. A new sub-genre for me, and for the most part I enjoyed it. New perspectives are always refreshing. Like most short story collections, some shine more than others. My favorite authors in this batch were; Sarah A. Macklin, Carole McDonnell, Ronald T. Jones, Linda Macauley, P. Djeli Clark and Charles R. Saunders, with an honorable mention to Milton J. Davis. My reasons for liking these author's stories above the others are convoluted ranging from the novel ideas to good writing craft.

The average of my ratings for each of the 16 stories in this collection was a bit more than 3 stars, but if you consider the fresh perspective and ideas presented, that bumped it up to 3 and a half. Pretty good score for a short story collection, at least from me. ( )