I liked those three stories, but the de Lint felt a little too loose, and the ending he had felt tacked on. I enjoyed the Carroll a lot too, but it felt like the plot made too many arbitrary turns and had too many made-up rules that it didn't hold up as well for me. I liked the ending tho!

And the Gaiman poem was good, but I just have trouble with poetry. My bad!

Thanks for checking in, Mr. Clarion East 2002.

The deLint felt very derivative to me. If you liked the Stacey Richter story, check out Ray Vukcevich. I also quite liked "Jack Daw's Pack" but it was definitely to a specific taste.

Jay

Now that you mention it, Jay, the de Lint felt a lot like Gaiman's Sandman stuff. And while I really really liked what he had to say about art and writing at the end, it just felt tacked on.

I'm looking at buying Ray's collection as soon as I get caught up on my other reading!

I need to try "Jack Daw" again later, when I have an hour or two to spare and rest my head every few paragraphs...