Various, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Prophecy and Change
****
It's slightly bizarre that I didn't get around to this 10th anniversary anthology celebrating one of my favourite series until the other side of the 30th, but I was always lazy with the expanded universe. It satisfied the spec, filling some gaps interestingly if not necessarily.
Faves: Michael A. Martin and Andy Mangels' 'The Orb of Opportunity' (Nog story), Heather Jarman's 'The Devil You Know' (Dax story), Andrew J. Robinson's 'The Calling' (Garak story)
2003 / Audiobook / 295 pages
***
Experience tonal whiplash as extreme autocannibalism leads into dull romance. Something for everyone, but not a lot for the individual.
Faves: Anne-Sylvie Salzman's 'Meannanaich,' Adam Dafy's 'The Self-Eater,' Nina Allan's 'Terminus'
2023 / Ebook/audiobooks / 639 pages
****
Mostly explainable, most probably made up, but it's nice to get a set that isn't just recycled Reddit content, though each individual volume's stingily slim.
2003 / Ebook / 166 pages
**
It hadn't clicked what guro meant when I checked out what I imagined to be a more standard horror manga, but once I realised what was going on, I had to see how far these freaks would push it. Pretty far, it turns out. I hope they're on some kind of government list.
Collected 2013-15 / Ebook/Audiobook
***
Some kid's poorly-organised compilation of favourited short "creepy" stories, veering from tame children's ghost stories and urban legends to depraved necro incest gore, seemingly with a few hilariously inept originals mixed in too. Rarely any good, but always entertaining.
Faves: 'Gateway of the Mind,' 'Dead Bart,' 'Autopilot'
