Over the last several weeks I've been reviewing all the short stories presented in Queen Victoria's Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling. Here's a list of all the stories grouped by Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down the title of the story links back to the original review and the name of the author will take you over their GoodReads profile. Enjoy!
- Thumbs Up!
- The Preface and the Introduction
- "Queen Victoria's Book of Spells" by Delia Sherman
- "The Memory Book" by Maureen McHugh
- "The Governess" by Elizabeth Bear
- "Smithfield" by James P. Blaylock
- "Charged" by Leanna Renee Hieber
- "Mr. Splitfoot" by Dale Bailey
- "The Vital Importance of the Superficial" by Ellen Kushner and Caroline Stevermer/
- "Estella Saves the Village" by Theodora Goss
- Thumbs Down!
- "The Fairy Enterprise" by Jeffery Ford
- "From the Catalogue of the Pavilion of the Uncanny and Marvellous, Scheduled for Premiere at the Great Exhibition (Before the Fire)" by Genevieve Valentine
- "La Reine D'Enfer" by Kathe Koja
- "For the Briar Rose" by Elizabeth Wein
- "The Unwanted Women of Surrey" by Kaaron Warren
- "Phosphorus" by Veronica Schanoes
- "We Without Us Were Shadows" by Catherynne M. Valente
- "The Jewel in the Toad Queen's Crown" by Jane Yolen
- "The Twigs He Left Behind" by Gregory Maguire
- "Their Monstrous Minds" by Tanith Lee
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