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Clockwork Phoenix 5 by [Marie Brennan, Beth Cato, C.S.E. Cooney, Carlos Hernandez, A.C. Wise, Shveta Thakrar, Alex Dally MacFarlane, Sonya Taaffe, Cassandra Khaw, Mike Allen]

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• 2017 World Fantasy Award finalist for Best Anthology
• Contains "The Fall Shall Further the Flight in Me" by Rachael K. Jones, 2017 World Fantasy Award finalist for Best Short Fiction
• Contains "Sabbath Wine" by Barbara Krasnoff, 2016 Nebula Award finalist for Best Short Story
• 2016 Locus Recommended Reading List, Best Anthology

“Allen’s strange and lovely fifth genre-melding fantasy anthology selects 20 new short stories of unusual variety, texture, compassion, and perception. . . . All the stories afford thought-provoking glimpses into alternative realities that linger, sparking unconventional thoughts, long after they are first encountered.”
—Publishers Weekly, starred review

The Clockwork Phoenix anthologies offer homes to “well-written stories occupying multiple subgenres, usually in the same story, often ambiguously,” as Locus Magazine once put it.

In April, the ground-breaking, boundary-pushing, award-nominated series returns for a fifth incarnation, triumphantly risen from the ashes after another successful Kickstarter campaign. This is the largest installment yet, holding twenty new tales of beauty and strangeness.

With original fiction from Jason Kimble, Rachael K. Jones, Patricia Russo, Marie Brennan, Benjanun Sriduangkaew, Rob Cameron, A. C. Wise, Gray Rinehart, Sam Fleming, Sunil Patel, C. S. E. Cooney and Carlos Hernandez, Holly Heisey, Barbara Krasnoff, Sonya Taaffe, Alex Dally MacFarlane, Shveta Thakrar, Cassandra Khaw, Keffy R. M. Kehrli, Rich Larson, and Beth Cato. Cover art by Paula Arwen Owen.

Table of contents:

“The Wind at His Back” by Jason Kimble

“The Fall Shall Further the Flight in Me” by Rachael K. Jones

“The Perfect Happy Family” by Patricia Russo

“The Mirror-City” by Marie Brennan

“The Finch’s Wedding and the Hive That Sings” by Benjanun Sriduangkaew

“Squeeze” by Rob Cameron

“A Guide to Birds by Song (After Death)” by A.C. Wise

“The Sorcerer of Etah” by Gray Rinehart

“The Prime Importance of a Happy Number” by Sam Fleming

“Social Visiting” by Sunil Patel

“The Book of May” by C.S.E. Cooney and Carlos Hernandez

“The Tiger’s Silent Roar” by Holly Heisey

“Sabbath Wine” by Barbara Krasnoff

“The Trinitite Golem” by Sonya Taaffe

“Two Bright Venuses” by Alex Dally MacFarlane

“By Thread of Night and Starlight Needle” by Shveta Thakrar

“The Games We Play” by Cassandra Khaw

“The Road, and the Valley, and the Beasts” by Keffy R.M. Kehrli

“Innumerable Glimmering Lights” by Rich Larson

“The Souls of Horses” by Beth Cato

Length: 274 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
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ASIN : B01A80038U
Publisher : Mythic Delirium Books (5 April 2016)
Language : English
File size : 1091 KB
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Print length : 274 pages

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Not enough diamonds and too many rocks

Reviewed in Australia on 5 July 2016

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This is an unusual anthology which is (deliberately) difficult to categorise. The best all-round definition of the stories might be ‘speculative fiction’ which covers a lot of ground between capital-L Literature and the wilder realms of fantasy / sci-fi.

Some of the stories are excellent e.g. the very British and wonderfully eccentric The Prime Importance of a Happy Number, but too many others are long-winded or pointless (quite literally – they just stop in the middle). Whether this is because they are samples of larger works or just a literary pretension is unclear as all the summaries of the authors and their work are lumped together at the end instead of attached to the stories themselves as usual. I never got round to reading the summaries (it’s too fiddly going backwards and forwards on a Kindle and by the time I got to the end I couldn’t be bothered).

For me the real test of an anthology is whether I would go looking for other works by the writers – in this respect CP5 fails the test and I won’t be reading any more volumes in the series.

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Dr. W. L. Lyon

Setting, Characters and Plot: An Interesting Emphasis on Setting

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 June 2016

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CLOCKWORK PHOENIX 5, ed. Mike Allen.

The short fiction in this collection is united by a fascination with setting: creating unique universes. About a third seem to forget that setting is one part of a short story; plot and characters are also required. There is a large overlap with the third that I found unreadable - too boring to finish. About a third almost work, and a third are good and worth buying the book for.

"The Sorcerer of Etah", by Gray Rinehart, and "Social Visiting" by Sunil Patel, have well rounded characters, something interesting happens, there is a conclusion. Both are not quite satisfactory: Rinehart's short story was too long, too repetitive. It would have more impact if about 10% had been cut. "Social Visiting" was a good length, I really liked the two girls that were the main characters, but I didn't understand the ending. Why did it have to be that way?

It's more pleasant to talk about the stories I really liked. "The Souls of Horses" by Beth Cato is set in the South, in the Confederate Army. It's written from the point of view of Ilsa, who can take the souls of horses and put them in other organic materials. She is forced to create war horses, metallic creatures with a heart of wood, that can fight with the Confederate Army. The interactions (and choices) of Culver, a slave, Dennis, his owner, Bucephalus the horse soul, determine the plot.

"Sabbath Wine" , by Barbara Karasnoff, is set in Brooklyn in the early 1920's. It begins with the heat of summer and people sitting on stoops and fire escapes. The politics, challenges to the old hierarchies, racism and antisemitism, are part of the story. Two children and their fathers are the main characters. This is a wonderful story - I loved it.

I also loved "The Road, and the Valley, and the Beasts." A road goes through a valley. Sorroful Beasts walk the road, carrying the dead in baskets. They return on the road, happy, playful. The dead have been left. A small group of humans live in a valley near the road. They never walk on the road. There are no children, and only a pair of late teens. The rest of the community is older. The boy wants to find out where they come from and plans, someday, to follow the road back and see. The girl is more interested in where they are going. The ending, with its answers, is very satisfactory.

To sum up: a mixed set of short fiction. It's strength and unity come from the emphasis on a created, unique, universe. This also is the source of its primary weakness. I read some people whose work I shall look for in the future. And that is about as much as you can expect from an anthology.

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Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 July 2016

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great collection of modern fantasy stories

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Some very nice work here.

Reviewed in the United States on 16 June 2016

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As ever, anthologies can be a mixed bag. I liked most of the stories, and would single out "The Mirror City," by Marie Brennan; "The Finch's Wedding and the Hive That Sings," by Benjanun Sriduangkaew; "The Games We Play," by Cassandra Khaw; and "The Souls of Horses," by Beth Cato, as really good. Also, "The Book of May," by C. S. E. Cooney and Carlos Hernandez just shattered me. Overall, I would recommend this fine collection.

I also received a copy of this book in a Goodreads giveaway, which altered my opinion not in the least.

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Andrea Frankel

Wondrous!

Reviewed in the United States on 1 July 2016

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Outstanding collection, with many wondrous and amazing stories (and poems). I discovered quite a few new-to-me authors whose works I then searched for on Amazon, bought, and enjoyed. Highly recommended!

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Jennie E.

Creative, Flavorful and Intense!

Reviewed in the United States on 13 August 2017

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Clockwork Phoenix is an amazing collection of short stories, each of which is so inventive, so different and yes, so intense, that I found myself just reading one and then putting the book aside so I could retain the flavor of it for awhile before moving on to another. I was sorry when there were no more to read and look forward to more!

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