Anthologies, Your Readers, Your Collections, and You

Earlier this week, my latest "From the Haunted Stacks" column for The Line Up Weekly went live. This time it was about Horror Anthologies. 

You can read the column here.

But before those of you who don't like Horror think this isn't the article for you, I made sure to give general RA advice about anthologies. 

From the intro to the post:

Anthologies are books that collect short stories by multiple authors, often under a common theme. Because these volumes contain tales by different voices, the work of the editor is extremely important. Not only does the anthologist have to solicit and select the titles to include, but they also have to edit and arrange said stories into a cohesive tome. The very best anthologists are able to expertly walk that line, offering different voices that when expertly brought together, create a unified whole, a single book that readers will enjoy from cover to cover.

Anthologies are also the best way for readers to survey the landscape of a genre, to see a wide variety of styles and voices writing under one umbrella. They also provide a tasting menu of voices familiar and brand new. And if the editor does their job well, readers will finish the book having learned of a few new writers who will be added to their personal to-read pile.

Click through to learn about the 6 Horror anthologists I think you need to be aware of right now. You should be adding their books to your collections. I even provided the "receipts," as most of them were nominated for and/or won Bram Stoker Awards.

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