Conmergence: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction

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It might easily make hardships of life on the streets worthwhile read those comments to see what I am talking about o: It's commonly suggested that it's harder to write good short stories than to write good novels because in a short story there's less space to set the scene and develop characters.

First of all, I don't agree with this. There's no room for flabby prose in a good novel either and short stories are easier to edit because they are shorter. But, whatever your form, it's very hard to capture a reader's interest immediately.

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And in a short story it's very hard to take your reader on a journey that will It's commonly suggested that it's harder to write good short stories than to write good novels because in a short story there's less space to set the scene and develop characters. And in a short story it's very hard to take your reader on a journey that will leave him or her feeling satisfied.

If that is hard to do in a short story, it's even harder in a science fiction or fantasy story, in which the world inhabited by the characters may be very different from our own.

Tara Maya doesn't seem to be aware of any of these difficulties. She writes easily, fluently and eloquently as if she were born writing stories about strange people in exotic lands.

There are no false notes, no awkward explanations, no loose ends. The surprises, when they come, are well prepared. The characters do develop and so does our understanding of them. I got a lot of pleasure from these stories and I'd like to read more of Tara Maya's work. I especially enjoyed her story called Portrait of a Pretender.

There were a couple of sentences in there that were far more erotic than a whole slew of stories by some erotica writers I've sampled recently.

Aug 31, Emmanuelle rated it liked it. I love Tara Maya. She's a fantastic author and I love that she takes the time to write thoroughly stories rather then rush through a story just to get it out. Sure, it means there are great lengths of time between releases but that's ok; I'd rather have that then have an incomplete or inaccurate story. While I didn't necessarily personally like all the short stories in this anthology, there were a number that I thought were fantastic.

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I love getting to know Tara Maya as an author better and the back story to her life. I think her idea of a short story series based off of the Tarot cards is a great idea because I loved the twists on the two stories included in this anthology.

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Conmergence : An Anthology of Speculative Fiction by Tara Maya (2010, Paperback)

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