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Simon Canderous #1.5 - The Fourteenth Virtue
The Dimension Next Door
13 original stories about the realities just around the corner...
Movements glimpsed out of the corner of your eye, inexplicable sounds, knowledge for which there is no rational explanation, dreams that seem as real as our own everyday life-products of overactive imaginations, or unexpected glimpses into dimensions beyond our own? Join thirteen intrepid writers as they explore those unknown territories that may be found in any of countless Dimensions Next Door.
From a Celtic knot maze that could trap an unwary archaeologist; to an Internet site that offers to bring karmic balance into one man's life; to a man bespelled to walk the future in the service of his queen-here are tales of the strange, challenging, and often wondrous worlds just waiting to be discovered by those with the ability to perceive them.
Movements glimpsed out of the corner of your eye, inexplicable sounds, knowledge for which there is no rational explanation, dreams that seem as real as our own everyday life-products of overactive imaginations, or unexpected glimpses into dimensions beyond our own? Join thirteen intrepid writers as they explore those unknown territories that may be found in any of countless Dimensions Next Door.
From a Celtic knot maze that could trap an unwary archaeologist; to an Internet site that offers to bring karmic balance into one man's life; to a man bespelled to walk the future in the service of his queen-here are tales of the strange, challenging, and often wondrous worlds just waiting to be discovered by those with the ability to perceive them.
291 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2008
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About the author
Martin H. Greenberg
909 books164 followersMartin Harry Greenberg was an American academic and speculative fiction anthologist. In all, he compiled 1,298 anthologies and commissioned over 8,200 original short stories. He founded Tekno Books, a packager of more than 2000 published books. In addition, he was a co-founder of the Sci-Fi Channel.
For the 1950s anthologist and publisher of Gnome Press, see Martin Greenberg.
For the 1950s anthologist and publisher of Gnome Press, see Martin Greenberg.
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September 16, 2024
The Fourteenth Virtue by Anton Strout 3 stars: I really enjoyed it but it was a little jarring for Ben Franklin to be one of the characters.
Waiting for Evolution by Jody Lynne Nye 0 stars: DNF'd after the first two paragraphs
The Trouble with the Truth by Nina Kiriki Hoffman 4.5 stars: great story! The angels threw me off, but I enjoyed the rest of it and would kill for a full length novel!
AFK by Chris Pierson 3 stars: lost a star for bad math.
Unreadable by Steven E. Schend 5 stars: bizarre and lovely.
Not My Knot by Irene Radford 4 stars; didn't love the ending, but it was good enough. The rest was a good read.
www. KARMASSIST .com by Donald J. Bingle 1 star: Ugh. Definitely not my cup of tea. Thought about DNFing after the first page and I wish I had.
The Avalon Psalter by Lillian Stewart Carl 0 stars: DNFd after first page.
Shadows in the Mirrors by Bradley P. Beaulieu 3 stars: This one definitely needs a full novel.
God Pays by Paul Genesse 3 stars: not much to say about this one. It was okay.
Jack of the High Hills by Brenda Cooper 1 star: It felt too incomplete, even for a short story.
The Silver Path by Fiona Patton 4 stars: I feel like I understood this story while I was reading it, but now all the understanding is gone and all I'm left with is wonder and confusion.
Hear No Evil by Alexander B. Potter 0 stars: DNFd after two pages
Waiting for Evolution by Jody Lynne Nye 0 stars: DNF'd after the first two paragraphs
The Trouble with the Truth by Nina Kiriki Hoffman 4.5 stars: great story! The angels threw me off, but I enjoyed the rest of it and would kill for a full length novel!
AFK by Chris Pierson 3 stars: lost a star for bad math.
Unreadable by Steven E. Schend 5 stars: bizarre and lovely.
Not My Knot by Irene Radford 4 stars; didn't love the ending, but it was good enough. The rest was a good read.
www. KARMASSIST .com by Donald J. Bingle 1 star: Ugh. Definitely not my cup of tea. Thought about DNFing after the first page and I wish I had.
The Avalon Psalter by Lillian Stewart Carl 0 stars: DNFd after first page.
Shadows in the Mirrors by Bradley P. Beaulieu 3 stars: This one definitely needs a full novel.
God Pays by Paul Genesse 3 stars: not much to say about this one. It was okay.
Jack of the High Hills by Brenda Cooper 1 star: It felt too incomplete, even for a short story.
The Silver Path by Fiona Patton 4 stars: I feel like I understood this story while I was reading it, but now all the understanding is gone and all I'm left with is wonder and confusion.
Hear No Evil by Alexander B. Potter 0 stars: DNFd after two pages
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July 31, 2022The Fourteenth Virtue • [Simon Canderous] • shortstory by Anton Strout
Waiting for Evolution • novelette by Jody Lynn Nye
♥"The Trouble with the Truth" by Nina Kiriki Hoffman re-read 8/19/2015 and read aloud to Lisa 12/23/2015
AFK • novelette by Chris Pierson
Unreadable • novelette by Steven E. Schend
Not My Knot • novelette by Irene Radford
www.karmassist.com • shortstory by Donald J. Bingle
The Avalon Psalter • shortstory by Lillian Stewart Carl
Shadows in the Mirrors • novelette by Bradley P. Beaulieu
God Pays • shortstory by Paul Genesse
Jack of the High Hills • shortstory by Brenda Cooper
The Silver Path • novelette by Fiona Patton
Hear no Evil • novelette by Alexander Potter [as by Alexander B. Potter ]
Waiting for Evolution • novelette by Jody Lynn Nye
♥"The Trouble with the Truth" by Nina Kiriki Hoffman re-read 8/19/2015 and read aloud to Lisa 12/23/2015
AFK • novelette by Chris Pierson
Unreadable • novelette by Steven E. Schend
Not My Knot • novelette by Irene Radford
www.karmassist.com • shortstory by Donald J. Bingle
The Avalon Psalter • shortstory by Lillian Stewart Carl
Shadows in the Mirrors • novelette by Bradley P. Beaulieu
God Pays • shortstory by Paul Genesse
Jack of the High Hills • shortstory by Brenda Cooper
The Silver Path • novelette by Fiona Patton
Hear no Evil • novelette by Alexander Potter [as by Alexander B. Potter ]
May 12, 2013
This is one of the best anthologies I've read in the past couple of years. All of the authors had very different takes on "the dimension next door", and that made it a treat.
While some stories were better than others, they were all very well-written (and in my experience, usually an anthology had at least a couple of duds).
Most of the time, if I keep an anthology, it's because of 1 -3 really good stories, and the rest range from duds to meh. With this one- I really was taken with almost all of them!
Recommended.
While some stories were better than others, they were all very well-written (and in my experience, usually an anthology had at least a couple of duds).
Most of the time, if I keep an anthology, it's because of 1 -3 really good stories, and the rest range from duds to meh. With this one- I really was taken with almost all of them!
Recommended.
April 18, 2009
My friend Brad ran across this review of an anthology he and I are both featured in. We found it very cool that the reviewer mentioned two stories in the review, Brad's and mine.
Here's the link to True Review, an online magazine:
http://www.truereviewonline.com/TRUE7...
Or here's the text:
THE DIMENSION NEXT DOOR,
ed. by Martin H. Greenberg and
Kerrie Hughes. DAW, 2008, 291
pp., $7.99. ISBN 978-0-7564-0509-0
The subtitle of DIMENSION should be, simply, “portals to other worlds.” This collection represents a few stories I find interesting: “Shadows In the Mirrors” by Bradley P. Beaulieu. Julie believes, in her heart, that she has a daughter, Adelaide, who was abducted. Just like in the Jodie Foster movie, no one remembers her daughter. There is no record of Julie having a daughter. But Julie is certain she does–and her fears are confirmed the day she sees her daughter’s ashen face in a street artist’s rendering. The artist, Kane Reynolds, uses the ashes of the deceased in his charcoal drawings, or so it is rumored. And he draws children–lots of them. Is Kane an abductor? Or is there something in his work that is crucial to the children’s mysterious disappearance and perhaps their eventual fate?
“God Pays” by Paul Genesse. Antonina Maria Carreno, professor of linguistic archeology at the Mesoamerican Studies Department at Vanderbilt University, accompanies a dig near an abandoned city, Lamanai, Mexico, on the eve of the Dec. 21, 2012 winter solstice–the Mayan predicted end of the world. Nina stumbles into a portal to the past–back to a place of human sacrifice. The thousands of denizens in the ancient Mayan city–after they see her surgical scar to remove a cancerous uterus–believe she is the moon goddess Ixchel, and they come to believe she IS the daughter of Ixchel, the Mother Bridge, back to the Fifth World–in other words, their redeemer queen. Does she give her body to them to save the people? And does the Yucateca Mayan phrase, Diosbo’otik, “God pays,” really mean anything?
Here's the link to True Review, an online magazine:
http://www.truereviewonline.com/TRUE7...
Or here's the text:
THE DIMENSION NEXT DOOR,
ed. by Martin H. Greenberg and
Kerrie Hughes. DAW, 2008, 291
pp., $7.99. ISBN 978-0-7564-0509-0
The subtitle of DIMENSION should be, simply, “portals to other worlds.” This collection represents a few stories I find interesting: “Shadows In the Mirrors” by Bradley P. Beaulieu. Julie believes, in her heart, that she has a daughter, Adelaide, who was abducted. Just like in the Jodie Foster movie, no one remembers her daughter. There is no record of Julie having a daughter. But Julie is certain she does–and her fears are confirmed the day she sees her daughter’s ashen face in a street artist’s rendering. The artist, Kane Reynolds, uses the ashes of the deceased in his charcoal drawings, or so it is rumored. And he draws children–lots of them. Is Kane an abductor? Or is there something in his work that is crucial to the children’s mysterious disappearance and perhaps their eventual fate?
“God Pays” by Paul Genesse. Antonina Maria Carreno, professor of linguistic archeology at the Mesoamerican Studies Department at Vanderbilt University, accompanies a dig near an abandoned city, Lamanai, Mexico, on the eve of the Dec. 21, 2012 winter solstice–the Mayan predicted end of the world. Nina stumbles into a portal to the past–back to a place of human sacrifice. The thousands of denizens in the ancient Mayan city–after they see her surgical scar to remove a cancerous uterus–believe she is the moon goddess Ixchel, and they come to believe she IS the daughter of Ixchel, the Mother Bridge, back to the Fifth World–in other words, their redeemer queen. Does she give her body to them to save the people? And does the Yucateca Mayan phrase, Diosbo’otik, “God pays,” really mean anything?
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February 8, 2009
I truly, truly enjoyed this anthology. So much so that I have to give it 5 tombstones. With 13 stories to choose from, it was difficult to only pick a few stories to highlight in this review. I probably could have mentioned each and every one of them and I found something to like in all 13...
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For the entire review please go to the Best Paranormal & Urban Fantasy Review site on the web, Bitten By Books for the review of The Dimension Next Door in it's entirety. You won't be sorry.
March 10, 2009
I primarily bought this book because of the Anton Strout story "The Fourteenth Virtue." It's a short back story from his Simon Canderous world, and we learn a little more about the F.O.G.gies and some surprising "facts" about Benjamin Franklin. It's a great story, and a must-have if you are collecting the Canderous series.
The other short stories are terrific as well. Frankly, I haven't met an anthology edited by Martin H. Greenberg that I didn't like. He's definitely the reigning king of anthologies.
The other short stories are terrific as well. Frankly, I haven't met an anthology edited by Martin H. Greenberg that I didn't like. He's definitely the reigning king of anthologies.
October 16, 2012
Interesting assortment of stories. Got me to think about scenarios I had never considered before. Would read again.
Didn't get to the book quickly enough; returned it unfinished and overdue to the library after already renewing it twice.
Didn't get to the book quickly enough; returned it unfinished and overdue to the library after already renewing it twice.
July 11, 2009
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