I picked this book because it featured a short story from one of my favorite authors, Anton Strout.
Taking the myth of Pandora's Box, the editors asked for contribution of stories on what Pandora's closet might have contained. The items include a pair of ruby red shoes that now belong to a middle-aged Dorothy, a red hoodie purchased by a girl on her way to visit her grandmother, and cap that belonged to a Nazi communications specialist. Some of the authors used characters from their novels and that could be a little awkward if you weren't already familiar with them. My favorite was a story about a gift of earrings to a young widow from her grandmother, herself a widow three times over. The good thing about reading an anthology is that if the story is lame, it's over quickly enough and you can continue on to something better.
Taking the myth of Pandora's Box, the editors asked for contribution of stories on what Pandora's closet might have contained. The items include a pair of ruby red shoes that now belong to a middle-aged Dorothy, a red hoodie purchased by a girl on her way to visit her grandmother, and cap that belonged to a Nazi communications specialist. Some of the authors used characters from their novels and that could be a little awkward if you weren't already familiar with them. My favorite was a story about a gift of earrings to a young widow from her grandmother, herself a widow three times over. The good thing about reading an anthology is that if the story is lame, it's over quickly enough and you can continue on to something better.
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