Genre: Short Story Anthology/Fantasy/Horror/Science Fiction
Description:
"What if a young girl had the power to
stop her tyrannical father from battering her mother ever again?
What if a student had a secret weapon to end
sexual assault by her predatory professor permanently?
What if a housewife had unusual means to get
back at her controlling husband and walk away from her marriage alive?
In Giving the Devil His Due, The
Pixel Project’s first charity anthology, sixteen acclaimed fantasy, science
fiction, and horror authors take readers on an unforgettable journey to
alternative worlds where men who abuse and murder women and girls meet their
comeuppance in uncanny ways.
Featuring stories from Stephen Graham Jones,
Christina Henry, Peter Tieryas, Kelley Armstrong, Linda D. Addison, Hillary
Monahan, and more, Giving the Devil His Due presents sixteen stories
that will make you think about the importance of justice for the victims of
gender-based violence, how rare this justice is in our own world, and why we
need to end violence against women once and for all.”
The proceeds from this book will go to support The Pixel Project, a non-profit focused on ending violence against women.
Author:
Sixteen authors, each with their own take on things and each bringing
something personal to their story as mentioned in the appraisal below.
Appraisal:
The description for this collection says that these stories “will make
you think about the importance of justice for the victims of gender-based
violence, how rare this justice is in our own world, and why we need to end
violence against women once and for all.” That’s the obvious goal of the
stories and they absolutely deliver on that promise. The stories vary in genre,
tending to have aspects of the speculative fiction genres, horror, fantasy, and
science fiction, since these are the genres the authors invited to contribute
specialize in. I found that some of the stories connected with me better than
others, but hasten to point out that this wasn’t due to flaws in the stories.
Instead, it was the particular set of circumstances and how well it related to
those things I’d observed or could relate to in some other fashion. Which stories
click with you will no doubt be different, but are varied enough that I think
most will find many they can relate to.
After each story there is a brief author’s note that discusses the
inspiration for the story, often a real-life experience of the author or
someone close to them. These brief notes drive home that while these stories
are speculative fiction and in some cases have paranormal or other aspects that
obviously aren’t true, the issues at the core of the story are all too real.
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FYI:
Some adult language and a lot of adult situations.
Format/Typo
Issues:
My version was a pre-release ARC (advance readers copy) and I’m unable
to gauge the final product for these kind of issues.
Rating: ****
Four Stars
Reviewed
by: BigAl
Approximate word count: 80-85,000 words
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