Kitsune. Werewolves. Crane wives. Selkies. Every culture has stories of such strange creatures - animals turning into humans, humans shapeshifting into animals. Sometimes seductive, sometimes bloodthirsty, but always unpredictable like nature itself, these beings are manifestations of our secret hearts, our desire to belong to both worlds: one tame and civilized, the other unfettered and full of wild impulse. Here are stories that will make you wish you could howl at the moon until your heart bursts with longing or feel yourself shedding your human body as easily as a snake sheds its skin. Beware the night...it might not kill you, but it will certainly steal you away!
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By R. C. Bowman
Format:Paperback
This book made me mad.
I don't usually get irritated with books. Usually--like most people, I'd assume--I get bored if it's bad. But "Bewere the Night" was really, really irritating. Why?
The quality of the stories was ridiculously inconsistent.
There are jewels here (at least as far as I'm concerned.) There are pieces that border on brilliant, pieces in every genre imaginable, from the near-literary ("Thirst", "She Drives Men to Crimes of Passion!", "Snow on Sugar Mountain", "The Aphotic Ghost", "Coyotaje") to gritty, weird dark fantasy ("The Were-Wizard of Oz", "The Sinews of His Heart) to adventure ("The Gaze Dogs of Nine Waterfall")to science fiction ("The Thief of Precious Things") to the absurdly touching ("Aphotic" and "Snow Mountain" again, "Blue Joe") to the weirdly funny ("Heavy"). There are a few more very good ones, of course. These just really, really stuck out to me. The collection gets 5 stars on the merits of these stories alone, since they themselves could comprise a collection.
On the other hand, "The Coldest Game" was one of the most ridiculous pieces of short fiction I have read in a very long time. Some pieces are borderline-incomprehensible. Some are overwritten. Some are simply not interesting whatsoever. As well, there is an uncomfortable amount of typos in the book. Nearly every story contains one, generally some sort of punctuation error that is probably not the writers' faults.
However, that aside, I have to give "Bewere the Night" five stars, simply because of the quality and beauty displayed in about half the stories. You're not wasting anything if you buy the collection. It's entirely worth it.
I don't usually get irritated with books. Usually--like most people, I'd assume--I get bored if it's bad. But "Bewere the Night" was really, really irritating. Why?
The quality of the stories was ridiculously inconsistent.
There are jewels here (at least as far as I'm concerned.) There are pieces that border on brilliant, pieces in every genre imaginable, from the near-literary ("Thirst", "She Drives Men to Crimes of Passion!", "Snow on Sugar Mountain", "The Aphotic Ghost", "Coyotaje") to gritty, weird dark fantasy ("The Were-Wizard of Oz", "The Sinews of His Heart) to adventure ("The Gaze Dogs of Nine Waterfall")to science fiction ("The Thief of Precious Things") to the absurdly touching ("Aphotic" and "Snow Mountain" again, "Blue Joe") to the weirdly funny ("Heavy"). There are a few more very good ones, of course. These just really, really stuck out to me. The collection gets 5 stars on the merits of these stories alone, since they themselves could comprise a collection.
On the other hand, "The Coldest Game" was one of the most ridiculous pieces of short fiction I have read in a very long time. Some pieces are borderline-incomprehensible. Some are overwritten. Some are simply not interesting whatsoever. As well, there is an uncomfortable amount of typos in the book. Nearly every story contains one, generally some sort of punctuation error that is probably not the writers' faults.
However, that aside, I have to give "Bewere the Night" five stars, simply because of the quality and beauty displayed in about half the stories. You're not wasting anything if you buy the collection. It's entirely worth it.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
The animals and themes change as often as the shapeshifters themselves.
November 23, 2011
By Sean Silva
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Bewere the Night is a memorable dive into the world of werecreatures and shapeshifters because the editor wasn't afraid to take risks. As with any anthology, tastes and quality of the stories can vary (some were overwritten and had spelling errors), and I expected to see countless takes on the same old werewolf idea. Thankfully, I was wrong, and pleasantly surprised to see so much variety. From crows to foxes and selkies to tigers, the animals and themes change as often as the shapeshifters themselves. We get to see tales of boars, coyotes, jaguars, and even jellyfish and scarecrows. Yet there are still enjoyable and fresh romps into the common theme of werewolves, like "Watchmen", which deals with a bloodthirsty group of violent werewolf bouncers at a dance club. "Swear Not by the Moon", which examines a father and son relationship and having to deal with the fact that everyone has to grow old and die--even werewolves. Want something more out there? How about a modern werewolf spin on the classic Wizard of Oz story? Want some action, how 'bout a monster hunter doing battle with a wereboar? There is a lot here to enjoy, and any reader will definitely find plenty to like about this anthology.
10 of 17 people found the following review helpful
By London Fog
Format:Paperback
On the positive side, 'Bewere the Night' is an anthology that shies away from the usage of stereotypical story lines in the werewolf and general horror genre. These are twenty-nine of the most original pieces of fiction I've yet to read... but unfortunately, the vast majority are in fact unreadable. It was not a favourable omen for the entirety of the book when I had to skip over the first story 'Thief of Precious Things', which was actually piquing my interest but was so overwritten, I was getting a headache from the frequency of my eyerolls. That about sums this book up. Fairly interesting stories that I wanted very badly to read and get into, but were rendered unreadable by amateurish writers. There's nothing much worthwhile here - save your money and skip it.
