The Lone Star Stories Reader

Marin selects 15 fantasy stories from the first 25 issues of webzine Lone Star Stories, with moderate success. In Catherynne M. Valente's stunning Thread: A Triptych, a fantastical mail-order bride is brought to the real world, only to be cast aside. The western meets dark fantasy in Martha Wells's standout Wolf Night, when a group of people barricaded in a stockade are attacked by an otherworldly creature.