The Other Side: An Anthology of Queer Paranormal Romance
by Melanie Gillman, Kori Michele Handwerker, Mildred Louis, Sfé R. Monster, K. O'Neill, Amelia Onorato, Aatmaja Pandya, Fyodor Pavlov, Bitmap Prager, Ezra Rose, Britt Sabo, Bishakh Kumar Som, Kou Chen, Sarah W. Searle, Laurel Varian, Mary Verhoeven, C.B. Webb, Mari Costa, Natasha Donovan, Gisele Jobateh, Margaret Kirchner, Hannah Krieger, F. Lee, Kate Leth
more of a 4.5 than a 4 tbh. it's an anthology, not every story will be perfect, but there are SO many very, very good ones, they make you forget the forgettable....
EMMA-FZR 400RRSP: one of multiple "befriending/making out with the ghost of the inanimate place or thing" stories, but this one is about a butch and her motorbike. Win.
Halo: lovely art, sad and philosophical
Pulpit Point: made me cry and then laugh out loud two panels later, and then I had to reread it all again. SO GOOD.
Rabbit Stew: lovely art, and so atmospheric.
Third Circle Pizza: great idea!!! one of the most original in the book. also, really good art!! fuckin cute characters!
Tierra Verde: also one of my favorites, although i kept thinking it was over because it could have ended perfectly on either the fourth to last or second to last pages, which made the landing a bit bumpy. the art is incredible, though, and the idea, and I loved loved loved the characters and setting. so, uh, yeah.
Bare Bones: OK, yeah, another seducing the spirit of the place story, but really well done. I also liked that the main character is lowkey a trans guy but it's not mentioned-mentioned because it's not important to the story.