Short story collections. Strong theme, or just the best stories? Can a collection include nightmares and light-hearted stuff? (An experienced author says a good collection does not vary wildly in tone. But my stuff does).
what do you think as a reader, and what do you do yourself?
@stephenwhq@bookstodon Stories leaning towards a similar genre would be strongly recommended, or genres that compliment each other. If they are romance stories, then audiemce is likely to be readers of romance and may not enjoy if, say, you throw in a horror. If it is speculative fiction then you can safely throw in the sff stories, scifi fantasy horror..... I think
yes, all but two are SFF. One is a 'straight' story about an actual real research project but speculating about an odd reaction to tech and therefore SFF-like. The other is just funny but a tad weird. I feel people will forgive these.
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