Seattle Reader asked me if I would consider reading more science fiction and I said I had tried, but I just wasn't finding that the modern sf captured my attention. That, however, took me back to The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume One, 1929 - 1964, edited by Robert Silverberg. I have been enjoying past favorites such as Nightfall (Isaac Asimov), Mars is Heaven (Ray Bradbury), Nine Billion Names of God (Arthur C. Clarke), Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes) ... and the list goes on. :-)

Some how, looking for old sf favorites brought up this: The Dragon Done It, edited by Eric Flint and Mike Resnick ... fantasy mystery! A combination I could not pass up! As with many collections of short stories there were some I skipped after reading a few pages, but what a fun bunch of tales this was! Pay special attention to The Case of Four and Twenty Blackbirds, by Neil Gaiman, and Alimentary, My Dear Watson, by Lawrence Schimel.

Short mysteries of a more traditional nature may be found in The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories, by Agatha Christie. There's a reason why she's still so popular, she's good! I thoroughly enjoyed this collection of 'cozies'. With or without a cup of tea. :-)

More mysteries with a common theme now: Death By Horoscope, edited by Anne Perry. Whether the characters believed or scoffed at astrology, it affects every mystery here ... sometimes in unexpected ways. It was fun reading how familiar authors brought the signs of the zodiac into a story.

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