Fire watch Book

The last story, Blued Moon is the star - very much in the same vein as To Say Nothing of the Dog (my favourite Willis novel). It's a sparkling celebration of coincidences and technical jargon. The kind of story that makes me want to shout, "Yes, Connie! Yes! Write more stories like this!"

As with all short story collections it's a mixed bag. Despite kicking off Willis' superb time-travel series (which I love), I was surprised that the title story, Fire Watch didn't do all that much for me.
All My Darling Daughters however, was genuinely VERY creepy and will (unfortunately) live long in the memory... *shudder*
I also enjoyed The Sidon In The Mirror - a fascinating setting and character concept with far more potential that Willis had the chance to mine (no pun intended if you've read the story) here.
Mail Order Close was fun - and just perfect for the short story length.
Daisy In The Sun reminded me a lot of another Willis book - Passage with it's use of dreamscapes and memory echoes - actually more effective here than in Passage

The rest... were a little lightweight for me - all well written, but without the spark to really make me want to talk about them!

Overall, I'm actually very impressed. I'm a tough audience for short stories, but there were enough gems here to keep me happy and, like I said, Blued Moon was a 5-star smash hit and worth the £3 I paid for the book all by itself :-)

After this I read: Goliath