a huge book, full of good stories, with the exception of the George R. R. Martin one, which was dry beyond belief. ( )

So far, I've really liked the first story, and Nora's Song.... ( )

3 - “Some Desperado” by Joe Abercrombie - A Red Country story
5 - “My Heart is Either Broken” by Megan Abbott
4 - “Nora’s Song” by Cecelia Holland
2 - “The Hands That Are Not There” by Melinda Snodgrass
/ - “Bombshells” by Jim Butcher - A Harry Dresden story
4 - “Raisa Stepanova” by Carrie Vaughn
3 - “Wrestling Jesus” by Joe R. Lansdale
5 - “Neighbors” by Megan Lindholm
3 - “I Know How to Pick ’Em” by Lawrence Block
4 - “Shadows For Silence in the Forests of Hell” by Brandon Sanderson - A Cosmere story
3 - “A Queen in Exile” by Sharon Kay Penman
5 - “The Girl in the Mirror” by Lev Grossman - A Magicians story
3 - “Second Arabesque, Very Slowly” by Nancy Kress
3 - “City Lazarus” by Diana Rowland
/ - “Virgins” by Diana Gabaldon - An Outlander story
/ - “Hell Hath No Fury” by Sherilynn Kenyon
3 - “Pronouncing Doom” by S.M. Stirling - An Emberverse story
4 - “Name the Beast” by Sam Sykes
/ - “Caretakers” by Pat Cadigan
4 - “Lies My Mother Told Me” by Caroline Spector - A Wild Cards story
2 - “The Princess and the Queen” by George R.R. Martin - A Song of Ice and Fire story ( )

Only read "Bombshells". ( )

Disappointing, despite a couple of interesting stories. In far too many cases, the 'dangerous women' are two-dimensional figures of male fantasy, or the plot (such as it is) relies on sexual violence against women. There are also several future dystopia stories with remarkably similar premises. ( )