Anthologies of short stories -- especially those written by one author -- tend to be mixed bags, with stories ranging from the exceptional to the pretty lame. This Masterton collection is actually better than average, with mostly exceptional stories, including two standouts about a man who, after his involvement in a hit-and-run accident, keeps encountering what appears to the same woman again and again ("Grief"), and about an ambitious chef who is given the opportunity to make a dish from a forbidden recipe book ("The Secret Shih-Tan"). These stories provide morals about death and justice.
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Anthologies of short stories -- especially those written by one author -- tend to be mixed bags, with stories ranging from the exceptional to the pretty lame. This Masterton collection is actually better than average, with mostly exceptional stories, including two standouts about a man who, after his involvement in a hit-and-run accident, keeps encountering what appears to the same woman again and again ("Grief"), and about an ambitious chef who is given the opportunity to make a dish from a forbidden recipe book ("The Secret Shih-Tan"). These stories provide morals about death and justice.