The Best of Subterranean, William Schafer, Ed.- The Subterranean Press Magazine sadly is no more, but to get a glimpse of the high wattage talent it once featured, here is an anthology of 29 stories from some of the most honored and awarded practitioners in the field. I managed to get three or four issues of this quarterly before it stopped and there were always wonders inside. Different genres mix it up and there should be something for everyone, science fiction, horror, steampunk, fantasy, etc. K. J. Parker gives a story of music and the strange and sometimes dangerous lives of composers on some unnamed medieval world. Harlan Ellison talks about cause and effect, action and reaction, and what really happens as a result. I love Alastair Reynolds's Revelation Space stories usually, but this one was a bit to dark and unfulfilled. Maria Dahvana Headley hunts mystical tigers in the Indian jungles in "Game". Add to this list, stories by Lewis Shiner, Robert Silverberg, Rachel Swirsky, Michael Bishop, Joe R. Lansdale, Ted Chang, Joe Hill, George R.R. Martin, and many more- you get the picture. Sure, not everything is going to be your favorite, but that's the usual case with most anthologies. At least the standards are set very high here. I think I can safely say, if you are going to read one anthology this year, this entry should be at the top of your list.