Review of The Map of Lost Places
The Map of Lost Places, edited by Sheree Renée Thomas and Lesley Conner (Apex Book Company, 2024), is a wonderful anthology filled with the dark and strange recesses of our world and the stories that happen there.
This anthology contains twenty-two stories, and it was difficult to narrow down those stories to just the ones that I truly loved. I had a fondness for the historically inspired stories like “Silverheels” by Rebecca E. Treasure, “A Realm Alive After Dusk” by Ai Jiang, and “Notes towards a history of LeHorn’s Hollow” by Brian Keene. The last of those three, in particular, was directly up my alley when it comes to weird history! I also really loved the atmospheric “Hulderhola” by Oliver Ferrie and K.S. Walker’s chilling (but strangely gentle) “Salt.” Finally, I enjoyed two of the stranger stories in the anthology, Rich Larson’s “Place of Lost Stories” and Samir Basu’s “Development/Hell,” both of which played with the idea of “place” in very satisfying ways.
There are plenty of other delightfully spooky stories in this anthology, taking place across space and time. If you like the sort of anthology that makes you wonder how much is real and how much is fiction, The Map of Lost Places will be a great read for you!
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