Reviews
"Engaging, with strokes of brilliance"- Kirkus "This star-studded exercise in creative writing tests the wits of favorite authors and shows readers how even the big shots hone their craft."- Publishers Weekly, starred review "The stories embrace a range of styles and subjects, but, like their enigmatic and mysterious inspirations, each touches on the strange, the odd, and the fantastic."- The Horn Book Magazine "While the stories are distinct-by turns funny, sinister, and touching-they have much in common, sharing an arch tone, a curious metaphysicality, and some familiar folk-tale tropes, and the authors' commitment to the original conceit gives the volume additional cohesion."- Booklist, "Engaging, with strokes of brilliance" Kirkus "This star-studded exercise in creative writing tests the wits of favorite authors and shows readers how even the big shots hone their craft." Publishers Weekly, starred review "The stories embrace a range of styles and subjects, but, like their enigmatic and mysterious inspirations, each touches on the strange, the odd, and the fantastic." The Horn Book Magazine "While the stories are distinctby turns funny, sinister, and touchingthey have much in common, sharing an arch tone, a curious metaphysicality, and some familiar folk-tale tropes, and the authors' commitment to the original conceit gives the volume additional cohesion." Booklist, "The liveliest entries pick up on Van Allsburg's haunting ambiguity: Jon Scieszka ends with a cliffhanger, Gregory Maguire weaves a complex tale of magic, and M.T. Anderson concocts a chilling Halloween offering... This star-studded exercise in creative writing tests the wits of favorite authors and shows readers how even the big shots hone their craft."-- Publishers Weekly, starred review, "Engaging, with strokes of brilliance"-- Kirkus "This star-studded exercise in creative writing tests the wits of favorite authors and shows readers how even the big shots hone their craft."-- Publishers Weekly, starred review "The stories embrace a range of styles and subjects, but, like their enigmatic and mysterious inspirations, each touches on the strange, the odd, and the fantastic."-- The Horn Book Magazine "While the stories are distinct--by turns funny, sinister, and touching--they have much in common, sharing an arch tone, a curious metaphysicality, and some familiar folk-tale tropes, and the authors' commitment to the original conceit gives the volume additional cohesion."-- Booklist, eoeEngaging, with strokes of brillianceee" Kirkus eoeThis star-studded exercise in creative writing tests the wits of favorite authors and shows readers how even the big shots hone their craft.ee" Publishers Weekly, starred review eoeThe stories embrace a range of styles and subjects, but, like their enigmatic and mysterious inspirations, each touches on the strange, the odd, and the fantastic.ee" The Horn Book Magazine eoeWhile the stories are distincte"by turns funny, sinister, and touchinge"they have much in common, sharing an arch tone, a curious metaphysicality, and some familiar folk-tale tropes, and the authorse(tm) commitment to the original conceit gives the volume additional cohesion.ee" Booklist
