Service For The Burial of The Dead (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction – November 1982)
The stories range from dark and disturbing (All My Darling Daughters) to the light and humorous (Blued Moon) but all are cleverly conceived and very much character driven. I’ve always considered ‘The Sidon in the Mirror’ in particular to be one of the finest examples of short SF I have ever come across. In the main this is a first rate collection. Willis helpfully provides short introductions to each story, revealing where some of the ideas came from and her methods of working.
There are loose themes of women and religion running through the tales These stories cover a writing period of about five years in the early eighties and contain some of Willis’ best work.
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