If you are a fan of any or all of these writers, and are wishing that there was a new book out to read, then this is going to be essential reading. There is always going to be a bitty feel about this sort of thing, but considering these writers are normally all novelists they don’t fare too badly with the short story form. This sounds as if it might be one of those "taster" volumes with samples of various authors’ work aimed at people who are looking for something new to read. It isn’t, as each story is fairly or very up-to-date with wherever the set of characters the author writes about was at in their last book (apart from Ian Morson’s tale). So this book is squarely aimed at established fans. It is an interesting idea, and one that continues to add a frisson of the sort of fantasy you can expect in a Paul Doherty novel. It is good to read Ian Morson again, and I wouldn’t mind if the new character he invented for this volume appears in a longer novel. I expect the Mediaeval Murderers will be back next summer... one to take on vacation with you.