Each story could stand on its own and communicated the rules of its world. However, the Dresden story would not have made much sense to me without a vague knowledge of those characters. The other 3 stories worked very well as independent entities.
I definitely want to explore Green's Nightside. The only thing that bothered me about that story was that I had a hard time visualizing it in my head. The physics and rules of the world were a bit fuzzy but it was part of what made it interesting. Richardson's Greywalker has definitely had more intense adventures but this tale was very personal and character driven. Both are worlds I think are worth more investigation (pun slightly intended).
Sniegoski's tale of angels, ancient races, and grief didn't grab me in the same way as the others. I have no doubt it's a compelling series and the creatures that came from biblical myth are interesting but I'm not as excited about it as the others.
I enjoyed these tales but this is one of the few anthologies that had no tale I was interested in revisiting. I'm trying to get more of these anthologies from the library since I don't want to part with them because at least one tale will resonate with me too much. If they're borrowed in the first place, I won't have the desire to hang on to quite so many of these.
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