The Djinn Falls in Love and Other Stories

Exquisite and audacious, and highly recommended * The New York Times *
Opens quietly with an intense, thrumming poem from Egyptian poet Hermes, and then ignites like the creature it profiles... a rich and illuminating cultural experience * The Washington Post *
Seriously creepy... achingly lovely... heartbreaking and hopeful * Publishers Weekly *
I really enjoyed this anthology. It is - here's that word again - gorgeous. Its thematic coherence adds an extra element: not just the individual stories, but their arrangement, have something to say * Reactor *
A sparkling array of talent and imagination * SFX *
Not only an anthology of short stories, but of real narratives... Will let readers enter a world that they have no idea about * New York Journal of Books *
A captivating collection of short stories.... spellbinding and riveting * The Herald *
A vivid and affecting collection of stories * Pop Verse *
The comparatist in me is delighted at this anthology's implications for my academic field; the reader in me is just plain delighted * Dawn *
Not about djinn so much as it is about love, about longing, reaching out to connect, to grant a wish or have a wish granted, and to face the consequences of either * Strange Horizons *
A range of terrific stories in a variety of styles, all of them effective... Fall in love with djinn! Read this book * Geek Syndicate *
The sheer variety of interpretation is what makes this a superior collection, as well as, of course, the superior writing * BookRiot *
Impressive creative range and winking, biting sense of humour... pure magic * Bookwitty *
Pick it up, rub it and make a wish * The Book Eaters *
A treasure chest of literally wonderful and marvellous stories, with a kind of richness that fantasy only rarely achieves -- Tim Powers, author of ON STRANGER TIDES
Vivid, enthralling and endlessly varied. A wonderful collection -- M. R. Carey, author of THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS
A superb collection of superior stories by some of my favourite writers. This is the must-have anthology of the year -- Lavie Tidhar, author of CENTRAL STATION
A stunning anthology of multicultural perspectives on the various lives and natures of the creatures known alternately as Djinn, Jinn, or Genies... Every story in this anthology is pretty much perfect * Ganzeer *
An original take on the subject and beautifully written * Good Times *
A showcase of authorial skill - delicious prose and well-crafted narratives bending themselves around their chosen theme * Speculative Herald *