Rise Reviews

When given the opportunity to read and review Beauty Has Her Way, an anthology edited by Jennifer Brozek, I jumped on the chance. I positively loved the last anthology of hers that I had read, Close Encounters of the Urban Kind, and looked forward to diving into this collection.

In the introduction, Jennifer Brozek cites the song “Beauty Has Her Way” by Mummy Calls as an inspiration for the anthology. Her interpretation of the song evolved until she came up with doing an anthology based around the notion of women using all of their assets to get their way. This is not to be confused with the idea of them using those assets to do the right thing.

Edited by Jennifer Brozek, The Edge of Propinquity is driven by a great concept: “Exploring the world around us that lurks just beneath the surface.” All the stories in this zine are set in a dark place, just outside the norm, just outside time, and just outside comfort. In particular, the theme of this month’s [...]