Name: Upside Down
ISBN: 9781937009441

Monica Valentinelli

Jaym Gates

An anthology of short stories, poetry, and essays with over two dozen authors, ranging from NYT - bestsellers and award winners to debut writers, choosing a tired trope or cliche to challenge and surprise readers through their work. Read stories inspired by tropes such as the Chainmaille Bikini, Love at First Sight, Damsels in Distress and many more.... then discover what these tropes mean to each author to find out what inspired them.

Inverted Tropes in Storytelling

Upside Down

Robert Leubner

** spoiler alert **
           I have read "Upside Down Inverted Tropes in Storytelling". I have had to only skip two stories, namely the stories "Until There is Only Hunger" and "Excess Light". "The Origin of Terror" was relaxing to read. "The Refrigerator in the Girlfriend" and "Chosen" were very funny. I have to ponder about "Lazarus" still. I have read this story twice. ||At the end of this story, do you need super self-healing power if you are a POC? Occurrences, such as George Floyd in the USA and the NSU murders or the Hanau assassinations in Germany show that very clearly. Of course, I have read in the afterword, that the story is the inverted trope of "The Black Man Dies First".|| I could not read the spider novel written by Tschaikowski, too exotic for 400 pages. But as a short story, in which case "The Tangled Web", the topic was completely right. There were many good stories. It was difficult every time to find the entrance to the story. Therefore, novels are easier to read and anthologies are a little bit more exhausting to read. Section 2 contained non-fiction articles. These articles were also interesting. I have learned a lot of transgender tropes, an important topic. I'm still shocked by such a farcical urban legend as "Black Widow". As a well-depicted trans protagonist, I can mention Victor in the last season of Umbrella Academy. All in all, a very, very good book.