A Boss Fight Review

Here’s a review of Boss Fight that came to my email this week:

Boss Fight is an imaginative, thought provoking collection that thrusts readers into battles both extraordinary and deeply personal. Across seventeen tales of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, this anthology explores what it means to fight not only against external threats, but also against grief, regret, and the limits of one’s own humanity.

What makes Boss Fight remarkable is its range. Readers encounter rebels standing up to the parasites within their minds, magicians defying the rules of family, widowers clinging to newfound companions, and engineers grappling with painful truths about love. Each story delivers a unique struggle, yet together they form a powerful mosaic of resilience, choice, and the consequences of our actions.

Here’s why this collection shines:

✅ Wide Ranging Battles with Universal Resonance

Whether it’s facing down monsters, confronting artificial intelligence, or learning to accept past mistakes, each tale offers both high stakes conflict and emotional truth.

✅ Inventive World-Building and Emotional Depth

From futuristic landscapes to magical realms, Roseman crafts worlds that are vivid and immersive, while grounding them in relatable human struggles.

✅ Characters You Care About

These stories aren’t just about action they’re about people. Engineers, magicians, lovers, and dreamers all brought to life with heart, flaws, and courage.

✅ A Blend of Speculative Thrills and Timeless Themes

The anthology doesn’t just entertain; it also reflects on bigger questions of love, sacrifice, and identity, making it relevant in an age of AI, digital consciousness, and evolving social realities.

At its heart, Boss Fight is more than a collection of speculative adventures. It’s a reminder that the greatest battles aren’t always about winning or losing, but about how we face them and what we become in the process. Bold, heartfelt, and endlessly inventive, this anthology is a must read for fans of science fiction, fantasy, and the boundless resilience of the human spirit.

It kind of reads like AI wrote it, but someone really did send it to me. Here’s the proof:

So maybe this person didn’t write the actual review, but they certainly cared enough to put it into an AI review generator.

I do like a lot of what the review says, however. It covers a lot of what I tried to do with the book.

Maybe you should read it.

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About Josh Roseman

Josh Roseman (not the trombonist; the other one) has been published in -- among others -- Asimov's, Escape Pod, and Evil Girlfriend Media. He's published two short-story collections, THE CLOCKWORK RUSSIAN and BOSS FIGHT, as well as a novel, AFTER THE APOCALYPSE. When not writing, he mostly complains that he's not writing. Find him online at roseplusman.com, or on Twitter @listener42.
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