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Furry contains a bit too much science fiction for my tastes, with a bit more focus on making the characters' nonhuman nature be a central part of the plot and story than I really would have liked. That is one of the things that appealed to me about "The Boar Goes North" by Matt Posner -- there is no tiresome explanation why the nonhuman characters are not human, and the boar of the title certainly makes no excuses for his physical appearance. It appeals a lot more to my suspension of disbelief with anthropomorphic animals that just are. Another particularly interesting story is "Castlefail" by Jefferson P. Swycaffer, which takes on a certain fable-like tone and plot without being told in the traditional bare-bones style of a fable.
Other favorites of mine in the volume were "Foxy Lady" by Lawrence Watt-Evans, "Crucible" by Kim Liu, "Canis Major" by Michael H Payne and "A Snapshot From Fayetteville" by Mick Collins.
I'd certainly purchase other similar books in the future, but by that same token I would hope for them to focus a bit less on the science fiction and have much less of the tired "humans genetically engineered furries and now oppress them" theme.