Dark and creepy, the collection of these stories talks about various issues, from the loss of family members, loss of identity, and issues pertraining Native American life. Mostly, the problem of alcoholism (in the story notes, the writer, he himself a member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, mentiones how alcohol is widespread among Native Americans) and how it affects health and life of individuals. There's a lot of pain and grief in this collection.

Not all of the stories worked for me. While I liked a lot of the ideas, some seem a bit underdeveloped, they could be a bit longer and more fleshed-out in the topics they broached. But, the stories that I liked had some truly great, visceral and vivid descriptions where the creep factor was high. I was at moments truly freaked out. Nicely done. A special mention here goes to the first story, Soilborne, that has a particular theme I really like. It's very short, but impactful and effective. I had to write down quotes that disturbed me, I was just in love. Another special mention for the story Imitate, because I love creepy kids, love creepy doppelgangers, and love the ending. It had an amazing unsettling atmosphere. And in the end, Dead America because it had a particular scene that described something that I'm personally very afraid will happen to me. Not with the spiders, as in the story, but with the centipedes, but regardless, the descriptions were so visceral, I felt it, it disturbed me, and that visual will probably stay with me.