a short story collection i actually like !!!!!
sorry usually im such a hater regarding short story collections because they’re often so totally diverse i feel like im getting whiplash, but this did not happen!!! i had a fun time!!!!
im honestly amazed the tone and themes were consistent especially with the array of stories. i mean the head is horrifying as all hell (i literally had a nightmare about it after i read it my god); ruler of the winds and sands was speculative fiction; reunion made me want to sob; and goodbye my love gave me the sapphic robot story i didn’t know i needed.
standout stories for me are;
- the head: obv — if i dream about a book it means i’ve been pondering that shit deeply. i drove an hour after reading this and i just kept replaying it in my mind.
- cursed bunny: was very much a slow burn, but my god when this got going it went in HARD
- scars: this reminded me so much of genie the feral child and idk i was rooting for the youth so hard and that ending. god.
- reunion: any book mentioning eastern europe is immediately winning brownie points for me. extra bonus points as literally two days ago my grandpa’s ancestrydna updated to say he’s polish (bro has had no idea). seems random for me to mention that but idk it felt like a funny coincidence that made me like this story more. i mean it was also good as well im just easily swayed by mentions of eastern europe
ngl some stories in this collection were…. Fine. like compared to the other stories in this collection, frozen finger & embodiment sucked sorry not sorry.
anyways one story mentioned mulled wine so i’m gonna go make some forralt bor and get white girl wasted at 2am bless up