permission/forgiveness was pretty cool. i also thought long hair in the attic was sort of fun. i remember being lukewarm on flesh colored horror (have read that story before) and i think now i know why. i think some of ito's other stories like layers of fear have explored what was being explored in it in a more fun way. headless statues was like creepy fun but it was sorta stupid. same for the other stories i haven't mentioned. overall, i didn't super like this collection. i guess the body horror was pretty cool, so maybe i'll reread, so i don't know. i hadn't read permission/forgiveness before, and i really enjoyed it, so i'm grateful for that at the very least.