Some of these stories left me breathless, like Indrapramit Das's and Rebecca Roanhorse's contributions. Others washed over me like a slow wave, where their impact didn't seem big, but then I turned the story over in my mind again and again, like E. Lily Yu's. Normally, an anthology contains at least a story or two that I just feel "meh" about, but in this collection, the bar was higher. Even the stories I felt more neutrally about lingered. This is really an excellent collection, and I want to just push it into people's hands.