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The Exit to San Breta: Not as exciting as the previous one, but I do love the concept of the car as the haunted house of the 20th century.

With Morning Comes Mistfall: I really REALLY like the concept and atmosphere in here. Don't think that its message works as well as some other stories by George but the ideas around faith, discovery and, human nature

The Hero: Very basic but effective anti-war story. Wouldn't say that does anything new with the genre but it does position itself against colonial ideals other stories of the time with a similar setting mighht have had

The Other Kind of Loneliness: Sort, effective and depressing, a very neat little candy wrapped in scifi flavour

Reading a bunch of these for book club, so I'll be rating them individually as I make my way through them and decide later if I finish the anthology as a whole!

Sandkings: I can see why this is so popular amongst GRRM fans and just a wider horror community, it’s a truly twisted tale with a lot of familiarity of the themes and iconography, the Asian shopkeeper who sells a mysterious creature to the American is very reminiscent of gremlins and the little shop of horrors element found later makes this easy to picture and a fun read.

Remembering melody: very creepy story lots of setup for a decent ending but feel like it’s lacking a conclusion compared to something like meathouse man.

Meathouse man: George writes about this one specifically in his little segment before these stories and describes it as his venting from a bad relationship experience and boy was he mad, it’s disgusting to put it simply and all the better for it, it’s a truly disgusting tale of a man who desperately wants love but can’t accept rejection and it only gets worse from there really.