Status Updates From Big Dark Hole

The Bookcase Expedition: elves (Hilda-like), adventurous, a bit sad and cute
The Winter Wraith: genuinely didn't understand this one
Big Dark Hole: maybe the best in the collection, very King/Bradbury, weird, ended a bit abruptly
Thanksgiving: strange vibe, character actions/reactions are uncanny, funny premise
Five-Pointed Spell: this may have been the best but the ending was a bit flat

Not Without Mercy: aliens, cosmically unfathomable knowledge, awesome

The Jeweled Wren: a well-executed spin on classic ghost story tropes

Monkey in the Woods: unclear, local folklore
The Match: biblical, weird, metaphor for personal accomplishment?
From the Balcony of the Idawolf Arms: creepy ending, mysterious, dark
Sisyphus in Elysium: mythical, eternal, tragic

Monster Eight: funny, absurd, dark ending
Inn of the Dreaming Dog: surreal, unsettling, adventurous

The Thousand Eyes: weird, vague conclusion
Hibbler’s Minions: first creature introduced was not the horror, it only preceded the monster; carnival freaks in 1930s