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2 stars. Monster by Elizabeth MacNeal. A man tries to gain scientific fame by searching for fossils. Big ones. I didn't care for this story. There's nothing wrong with it and I can see others enjoying it. I appreciated the dinosaur angle but I found all the characters unpleasant and I really didn't care what happened. I also kinda knew what would happen pretty early on. Again, I didn't care for it but others may.

A high 3 stars. Confinement by Kiran Millwood Hargrave. Back to Victorian times! A pregnant woman gives birth and goes through a period of confinement with her newborn. However, she is seeing things....I can't help but think of The Yellow Wallpaper which must have influenced the story. It was interesting with a few original details but predictable overall. I've seen it before.

A high 4 stars. The Hanging of the Greens by Andrew Michael Hurley. The only story set in modern times. A man carries a message of apology from a former lodger to a couple on an isolated farmstead. It's a little clunky at first but then it ramps up into brutal folk horror. Chilling.

MORI AND THANIEL?? in MY horror anthology? More likely than you’d think!