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I'm struggling with this a little so far so I've set it aside and plan to come back to it.

Pretty heavy going so far, but clearly amazing ideas.

Gnashing Teeth from the Deep…: Very short but I liked it, it did enough in its small space. 3/5
Women Dreaming About Love…: It was very pretty but it didn’t connect with me at all. 1/5
Install new_sun: Really enjoyed this, a super neat way to bridge the old gods with our new technology and it was super interesting to get an insight into Mexican theism. 5/5

Rat-tail Tea and Buttermilk Biscuits: Daft and cute. 3/5
Everyday Creatures: I really liked this one, it was simple but evocative. 4/5

Confessions of an Intergalactic Art Fraud: The humour is getting less dark and more zany, and consequently I’m enjoying the latter parts of the anthology less. 2/5
Texts from My Mother About the Alien Invasion: This one did make me smile even though the framing device didn’t work brilliantly for me. 3/5
Support Your Local Alien: I enjoyed it as a straight story but I didn’t find it funny. 3/5

The Disinterment: Didn't really get it. 2/5
Till A' the Seas: Bleak rather than scary, and uninteresting. 2/5
The Night Ocean: I gave up. 1/5

The Tree on the Hill: Quite creepy but didn’t capture me. 3/5

Ashes: Creepy and didn’t go where I thought. 4/5
The Ghost-Eater: Fine? Didn’t really do much for me. 2/5
The Loved Dead: Super weird but not bad. 3/5
Deaf, Dumb and Blind: Another one that took ages to get into and wasn’t worth it. 1/5
Two Black Bottles: Pretty good, quite neat conceit. 3/5
The Trap: I really enjoyed this one: imaginative concept and ticked along well. 4/5

Out of the Aeons: Quite liked this one. Creepy and weird. 3/5
The Horror in the Burying-Ground: One of those frustrating ones where it is blindingly obvious what’s happening and it strains credulity that the characters can’t work it out. 2/5
The Diary of Alonso Typer: Had to have several run ups at this and it wasn’t worth the effort. 1/5
The Horror at Martin’s Beach: Okay, short and vague. 2/5

So You’ve Metamorphosed Into A Giant Insect. Now What?: I liked this one, made me smile if not outright laugh. 3/5

(Have retroactively decided the Resnick is probably a 2/5.)

Champions of Breakfast: I like syrup. 2/5
Keeping Ahead: It didn’t really make me laugh but it was pretty enjoyable. 3/5

The Worm That Turns: This one is a real pickle. I enjoyed the story but I didn’t find it at all funny: I liked it as a straight science fiction short. I’m not going to rate it because I can’t decide!

Department of Death Predictions: Made me chuckle, but very short and didn’t really have long enough to get going. 4/5