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Excellent so far, great writing and the short chapters make it an easier read than other stuff by Shipley.

Read the pieces by Vi Khi Nao, Brad Phillips and BR Yeager so far. All good stuff. A nice looking book too, I hope some of the authors I'm unfamiliar with have good contributions as well.

The opening novella was pretty damn good (the novella is the first third of the book, followed by a dozen short stories.)

Finally moving on to the final chapter. Curious how it will tie into the rest

I found the first ten stories to be pretty 50/50, but the additional 7 I read this week were almost all good; the ones that I didn't enjoy were only 2-3 pages. 17 down, 17 to go.

Read 10 out of the 34 stories here so far (the first 9 plus skipped ahead and read Gary Shipley's piece.) Enjoyed Gary's chapter, and the chapters by B.R Yeager, and Grant Maierhofer (the only 2 I've read full books from.) The rest has been a mixed bag for me, I also enjoyed Mike Corrao and Judson Hamilton, but some of the most experimental stuff in here just doesn't click with me. Maybe over my head? DNF 1 story

This has been a rough one so far, as anyone familiar with the book/author would expect. The couple samples I read before getting the book (check Expat Press' website for samples/interview) were descriptions of very disturbing sex acts, so I can't say the book is surprising. But man...this thing really doesn't let its foot off the gas. If there isn't a sex act or sexual fantasy going on, there wil be in a page or 2.