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Favorites from this collection:
One of These Nights - Livia Llewelyn
LD50 - Laird Barron
Cavity - Theresa DeLucci

Reckless Eyeballing by N. K. Jemisin - great opening story.

You Will Never Be the Same by Erica L. Santifa is a standout! Space horror done exceptionally well. Event Horizon wishes it was this scary...

Wife-beast of Eden by Hailey Piper - 5 stars
To Dash Their Heads Against the Stones by Kristi DeMeester - 3.5 stars
Nurturing His Nature by Alan Baxter - 2 stars
Golgorth Street by Mark Matthews - 3.5 stars
The House that Demons Built by V. Castro -

Golden Sun - 5 stars

"Back Along the Old Track" by Sam Hicks - another good story!

"You Know How the Story Goes" by Thomas Olde Heuvelt - top-shelf scares.

The first few chapters were gripping, but I lost interest in the remaining sections.

Very plotty so far, but enjoying it.

Listened to about three hours of the audiobook for Home Before Dark by Riley Sager. Unfortunately it didn't keep my interest.

Reading Full Throttle by Joe Hill.
Throttle - 4 stars
Dark Carousel - 5 stars

The Sixteenth Step by Robert Shearman 4 stars
A Night's Work by Clive Barker 3 stars

Reading Best New Horror, 25th Anniversary Edition, edited by Stephen Jones

Isaac's Room by Daniel Mills 3 stars
Holes for Faces by Ramsey Campbell 2 stars
By Night he Could Not See by Joel Lane 3 stars

Listened to Crouch End by Stephen King. Hadn't read this one in a while and it was nice to revisit.

Didn't listen to all of Life of Chuck, but really enjoyed If It Bleeds and the return of Holly from The Outsider!

The Sisters by Soren Narnia 4 stars
Undead by Soren Narnia 4 stars
Both of these can be found on the excellent Knifepoint Horror podcast.

The Ana Log by Michael Gray Baughan 4 stars (A lost/cursed film story! I love this trope.)
The Godsmaid Clara and her Many Smiles by Sharon Dodge 3 stars
Tenderizer by Stephen Graham Jones 2 stars (I wanted to LOVE this one because I greatly enjoyed The Last Final Girl a few years ago. Maybe I just didn't get this one and need to revisit.)
Vertep by D. P. Watt (didn't write down a rating at the time)

Using this space to also record some of the short fiction I've read online, or listened to via podcasts. Ratings are purely based on my own taste and how much I enjoyed the story.

Lambing Season by Nicole J. LeBoeuf 4 stars
Knife Fight by David Nickle 2 stars
The Viaduct by Ramsey Campbell 3.5 stars
Spindleshanks by Caitlin R. Kiernan 2.5 stars
Of Marrow and Abomination by Morgan Sylvia 3.5 stars

I'm just going to list my favorites from this anthology.

Nesters - Siobhan Carroll
4 stars, love the protagonist and the often underused setting of a 1930s Dust Bowl town.

The Process is a Process All its Own - Peter Straub
This was a 4-star story for me. Scary, upsetting ending, and bizarre narrator and style.

Finished the first story, Mr. Harrigan's Phone. Feels like a classic King story, but a little light on the scares. I really enjoyed the narrator, Will Patton; his delivery brings out the warmth of this story.