Ashley’s Reviews > One Bad Night & Other Stories > Status Update

"A Meditation on the Existence of Certain Cutlery (There is No Spoon)," S.A. Barnes — I'm deducting a star for the existence of a trope I really dislike, but this was good otherwise. 4/5 stars

"47 Pineview Way," Jennifer Thorne — This was five stars until the ending, and I'm not sure what I wanted from it, but I didn't get that satisfying resolution feeling. Still, this is the most unsettling and unique story in this collection so far. 4.5/5 stars

"A Necromancer's Guide to Reconnecting With an Ex," Rachel Harrison — If this had been just a little bit longer, I would have given it five stars. I needed just a little bit more. 4.5/5 stars

"Lady Jawbone," Kylie Lee Baker — Ugh, this was well done, but I didn't like it. I don't like ambiguous horror, and besides this being set in a match factory (think Radium Girls) everything else was up in the air. Not the type of thing I was expecting from this author after having read Bat Eater. 3/5 stars

"My Lithopedia," Del Sandeen — This one started off really interesting and creepy. A woman's mother dies and they find out she had a lithopedion inside of her, a stone baby, the MC's twin. This is a real thing apparently??? Ugh. Anyway, the baby starts being creepy, but the further this went on the less I liked it. What was the point? Felt very surface level. Also, lots of story inconsistencies. 2.5/5 stars

”Two Observers of the Slaughter Rites on Gannet Island,” Kay Chronister - This was so eery and fascinating. An anthropologist and his wife visit a secretive island to find out about their ritualistic behaviors. 4.5 stars