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The Language of Forgetting: Dystopian story of a world in which people slowly lose the ability of communicating. How a crisis uncovers the deeper meaning of things and the true intentions of people. And how it all has happened before.

I Saw Plenty: Both spooky and weirdly calm. This one I will remember for a while, it left me feeling a mix of emotions, it reminded me that death is coming for all of us, and all we can do is keep on living.

" 'Why you think he did it?' he asks.
'Figured the end was coming. Why else?'
'Not that. You know. The other. '
'Oh. I don't know. Maybe he got tired of waiting.' "

Klara in contact: This one is about toxic relationship between a girl with anxious attachment style and a guy with avoidant attachment style. How she needs constant attention and approval, and how he needs the freedom (or at least that's what he thinks), and someone else to blame for his own choices and failures.

"Maybe it's better to be nothing than to be with you."

The Mermaid: The beginning just like Wild Dark Shore, the ending like something very disturbing. Another troubled man. A proof that even moving to a tiny island in the middle of the sea will not shield the man from excessive drinking, sex with random women and destroying his, and his family's life.

The fairy king: This one might be my favorite. Told from the poinf of view of a little boy who observes his *drug addict* father come and tell him bed time stories. Painful in it's innocence and observatory skills. Kids really do see everything even if they don't understand everything.

Howsa: a sad life of an undercover beer brand representative. How even such a meaningless job can be harmful to you, in many different ways.

Counterfactual: This one was a bit confusing, I had a hard time telling the characters apart, most of the time I had no idea who is who, and names told me nothing. I did like the premise and the ending. It was about what it means to grow up in a toxic commune and what would the world be like if…

Tom Bromley Is Running: oh what a pace! This story reads as fast as Tom is running. Running mostly from, but I think also running to.

Oil Boy: Was the snake metaphorical or real? The answer is: both. This story made me feel uncomfortable, just as the main character must have felt uncomfortable being consumed by a python.

After the crash: A man in the dentist chair and his wandering mind, accepting the physical pain to forget abot the spiritual one. Deeply moving.