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When Sorrows Come. 4.5.Really mysterious and full of foreboding. Ending a bit too definite to be entirely satisfying 45.5/12

Everything Floats. 3. Compelling most of the way but ends up jarringly (not in a good way) grim and flat. 41:11

Mr Kneale. 2.5. Not especially haunting and not especially interesting. A further variation (though not especially varied) on the mysterious soul-sapping or parasitic figure/doppelgänger that I am starting to feel are overrunning this book. 38:10

Something New. 3.5. This sets out wonderfully mysterious and unnerving, alienation and mystification abounding, though collapses in a heap of pointlessly weird. First 90% is a real trip, though. 35.5:9

Indelible Stain. 4.5. Suddenly the book is picking up. This is a grim tale of foreshadowing and loss and ripples through time. I think. Disturbing anyway. 32:8

Nightingale. 3.5. Again, a good read but not a very terrifying or logical “monster”23:6

Tend Your own Garden. 4. Interesting though obscure. Starting to all feel a bit Kafkaesque. Good writing but never fully hits the mark for me. 19.5:5

Unreasonable Doubt 4. Close to a traditional ghost story but not quite…15.5:4

Sound of Slumber. Intriguing premise, and a promise of dark things. Unfortunately not an entirely realised promise - we do end on a climax this time but rather more conventional than the story may have led us to expect. A good read nonetheless. 4. 11.5:3

Fathers Daughter. 4. The story has you on edge and holding your breath, though the ending is just a gentle exhalation rather than a jolt. Very enjoyable read but not sure I noticed a punchline/wallop. May repay a re-read but currently feels little more than a slightly strange incident. 7.5:2