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dark reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

  • The Hanging Game: 4/5 - A story with layers.
  • The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections: 4/5 - Delightful and inventive. My Favourite from the bunch.
  • A Human Stain: 4/5 - Eerie and disturbing, a story of betrayal and the allure of wealth. The most disturbing story from the bunch.
  • St Valentine, St Abigail, St Brigid: 2.5/5 - An okay little story centering love, lust, loss, violence, power, sacrifice, growing up and moving away.
  • Red as Blood and White as Bone: 2.5/5 - A fairytale that I wished focused more on the wolves.
  • The Night Cyclist: 2.75/5 - A gloomy story, better for people who know more about cycling.
  • A Cup of Salt Tears: 2/5 - An odd little story.
  • The Little Witch: 3.5/5 - A surrealist story.
  • Among the Thorns: DNF - I was enjoying it until the spirit was introduced after which I lost interest.

Overall Score for the ones I finished [8/9]: 3/5 - An interesting collection of stories with different levels of horror. 
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