Reckless Eyeballing | NK Jemison (3 stars)
love u NK Jemison but this one was a little goofy to me though I enjoyed the theme

Eye & Tooth | Rebecca Roanhorse (4 stars)
Slay brother and sister monster hunter duo

Wandering Devil | Caldwell Turnball (3.0 stars)
felt very neutral about this one

Invasion of the Baby Snatchers |  Lesley Nneka Arimah (5 Stars)
I wanted this to be a whole novella

The Other One | Violet Allen (4.0 stars)
abandonment issues oof

Lasirèn | Erin E. Adams (5 Stars)
"When I wrap my lips around a story I'm not supposed to tell, it turns sour on my tongue. The only way to sweeten it? Name some truths before the lie."

The Rider | Tananarive Due (3.0 stars)
also neutral about this

The Aesthete | Justin C. Key (5 Stars)
"Death is not art...We are all born nearly the same. And there're as many ways to die as there are people."

Pressure | Ezra Claytan Daniels  (3.5 Stars)
This was good I'm just not big on end of the world stories personally!

Dark Home | Nnedi Okorafor (5 Stars)
"When you hang on like that, sometimes things hang on to you."
I love a folklore story.

Flicker | L.D. Lewis (3.5 Stars)
Same as Pressure. Really good but end of the world stories just make me tired.

The Most Strongest Obeah Woman of the World | Nalo Hopkinson (5 Stars)
WOW I'VE BEEN SLEEPING ON THIS AUTHOR.
Probably my fave story. Moving her books up in my tbr.

The Norwood Trouble | Maurice Broaddus (3.75 Stars)
"The orchard protects us."

The Grief of the Dead | Iron Amilcar Scott (4.5 Stars)
D:

A Bird Sings by the Etching Tree | Nicole D. Sconiers (4.5 Stars)
Girls killing people. My brand.

An American Fable | Chesya Burke (4.5 Stars)
Cincinnati mentioned O_O

Your Happy Place | Terence Taylor (4.75 Stars)
This story made me sooo itchy ooough

Hide & Seek | P. Djèlí Clark (4.75 Stars)
This hit me in a sad place.

Origin Story | Tochi Onyebuchi (4.75 Stars)
This one mostly made me laugh but in an existential way