After the People Lights Have Gone Off

Short story collections are always really difficult to review - the nature of stories is that you will inevitably connect with some more than others, and this was definitely true of this collection for me.

The highlights for me were:

Doc's story - an interesting take on what happens if one of horror's monsters (in this case lycanthrope) gets bitten by a tick which goes on to bite someone else... The lack of agency here adds to the terror. 5/5

Welcome to the Reptile House - A budding tattooist practicing on dead bodies in the morgue gets more than they bargained for! A fun twist on a Vampire trope. 5/5

The Black Sleeve of Destiny - Compulsive kleptomania from a possessed hoody 4/5

Solve for X - Effectively torture porn. Gruesome and horrific, but probably not for everyone 4/5

Quite a few of the other stories fell flat for me unfortunately though, but that is the advantage of a collection - there are plenty to pick and choose from!