Madman

This little collection really starts with a bang, the first story is powerful and exquisitely short, and I would say it's worth cracking open this book just for that story.
There is something sweet and an almost innocent awkwardness about a lot of the characters presented through the various stories. When the author gives us a douche canoe of a character is seems a bit unnatural which left me with the impression that the author is probably a pretty sweet person (and his afterword did cement that impression) which was surprisingly cute for a collection that has all the bleak and hopeless you could wish for.
In some parts the writing was a bit iffy and some stories seemed like they were a chapter in a novel more than a short story but overall I felt like it was a decent collection with pretty varied stories.
For the ace/sex-repulsed in the room; there is one pretty descriptive sex scene (descriptive enough that the repulsion showed in my facial expression apparently) in one story that can probably be skimmed if you don't mind missing some details, however most of the stories don't feature much if any sex.