Pre-Approved for Haunting: And Other Stories

Pre-Approved for Haunting is kind of a hard one to review for me because there's no uniting theme and the stories were really uneven. There's a few stories that are really strong so I would still recommend the collection as a whole for these but there were quite a few of the stories that I felt needed more work.

Here's what I thought of each story in a nutshell:

Lost Boy... Short and uncomfortable. 4/5
A Portrait of... Family horror meets art horror in a beautifully fevered story. 4/5
Casual, well that was a different type of dating, possible not so positive aro-ace rep (/jk)? Not particularly scary but quite fun. 3.5/5
Have you seen... A cautionary tale about paying close attention when people speak. 4/5
Pre-approved for.... This one I would have wanted more of and I would recommend this collection solely for this particular story about a peculiar brand of haunting 4.5/5
The Crack in the... I feel like I've read this one before (an isolated community that performs ritualistic sacrifices...) 3/5
Melvin... I get the message, but it felt out of place almost inappropriate in the context of this collection.
There's No Bunk... I read it a couple of times and I think I don't get it. 2/5
Iggy... That one was really fun; horse girl horror is something I don't see often enough. 4/5
The Decimation... Oddly choppy read almost like an outline more than an actual story.
Shattered, the women have been changed by The Signal, there's a nice little splash of body horror. 3/5
The Giallo Kid... Is another one that I could have taken more of, slasher action meets end of the world type scenario in a gritty and fast-paced package, really solid. 4.5/5
And rapid fire round for the other stories: Return to Voodoo... 2.5/5 And our Next... 3/5, Rose from... 2/5, I Will Not... 3/5, Other Half of... 2/5, Putting Down Roots 2/5.