Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century

This was a really interesting collection. It reminded me of Electric Dreams or the new Twilight Zone in some ways. As with most short story collections, some were better than others (I loved Time Cube and Do You Remember Candy in particular), but all of them were really interesting and really well done. I'll have to look for more of Fu's work in the future.

Pre-Simulation Consultation XF007867 - 4.5 stars
Liddy, First to Fly - 4.5 stars
Time Cubes - 2 stars
#ClimbingNation - 3.5 stars
Sandman - 4 stars
Twenty Hours - 3 stars
The Doll - 3 stars
In This Fantasy - 1.5 stars
Scissors - 3 stars
June Bugs - 3 stars
Bridezilla - 1 star
Do You Remember Candy - 1.5 stars

I loved this so much. It felt like one of those completely engaging, bizarre short story anthologies you read as a kid, but with all the depth that comes from the life you’ve lived after you stopped reading them. Kicking it off with Pre-Simulation Consultation XF007867 was perfect, and the author had me exactly where they wanted me for the rest of the stories.