The Proper Thing and Other Stories

An advance copy was provided by NetGalley and Subterranean Press. . All opinions expressed are my own.
This is the second short fiction collection by Seanan McGuire put out by Subterranean Press. Most of the stories contained within were written between 2017 and 2022. About two thirds were only previously available via the author's Patreon while the remaining stories were originally published in a variety of anthologies.

My overall impression of these stories was very good, but mostly very dark as well.  

Standout stories, for me, included In the Land of Rainbows and Ash, Now Rest, My Dear, File and Forget, Come Marching In, Belief, and the titular The Proper Thing. Good Night Sleep Tight was especially creepy. But really I didn't feel like there was a bad one in the collection (I say as a hardcore Seanan McGuire fan). Many of them seem extremely possible in our current sociopolitical environment.