I think I went into this thinking it would be a little different, which maybe is why I am rating it lower than others.

Normally I am not an essay/story person, I like the flow of a novel. The details, growth, characters, and sometimes the little things in between. This book was random stories, some a bit more out there than others, it was very well written, just wasn't my cup of tea.

Thank you NetGalley and Querencia Press for my DRC in exchange for my honest review.

I’m always up for surrealist fic because weird stories make the world fun. A couple of the stories in this collection were very fun indeed; the one with the talking dog (A Peculiar Day in the Douro Valley), and then the one with the (spoiler) black bear on the roof of a property that was up for sale (______Simon) were memorable, and I enjoyed them a lot. Some of the other stories, though were rather impenetrable for me, or just too sad.

So, I found this an uneven collection; but it was a quick read, with highlights. Thank you to Querencia Press and to NetGalley for early access.