If you're a Sci-Fi 'concept person' then this is the book for you. Not concept as in "I have the concept of a plan", but if you love crazy, off-the-wall and original thinking then this it the sort of short story collection you'll want to get amongst.

While highly variable in tone, there is a consistent thread of bleakness in these stories, the very first one perhaps the most heartbreaking. Najberg runs through topics like nuclear war, self-immolation, mental health and what if human beings shed their skin? It's a good read but at times heavy.

My only potential beef is that there is perhaps quantity over quality, I would have sorely liked to stay with some of the better stories and perhaps had some more distinctive progression, even at the cost of not getting every story in this tome. Nonetheless its a good deep dive if the above sounds like it suits you!

4.5 stars. A very enjoyable collection of short (think 8-12 pages each) stories that span all sci fi genres.
I'm generally a fan of longer stories, but the author manages to quickly and effectively pull the reader in, with few exceptions.

One of the best sci-fi related horror collections I've ever read! I'm already a huge fan of this suthor and this fabulous anthology is yet another win for him. Well done!

A collection of wonderfully weird short fiction that answers the question, is this story horror or science fiction? With a resounding "yes!"

Short story collections, especially of the horrific variety, are my bread and butter. I think I’ve read at least one such collection every month this year. This offering from author Andrew Najberg is far and away the most unique collection I’ve read this year. The stories in these pages have premises as varied as robots conducting a séance to contact dead humans, a mother who just can’t understand her teenage daughter’s new fascination with dimension hopping and attempts to transmute herself into a silica based lifeform, and a shut in spontaneously finding himself the unwilling creator of diminutive creatures that see him as a god. The writing itself is obviously skillful, the stories are told deftly and lucidly even when describing the most bizarre material imaginable. There’s an admirable level of pathos packed in as well, the last story in this anthology almost made me cry. But the plots, the ideas themselves is where this book really shines, the stories were all so singular as to make for a memorable reading experience.

My personal favorites in this collection include: Do You Read?, May I Take Care of That For You? And, We Have No Spare Parts. I would gladly read anything else from this writer and hope this collection is just the beginning in an extensive career.