A very good, eclectic collection of stories from a new to me author. I enjoyed all of the tales here and especially liked the opening and closing stories – perfect bookends.

The narrator did a wonderful job with pacing and cadence and really added to the subtle nuances of the stories. Recommended!

Thank you, Netgalley for the audiobook review copy!

Thanks to NetGalley and ECW Press Audio for the Audio ARC!

I love story collections, and the quirkier, the better! So, needless to say, this one hit just right. The author finds and plumbs psychological depths that any person should be intrigued by, while still keeping things lighthearted and never quite predictable. My favorite story is Which House?, which addresses the serious issue of a person coming to realize that they need to change the way they treat others and then actually making changes, within the context of a magical story that never quite lets you get comfortable. All of the stories were well-written and very readable.

unfortunately I had to dnf bad houses by john elizabeth stintzi after listening to five of the short stories.

I've been in the biggest short story mood recently so I was excited to see this pop up on the recently added audiobooks! the audiobook narration was phenomenal! I really enjoyed the narrator's tone of voice as she really brought these stories to life! however, the content and nature of these truly caught me off guard! I'm very much into "weird girl lit", as the book girlies like to call it, but these simply just put me off.

one of the longer short stories at the beginning of this collection was based around animal cruelty which I was not a fan of. I felt like the killing of the kittens was unnecessary and could've been expressed in a different way.

building stories around the theme of bad houses was a unique premise! I just wish it would've worked for me. thank you netgalley for access to this audiobook!

WOW this is such a hidden gem!! I'm lucky audio is just now coming out for this one (I'm assuming?), giving me the chance to stumble upon it on NetGalley.

Hilarious, strange, and unexpected. The writing was great, the narration was even better. She pronounces her long A's like my late gma <3
The downside I found with this one was that the stories I didn't enjoy, I didn't enjoy at all. The ones I did enjoy, I LOVED. I typically write down my rating for each story when reading collection - Bad Houses had multiple stories get higher than 5/5 (will update to add exact stories when I can find my notebook that was kidnapped by my kid lol).

As always when I read a story collection, I will now suggest you read Out There by Kate Folk and Thanks For This Riot by Janelle Bassett if you enjoyed this one.

Thank you bunches to NetGalley, John Elizabeth Stintzi and ECW Press for the ALC in exchange for my honest review! I'd also love to be able to thank the narrator, but I can't find her name anywhere :(

A lot of people may like this because there are some weird and surreal stories here, but I had a hard time getting through it because of some drawn out animal cruelty at the beginning of the collection. The narrator was good and the other stories were interesting, and it was interesting how the author managed to build the stories around the theme of bad houses. Thanks to NetGallley for letting me listen to this audiobook