Fun little short story about a woman and a haunted Camaro. I'm always amazed at how much character this author can squeeze into short stories. Loved the ending.

I find a lot of books marketed as slashers don't feel like slasher movies to me, but this tale of a supernatural killer stalking teens in '90s era rural New Brunswick really did. The pace was fast, the kills were gruesome and fun, and I liked the main characters. My one complaint is that a few things seemed to happen really quickly, but I think that mostly boils down to the novella length. Overall great read.

There were some parts of this book that I enjoyed - most of Ronnie's journey is pretty compelling - but overall it didn't leave a great impression. The short, choppy writing style didn't work for me and I thought the twists at the end were pretty silly.

This is exactly the kind of book I would have expected from SWERY: some really touching and beautiful moments, unfortunate bizarre horny moments, a minor occult element and a super charming main character. The way the case shook out didn't really work for me and some of the internal politics stuff with the cops was really stupid but overall I had fun.

Fascinating little novel - kind of a combination of contemporary character study and satire, with a little bit of thriller in the background. Some people won't like the ambiguous ending but I don't think there was really a way to end it more definitively that wouldn't have come off a bit silly. I'll be thinking about this one for a while.

This is a fictionalized account of people affected by the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Each chapter is the account of a different person from their point of view. I liked the ways the characters connected and saw one another, and the variety of experiences that are included. Unfortunately to me there were too many similar characters (though I loved Sonia and I liked Anne's perspective) and I wasn't a fan of the first person POV, especially for characters who died during the story.

Boring r/nosleep type story with a pointless ending.

This was a fast paced read with decent tension but it could have been a lot better. All of the POVs felt the same to me (even the dog!) and nothing really surprising happens. The writing style is pretty simple and uninteresting and there were a few obvious errors (misspelled or missing words).

Well. I think I can safely say that I've never read a book quite like this before. An unlikely band of adventurers (including two cult members who have been eviscerating unsuspecting passers by in exchange for drugs, the immortal woman they'd eviscerated, a witch with a reanimated bear for a butler and a horrible doll filled with guts) travel to a troubled city that sits on the calcified organs of long-dead gods, each trying to fulfill their own desires.

The world is the definite stand-out here. Crazy things are happening at every second, but the characters think of them as normal and they're described well enough to fit into a coherent world.

Unfortunately I do feel like this book was too long. A lot of things happened that, while interesting, didn't feel like they really mattered all that much. A great many characters are introduced only to die within pages (even someone who looks like they're going to be a major character at first dies without much development) so the deaths sort of start to get a bit boring.

I did like a few of the things that happened with the city at the end, though. It's a pretty quick read so I would recommend if you don't mind buckets of guts in your books and are looking for something unique.

This was fine, but nothing to write home about. The characters were pretty thin and the writing was nothing special, but the kills were creative and the ending was a little creepy. The stuff about the ghosts didn't really go anywhere and a bunch of dialogue was in italics for no reason.

There was a nice variety of types of horror stories in this book. Most of them were pretty good but a few didn't feel like horror stories to me and some were a bit overly didactic or unfocused to me. Overall recommend.

Favourites: Reckless Eyeballing by N. K. Jemisin, Flicker by L. D. Lewis, A Bird Sings By The Etching Tree by Nicole D. Sconiers

Charming vignettes in the life of a cat owner, drawn in Junji Ito's trademark horror style. Very cute and relatable.

This book meanders in the middle and I wish there were more female characters who got to do anything (though I did particularly enjoy one late addition) but the world is so fun and inventive. That's definitely where this author excels for me.

This book showed up on a rec list I saw somewhere and when I saw that the romance involved one character who was just a severed head I knew I'd have to check it out. I haven't read any of this author's other books, but it works well enough as a standalone (though the crossover character probably hits harder if you know who she is).

The world was interesting, the character interactions were fun, and I liked the thought put into what immortal morality at the end of the world would actually look like. I do think a few parts were a little too easy and I wish we had seen more of the wild conflicts that started between the characters in the lead up to the end, but overall I'm really happy with this book, and will definitely be checking out more works by Hiyodori.