A review by violetturtledove
Body Shocks by Alyssa Wong, Kaaron Warren, Pat Cadigan, Angela Slatter, Brian Evenson, Cassandra Khaw, Kirstyn McDermott, Richard Kadrey, Edward Bryant, Lucy Taylor, Tananarive Due, Kij Johnson, Seanan McGuire, Carmen Maria Machado, Gemma Files, Nathan Ballingrud, Simon Bestwick, Lisa L. Hannett, Priya Sharma, Livia Llewellyn, Richard Christian Matheson, Genevieve Valentine, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Michael Blumlein, Ray Cluley, Cody Goodfellow, Tom Johnstone, Terry Dowling, Ellen Datlow, Christopher Fowler

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Short story collections are tricky because there's so much I could say about the individual stories. I think pretty much any gross and weird thing that can happen to a body is here - shapeshifting, surgery, mutations, fungal infections, tortures, murders. It's all covered, and from a range of genres apart from horror: sci-fi, fantasy, crime.. some will make you laugh (if you have a bit of a twisted sense of humour that is) and there's even a quite sweet love story. 

I love making lists and when I encounter a story by an author I've never read before and particularly enjoy it, that author goes on my list of 'authors to read more of'. Pretty much every contributor to this book has gone on the list.