A review by mcaitycook
Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu

4.0

A collection of short stories, full of haunting worlds just slightly stranger than our own, exploring themes like desire and becoming and grief, illustrating many of the horrors and shames and joys of modern life. I particularly loved "Twenty Hours" (about a husband who kills his wife over and over again, knowing that her body will be reprinted by the 3-D bio-printer in their basement), "Scissors" (a sexy, kinky short story about dominance amidst an explicit Cabaret act), and "Do You Remember Candy" (a moderately triggering story about an phenomenon where everyone across the world lost the ability to taste all at once, in which a woman creates personalized conceptual art installations to help those who remember taste their favorite foods again). This collection felt not dissimilar in some ways to Animal Wife, which I read last year, but where that book felt like it built upon fairy tales, this one built upon technology.