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A review by full_of_flowers
Body Shocks by Ellen Datlow
dark
mysterious
tense
4.0
A large variety in the era, voice, and style of these stories, which is both a bug and a feature. Anyone interested in body horror is likely to find some they really like here, although they'll likely find others ranging from "meh" to "dear lord." My personal favorites were ones that effectively used their creepy imagery to make relevant connections to our everyday lives, whether they examined beauty standards, class inequalities, or the ways in which we define humanity.
The Travellers Stay: 2.25
Toother: 2.75
Painlessness: 3.25
You go Where it Takes you: 4.75
A Positive: 4.5
La Beauté Sans Vertu: 4.0
Subsumption: 4.0
Spar: 3.75
It was the Heat: 3.75
Atwater: 4.0
The Transfer: 3.5
Welcome to Mengele's: 3.0
Black Neurology: A Love Story: 0.0
Cuckoo: 4.25
Cinerous: 4.75
The Truth that Lies Under Skin and Meat: 4.5
Natural Skin: 4.75
The Lake: 4.75
I'm Always Here: 4.75
The Look: 4.5
The Old Women Who Were Skinned: 5.0
Spores: 4.5
Sweet Subtleties: 3.75
Elegy for a Suicide: 3.0
Skin City: 3.0
A True Friend: 2.5
What I Found in the Shed: 4.0
Fabulous Beasts: 4.5
Tissue Ablation and Variant Regeneration: A Case Report: 4.5
The Travellers Stay: 2.25
Toother: 2.75
Painlessness: 3.25
You go Where it Takes you: 4.75
A Positive: 4.5
La Beauté Sans Vertu: 4.0
Subsumption: 4.0
Spar: 3.75
It was the Heat: 3.75
Atwater: 4.0
The Transfer: 3.5
Welcome to Mengele's: 3.0
Black Neurology: A Love Story: 0.0
Cuckoo: 4.25
Cinerous: 4.75
The Truth that Lies Under Skin and Meat: 4.5
Natural Skin: 4.75
The Lake: 4.75
I'm Always Here: 4.75
The Look: 4.5
The Old Women Who Were Skinned: 5.0
Spores: 4.5
Sweet Subtleties: 3.75
Elegy for a Suicide: 3.0
Skin City: 3.0
A True Friend: 2.5
What I Found in the Shed: 4.0
Fabulous Beasts: 4.5
Tissue Ablation and Variant Regeneration: A Case Report: 4.5