A review by lordenglishssbm
Song for the Unraveling of the World: Stories by Brian Evenson

2.0

There are some solid stories here, but the majority are lacking, and while his exploration of paranoia is interesting, the stylistic choices Evenson uses to evoke paranoia are so similar between the stories that they gave away some of the twists. Evenson has a good eye for horror imagery and is good at capturing mental states, but rarely manages to combine both these talents in the same story, and so many of them don't feel meaningful. I think Leaking Out, The Second Door, Shirts and Skins and Line of Sight are standouts, with Trigger Warnings being a fun little experiment that maybe goes on for a bit too long, but does provide a nice change of pace. The rest of them have nice moments, but they either didn't stick with me or felt a bit too similar to the stories I liked (There are three stories in this collection about a film director who becomes obsessed with his work to the point of insanity).