The strong stories were really great, but I felt like a lot of elements got too repetitive. It made me want a novel that incorporated those elements instead of predictably stringing them through multiple stories. I found myself getting frustrated when yet another “fluttering” came around, and a tendriled sentient thing entered a human. It was cool in the first half, but this 200 page collection actually felt long because of all the repetition. I enjoyed the first half the most, and there were still some solid entries toward the end (“Wanderlust” was a big standout), but they did start blurring together for me. I will still read all of Evenson’s stuff because I think he’s a great writer; this collection just felt a bit bloated to me.