Really, this book is a litmus test for how one looks at the world. Is it a cold and unforgiving hellscape? Or is there a cosmic justice keeping a balance between good and evil? Are we on our own? Or is there a god looking over us?

This is a bleak collection of stories. Any horror fan—in any of its subgenres—should pick it up immediately. Evenson provides us with a master class in subtlety and how understating the horror often creates a much scarier premise. Good luck trying to unlock the mysteries in Song for the Unraveling of the World, because the secret is there are no mysteries to be found. The world is as it is and nothing more.