This was a great collection of stories. Definitely "a bit creepy" applies to all, though some are a bit more horror/murdery than others. Having just read a NYTimes bestselling and all-the-accolades-given collection of short stories ("Exhalation") and finding myself unenthusiastic, bored, and a bit stupid, if I'm honest, this book was a breath of fresh air. Some stories are longer, because the creepy takes longer to establish, and there's more of an arc happening, but these longer stories are paced well enough that you don't feel overburdened by ridiculously long short stories in a short story collection -sometimes when that happens I think, is this collection just like a book-preview or something?? I'd be actually really excited to read a full book by this author, since he obviously knows what he's doing.

And to provide a reference point, I actually really enjoy open-ended, subtle-creep stories, so I don't NEED it to be all shocking and gross to enjoy it. I love Shirley Jackson, for example. If you need all gore all the time, then I'm not sure this book will be for you, and maybe just go read about serial killers.