These systems are what create and maintain life, what decides every intricate detail and genetic physicality of each organic being.

These systems are what create and maintain life, what decides every intricate detail and genetic physicality of each organic being.  Read Less

The systems within a body grant mobility, movement, sentience, speech, emotion, etc.

The systems within a body grant mobility, movement, sentience, speech, emotion, etc.  Read Less

Atmosphere is so often overlooked and underrated, which is a damn shame, because it can transform a story.

Atmosphere is so often overlooked and underrated, which is a damn shame, because it can transform a story.  Read Less

It makes a dummy out of you and controls you in very uncomfortable ways.

It makes a dummy out of you and controls you in very uncomfortable ways.  Read Less

By the time i was finished, i was unsure of my status as a sentient being.

By the time i was finished, i was unsure of my status as a sentient being.  Read Less

"not quite as good at being ligotti as the real thing" is still pretty good, and this is better than a majority of the short ho...  Read More

"not quite as good at being ligotti as the real thing" is still pretty good, and this is better than a majority of the short horror fiction out there.  Read Less

But while not quite as good as ligotti at his peak, most of the stories here are good enough that if you slipped them into a li...  Read More

But while not quite as good as ligotti at his peak, most of the stories here are good enough that if you slipped them into a ligotti collection, nobody would have noticed.  Read Less