A really interesting collection of speculative fiction short stories often focussed on grief, science, climate change, hierarchies and community (or lack thereof). Often queer, often anti-facist, often weird in the best way! I've read two books by Izzy Wasserstein now (this one and These Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart) and she has definitely catapulted herself to the spot of "Looking forward to her next work and pre-ordering asap" immediately!

My favorite short stories where:
"All the Hometowns You Can't Stay Away From" - A sci fi story about travelling to different universes and about returning to the home you were kicked out of as a kid, dealing with grief and loss. An incredible start to this short story collection and a really good intro into what to expect.
"Unplaces: An Atlas of Non-Existence" - A book about fantastical places interspersed with notes by an unknown author living through a facist regime and dealing with grief. Really beautiful and heartbreaking.
"The Good Mothers' Home for Wayward Girls" - A cosmic horror about an world ravaged by monsters and the girls trying to survive in it, really scary and I really enjoyed it!
"Requiem Without Sound" - An AI awakens in a lonely spaceship only to find that the pilot that coded her has died in an accident, very interesting exploration of consciousness
"The Case of the Soane Museum Thefts" - Ghosts heists! Taking back what British colonizers stole to put in museums and returning it to the communities it belongs to! Ghosts that steal stuff! Really good and fun!
"Hopper in the Frying Pan" - In a futuristic world where everything is plastered full with targeted ads, the only way to be free is to become a body hopper. When one of those hoppers finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation, she needs to find a way to fight back! I love a good cyberpunk murder mystery.
"The Grass Bows Down, the Pilgrims Walk Lightly" - A scientist has to figure out the reason why the grass bows down during a Pilgrimage in order to receive help from a more advanced alien species for humanity, during her walk she thinks about her past, really, really beautiful and reminded me a bit of LeGuins sci-fi.
"Five Reasons for the Sign Above Her Door, One of Them Unspoken" - A young man walks into an Inn. An Inn that's run and frequented by Chimeras, people who developed animal traits during their teenage years and are often shunned or fetishized by society. The trans metaphor is only thinly veiled, but I enjoyed it a lot! A heartbreaking (although very short) story, where I especially adored the end!
"Everything the Sea Takes, It Returns" - A woman wanders a post-apocalyptic world after the death of her wife, mostly sticking to the beach. When she sees another woman taking samples of the ocean, she joins her. Heartbreaking and beautiful.
"Shadows of the Hungry, the Broken, the Transformed." - A woman who finds herself unable to keep up with her university assignments of heartweaving after a loss leaves her untethered from her shadow. Very, very dense worldbuilding and a place I would absolutely adore to read more of.