Absolutely loved this gross little collection of short stories, getting my 2025 reading off to a cracking start! These stories all mostly explore hunger in some form or other - whether it’s literal flesh eating viruses, a greedy sea desperate for sacrifice, a teenage boy in lust, so many varieties of that primal feeling. Through it, Clark takes to task patriarchal beauty standards, men who groom young girls, climate change and more. Some of the stories are darkly funny - or just outright funny, like The Shadow Over Little Chitaly, literally had me cackling. The two sci fi stories weren’t my favourites but they still hooked me - once all the weird shit started happening. Just an overall solid, creepy, darkly delightful collection!