I first came across Adam Nevill after listening to a performance of his story "Hippocampus" by Kristin Holland on the Nocturnal Transmission podcast (the first story in this collection).

I was worried that my enjoyment may have had more to do with the brilliant performance and less with the story itself, however, having read this collection of stories, I now know it was due to both.

The imagery in these stories is darkly beautiful.

I definitely recommend reading this book in a dim, quiet room at night.

I did try the audiobook as read by Dennis Kleinman, but I didn't enjoy it very much. He spoke too quickly and didn't make use of silence at all. The text really needed him to linger on the imagery.