I've been wanting to read this book for a while now and finally got around to it and it was a really interesting experience! It's a debut short story & poetry collection featuring sci-fi, fantasy, weird and capitalism critical stories, often with a trans or queer protagonist, nearly always with a poor one, often a mentally ill or neurodivergent or disabled one as well. I quite enjoyed that!
I also enjoyed that most short stories more than the poetry, but I also listened to the audiobook and poetry in an audio medium that it was not created for can be tough. While I did not enjoy every story, this piece is certainly elevated by the variety of stories in it. There's just so many interesting stories it never gets boring even if I didn't enjoy one specific story! The next one was there to offer a change of pace and scenery. Unfortunately some of the short stories suffered from being too short/not developed enough and so it is unfortunately not a 5 star book to me, but I still enjoyed it a lot.
I've included trigger warnings with my thoughts about each piece in my review.

The marks of aegis - (tw self harm, unhealthy consent) A fucked up body horror short about birthing a new world. I liked the metaphors in it, but it was quite short.

Here you are near me - (tw online discourse, cyber harassment, potential cyber stalking) Set in a modern setting but twists it into something kinda eerie online panopticon style, i found the story intruiging and unsettling.

Self care - (tw homelessness, capitalism, exploitation of poor people, catholic prejudice, homophobia, transphobia) In this one I found my new favorite angry trans guy raging against capitalism and the church during an ecological apocalypse, I also liked the discussion of capitalism and technology + the voice acting here was amazing! My favorite piece of the anthology.

The nothing spots where noone wants to stay - (tw bullying, physical and emotional parental abuse, unsupportive parents, dysphoria, misgendering, homophobia) a short story about being a gay trans high school student, nothing really interesting happens unfortunately.

The heavy things - (tw body horror, menstruation, eating disorder, dysphoria, parents ignoring health concerns of their children) short menstruation body horror story, very short but kinda cool.

The seed and the stone - story about what if people reproduced as trees, interesting but not explored enough.

We did not know we were giants - (tw animal harm, sacrifice), a story about meeting a God with a twist, i liked it.

The android that designed itself - an interesting poem that embraces trans/mad/disabled rage and radical self love, i wish it was longer and I relistened to it a few times because I do really like it.

As tender feet of cretan girls danced once around the altar of love - (tw body horror), a story about a greek immortal immigrant, i liked the reincarnation and greek mythology, it was interesting, but not my favorite in this anthology.

Estranged children of storybook houses - (tw child abuse done by other children, bullying, parental neglect, ableism, anti vaccism) A story of an autistic kid being faced with abuse due to changeling beliefs in a world where Fae actually exist, i quite enjoyed it.

My noise will keep the record - a story about living in a world of constant surveilance and existing there as a disabled person, unfortunately too short to explore the fuckedupness in more detail which I would have liked.

Wake world - (tw grief) a short poem venting about capitalism, it was written really well, but not particularly intruiging.

Everyone on the moon is essential personnel - (tw emotionally and physically abusive parent, bullying, sexual harassment, homophobia, fatphobia, ableism) a novelette following a young adult with tourettes when he encounters a job recruiter for a new job on the moon, theres a bunch of nods towards current online discourse culture, which was fun, i also enjoyed the job application apptitutude test as part of the story, all in all however it felt somewhat flat for how much I liked the title and some other stories in this collection.

First contact communion - a very short poem about distance, space travel and religion, unfortunately not really my style.

I am a beautiful bug - (tw for police brutality, abuse of power, mention of extensive surgery) a short story about getting surgery to turn into a big bug, it was interesting and I enjoyed the weirdness of it.

The things in us we fear just wants our love - a very short poem, unfortunately not very interesting.