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The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories by Jeff VanderMeer, Ann VanderMeer
5.0

It took me two months to read every single story in this massive collection. While there some I didn't particularly enjoy, the majority of the stories were fun to read. My favorites were:

The Spider by Hanns Heinz Ewers

Don't Look Now by Daphne du Maurier

Sandkings by George R.R. Martin

Yellow and Red by Tanith Lee

It's a Good Life by Jerome Bixby

Family by Joyce Carol Oates

There are many more I loved but there are so many stories and talented authors in this book. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who wants to read some creepy and weird stories. Just be prepared to spend a lot of time with it, because it is just so big but still worth every second.

And I really, really loved that the pages are double columned. For some stories it did feel like a chore but for the ones I enjoyed it was nice having so much to read on a page.