This story, while a bit unoriginal and Three Stooges-esque, was a memorable one from my childhood. I think that is holds some good value as far as moral lessons and learning about human cruelty go, but I'm not sure it will stand the true test of time as a memorable classic.

Blood-Bubble Bushes: 4/5, an interesting story with a cool storyline, I felt like this is one of the stronger stories in this volume.
Unbearable Maze: 3/5, the ending didn't match the build-up for me, and this story fell kind of flat.
Sword of the Reanimator: 2/5, this is story I remember best by how much I didn't enjoy it.
The Will: 4/5, I thought this one had a nice twist, and I usually enjoy ghost stories so I thought this was was well done with a good dose of dark humor.
The Bridge: 3/4, I feel like this story has more lore than can really be expressed in such a short story, but it still didn't really pull me in and wasn't that interesting or scary.
The Devil's Logic: 3/4, a meh story overall.
Sharing Rooms (The Conversation Room): 4/5, this story was well paced and pretty creepy, a strong addition to one of the weaker volumes of the Horror World volumes.

Hallucinations: 4/5, I liked Oshikiri's stories as a whole, and thought the idea of him and his house being haunted was a good one and allowed for a lot of creativity, especially with him living alone. This story really set the tone for the rest of the volume.
Bog of the Living Dead: 4/5, I enjoyed this one too, and liked the aspect of Oshikiri's hauntings spilling over into his daily life outside of the home, but also still being normal enough that he thinks he's going crazy.
Penpal: 5/5, I really enjoyed this story! I thought it was twisty and well thought out and written. It opens well to the idea of other dimensions.
Trespassers: 5/5, I liked this story because of how it looped into the other ones. It was kinda disturbing and really helped build Oshikiri's character.
Further Tales of Oshikiri: 4/5, this one was a little harder to follow, but ultimately I liked where the overall story was going!
Further Tales of Oshikiri: The Wall: 5/5, I really liked this conclusion. It ended with dread and an endless possibility for horrors in Oshikiri's future! Fantastic!

I enjoyed the epistolary aspect of this book! It actually inspired me to do something similar with one of my friends. I thought it made the book very personable and fun.

This short was interesting, and I really enjoyed the craziness and paranoia that turned out to be at least partly true.

One of the more memorable pieces from my AP Lit days, this novella is one of the reasons I love reading novellas so much. I think Steinbeck is one of the better writers of "The Lost Generation", and this work really proves it. It's jam-packed with emotion and brought on plenty of tears.

When I first read this I hated it. After having to study it extensively for a research project, I have a begrudging respect and appreciation for it, and would most likely recommend it. As an early feminist text, and a recently discovered Medieval text, I really like the way that it can be read as Margery desperately trying to live her life and express her voice though the pages that she wasn't even able to write. I think that is the most powerful part of this story, that Margery is still so visible and loud despite not being the author of her own story (the story was transcribed by a male monk/priest due to Margery's illiteracy).

This was actually the first manga I ever read, and it was a wild start. This volume does well at kicking off the mystery and tension that runs through the whole series. I felt like it was a good introduction to the characters without being overwhelming, and has a genuinely unique concept as a jumping ground.

The storyline with the Faceless Woman and Inuyasha's mother was interesting. I'm not sure how much I believe the suddenness in Inuyasha's decision to protect Kagome but I suppose we need to keep it moving if we have so many volumes to go through!

I really just find Hawthorne's prose to be over written and cumbersome. I prefer his short stories over this novel, and feel like the story may have been more memorable and impactful without his buckets of description hiding everything.