I normally tear through these anthologies, but this one requires a little more time due to how amazing each and every story is. Not only is it full of some of my favorite writers (ie Ramsey Campbell, Shane McKenzie, Shaun Meeks, JF Gonzalez and Adam Millard), but it has introduced me to some all new favorites (ie Scathe meic Beorh, K Trap Jones, Christine Morgan, Chantal Noordeloos and Anna Taborska). William Cook has put together an amazing collection of some of the best writers who have obviously brought some of their best tales to the table. Trying to pick favorites in this amazing line up was like taking two cans of Pepsi and asking "which one do you like more". But I did it anyway, although I am sure I will read each of these stories again, and again. 
 My top picks would have to be Shane McKenzie's So Much Pain, So Much Death; Shaun Meeks' Perfection Through Silence; Chantal Noordeloos' The Door; Anna Taborska's Out of the Light; Adam Millard's The Incongruous Mr. Marwick; RObert Dunbar's High Rise and Scathe meic Beorh's God of the Wind. That being said, there is not a single story I would pass on during a second reading of this. It really is one of the best anthologies of the year.