overall, a solid anthology. reviews of each story below. 
 1. 3 stars to "The Birds of Azalea Street" by Nova Ren Suma. i guessed the plot from the beginning because i know way too much about Hitchcock films, but still a damn good story. 
 2. 4 stars to "In the Forest Dark and Deep" by Carrie Ryan. man, that shit was messed up, and i loved every second of it. no more spoilers. 
 3. 4.5 stars to "Emmeline" by Cat Winters. utterly haunting. missing that "x factor" to deserve 5 stars, but still amazing. 
 4. 3 stars to "Verse Chorus Verse" by Leigh Bardugo. really intriguing premise, but ultimately only 3 stars because nothing really happened. loved the writing, but i think she's just not suited for short stories. 
 5. 4.5 stars to "Hide and Seek" by Megan Shepherd. loved, loved, loved it. had me on the edge of my seat the whole time. non-stop, amazing action. ending was a little bit too "wrap things up all nicely with a bow," so unfortunately, not quite 5 stars. 
 6. 2 stars to "The Dark, Scary Parts and All" by Danielle Paige. guessed the plot from the beginning, and it reads like a standard YA romance masquerading as another genre by throwing in some shitty world-building. nothing to see here, folks. 
 7. 2.5 stars to "The Flicker, the Fingers, the Beat, the Sigh" by April Genevieve Tucholke. again, nothing much to see. personally, i didn't really like the main characters, so that also didn't work in Tucholke's favor. i added 0.5 stars because of the haunting nature of the ending. 
 8. 1 star to "Fat Girl with a Knife" by Jonathan Maberry. holy shit, stop patronizing your readers, guys! are you trying to get an airplane to land with all those red flags you're waving? sheesh. other than that, the writing was okay, and the ending was disappointing. sigh. 
 9. 3 stars to "Sleepless" by Jay Kristoff. loved the multiple twist endings! writing wasn't spectacular, but definitely better than average. also loved the use of chat messages to tell the story. will definitely be looking out for more of Kristoff's work. 
 10. 3 stars to "M" by Stefan Bachmann. i think Bachman could have done more with the premise, but it was good while it lasted. 
 11. 2.5 stars to "The Girl Without a Face" by Marie Lu. absolutely hated the protagonist, and he definitely deserved what he got, though i didn't really get creeped out at all. also, trigger warning: talk of cutting and suicide in this one. 
 12. 3 stars to "A Girl Who Dreamed of Snow" by McCormick Templeman. finally, a fantasy with horror! there wasn't enough time to really flesh out the world, but still solid. 
 13. 4 stars to "Stitches" by A.G. Howard. gory, with a twist ending. what more can a girl ask for? 
 14. 3 stars to "On the I-5" by Kendare Blake. i really wish i could rate it higher, but i spent too much of the story confused. to be fair, when i finally got it at the end and understood what was going on, i did like it.