Of The Flesh is a well-selected and organised story collection. There are 18 gruesome, grotesque and fun stories of various styles, including a surprise visual one by modern master of horror such as Mariana Enriquez.
I enjoyed all of the stories, some more than others. I liked Daisies, Apples, Fairies a lot.
I will revisit this book to enjoy some of these stories again.
It is a pretty cool book and I am glad I picked it up. I was introduced to some writers I was not familiar with and cherished some of my favourite horror writers’ work.

This is such an incredible line-up of authors and so going in my expectations were high. I’m pleased to say they were not disappointed. A varied and brilliant mix of horror stories, from the supernatural to body horror to the evil that humans enact on each other. For me the standout stories were the ones by Mariana Enriquez, Susan Barker, Ainslie Hogarth, and Bridget Collins.

Of The Flesh is an apt title - quite a few of the stories featured involve parts of the body (not in a good way!) It certainly is modern horror as described. A few of the authors I recognized - Lionel Shriver, Louisa Young and Francine Toon. Shriver writes about obesity which is one of her favorite topics. I did read them all quickly, one after the other, so that I didn't get nasty images in my head. This means the overall effect merges together and makes it difficult to remember details. One which stands out is Bob a Job which I read twice, as I found it incomprehensible and very creepy. To sum up, horror is not my genre but this is an amazing collection. I appreciate being invited to review it.

As with all short story collections there are some that I really enjoyed and others not so much and I’m sure other readers will have completely differing opinions to mine.

Personal favourites were Apples, The Broccoli Eel, Sketchy and The Fruiting Body.

Big thanks to netgalley for providing an ecopy of this book in exchange for an honest review.