I received a copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an unbiased review. I was drawn to this book by the amazing cover art, and after reading the description I thought this book would definitely be for me. Unfortunately, I was wrong - I made it a little over halfway through these stories before I gave up on them. Every story followed the same formula - some character gets involved with something and ends up dead in some way. All the characters were very flat and there was little motivation for anything that happened with any of the plots. I love a good short short - but a lot of these shorter stories seemed like they were just ideas for a longer work. A lot of telling instead of showing here.