This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances is a collection of four short stories. This Skin Was Once Mine follows Jillian Finch after her father dies as she reckons with the past and present after being sent away by her mother twenty years ago. I’m rating this story 2.5 stars. Seedling follows a young man after his mother has passed away. He goes to see his father and finds his mother’s body is still in the house. I’m rating this story 2.5/3 stars. Prickle follows two old men as they take part in a cruel, twisted game. I’m rating this story 2.5 stars. All The Parts of You That Won’t Easily Burn follows Enoch as he meets a strange shopkeeper when he goes to buy a knife for his husband which leads to mutilation. I’m rating this 2.5 stars. Overall I’m giving this collection 3 stars. It has an audience but I’m just not part of it. These stories just didn’t resonate with me and I’m not really enjoying the direction this author is going down. I would heed the authors note at the beginning with the content warnings. This isn’t a bad collection but many of the stories just feel a bit empty or dark for no reason.