Bigfoot in Love and Other Stories is a collection of poignant stories of love, loss, and longing.

Each story gave me the same feeling as The Thoughts of Nanushka - The writing is profound, and captures the essence of human emotions.

The supernatural themes mixed in range from heart wrenching to humorous. From love letters to ghosts, vampires who miss the sun, to crews in space taking up crafts.

My favourite was Ossuary.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an ARC copy of Bigfoot in Love and Other Stories by Hannah Birss.

I really enjoyed this collection. What stood out most to me was the variety—each story had its own feel, and some definitely hit harder than others. That’s what made it such a good read for me; no matter what, there’s at least one story in here that will connect with you on a personal level.

It was also a very quick and easy read. I kept telling myself “just one more story” and before I knew it, I’d been sitting there far longer than planned. The writing style had a lot to do with that. Birss’s descriptive way of telling a story made it so easy to picture what was happening, and that pulled me in even more.

Overall, it was a fun mix of stories with a few that really made me stop and think. I’d definitely recommend it to anyone who enjoys short story collections. For me, it’s a solid 4 stars.

Personally? A fan. Will this be everyone’s cup of tea? No. If you’re into cryptids, ghosts, lunar women and heavy topics like grief, cancer, and mental illness you’ll find this hauntingly beautiful.

Thanks to NetGalley and Victory Editing NetGalley Co-op for providing me with an eARC.

This was a great collection of short stories. I liked the variety of emotions in the stories -- sad, comforting, haunting and eerie. Most of them were a combination of these emotions. My favourite story was Persephone's Garden. I can't believe I've been reading Greek mythology for so long and never thought about this perspective. It was brilliantly written. Some of my other favourites were The Bird Girl, Daffodil Fields and Waxing, Waning. Every story was well written and invoked the emotions they were meant to. I would recommend this to anyone looking for an amazing collection of magical realism short stories bordering on folk tales and mythology.

P.S. The cover art is amazing and sets the perfect atmosphere for the stories.

This book may begin with Bigfoot, but it becomes so much more. The stories we’re taken on are nothing like I’ve ever read before, so grounded in reality and yet mythical. In less then 120 pages we have 15 different stories featuring topics like grief, longing, disability, loss, and more. We’re in space, we’re in the middle of nowhere, we’re by the ocean. This book feels like you should read it on a vacation to the Pacific Northwest, or on a plane looking down at a mountain or the sea. If you’re looking for something fun, something different I definitely recommend checking this out. My favorite story was probably “Patrick not Patrick”.