Review: Uneven collection but worth buying
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 5, 2014
First off, I love the cover, it's cute, impish, and reminds me of the book cover art of the early/mid 1900s.  As to the stories, it's a mixed bag, most I didn't enjoy, but I enjoyed and recommend two of the stories in the collection; "Auction" about a very special auction house, and "Dog-Man and Cat-Bird (A Flying Cat Story)" about a heroic flying cat (this story did make me tear up a bit).  These are hands down the shining jewels in this collection, both are unique, warmhearted, and are good from start to finish; they put a smile on my face."A Radioactive Monkey"  and "Mister Mhu's Pussy Show" both of which were about women men should never, ever want to get together with.  They are well written and interesting, but they remind me of stories I have read before (that's not a bad thing, brought back great memories of the story "Dying In Bangkok" by Dan Simmons).  As a woman, I didn't like "Mister...", the title alone tells why.Some stories are well written, but very weird, "Product Placement" is about the laws some will break just to sell more products.  "This Guy", I still haven't figured out what "This Guy" really was about, I didn't particularly enjoy either of these stories."Lethe and Mnemosyne" about a giant chicken and the inability to remember how to get rid of it, not much to say as it was only 2 pages long."Do-Overs and Take-Backs" is about how one person's dark wish can make someone else's wish for something better come true.  Strange story, some of the details were offensive and I almost stopped reading, I didn't particularly like it, the ending seemed contrived to me.I hated "Beware of Owner" which was about a very nasty, violent, cruel man, nothing good or redeeming in this story.Overall a good collection of well written stories, definitely worth buying unless you don't like stories that contain foul language, crude graphic details, or stories that are very dark and grim, there are a few of those in this book.