2021 PopSugar Reading Challenge: a book with fewer than 1,000 reviews on Goodreads (at this point, anyway!). 12 out of 20 of these stories vibed with me - is that good?? Anyway, 60% is probably mathematically three stars, but I’m adding on a bit extra for Curtis Sittenfeld fangirling purposes and also because I thought the top 5 (or 6) stories were pretty great. This collection would be good for a book club discussion.
Here’s my very personal Top 10 ranking (just based on my engagement and/or appreciation of craft - and honestly, since my COVID-era attention span remains for shit, these are also probably some of the *shorter* short stories, because that’s about what I can handle these days!):

1. Michael Byers, “Sibling Rivalry”
2. Kevin Wilson, “Kennedy”
3. Sarah Thankham Mathews, “Rubberdust”
4. Alejandro Puyana, “The Hands of Dirty Children”
5. TC Boyle, “The Apartment”
6. Leigh Newman, “Howl Palace”
7. Marian Crotty, “Halloween”
8. Anna Reeser, “Octopus VII”
9. Elizabeth McCracken, “It’s Not You”
10. Emma Cline, “The Nanny”