Probably one of the most depressing books I have ever read. 

A batch of marginally supernatural stories set in a near future dystopian England. The stories are about brokenness: physical, mental, interior, exterior. England is a grey mass of broken factories, mines, tenements, streets and shops. The streets are full of Clockwork Orange type youth and skinheads and the police run wild. Both urban and rural landscapes are in ruins. Amidst the backdrop are individuals groping for meaning and contact that they rarely find and is usually lost even when found. Most of the relationships are Gay which is not a criticism, just the authors preference. Relationships are sometimes caring and sometimes sordid.

Take these a bit at a time because they can be both depressing but the sameness of the stories tends to also make them run together at times. And hide the razorblades.

This may be the most depressing book I have ever read.  Every character in every story is damaged.

As I was not yet writing reviews when I read this book, I don't have reviews for each of the short stories included in this anthology. So here are my ratings; if I ever reread the book, I intend to add reviews.

★★☆☆☆ The Museum of Dr. Moses by Joyce Carol Oates
★★☆☆☆ Worse than Bones by Ramsey Campbell
★★☆☆☆ King of Outer Space by Peter Atkins
★★☆☆☆ Piano Bar Blues by Melanie Tem
★☆☆☆☆ Those Vanished I Recognize by Tom Piccirilli
★☆☆☆☆ Inland, Shoreline by Darren O. Godfrey
★★☆☆☆ The Window by by Joel Lane
★★☆☆☆ Author, Author by Gordon Linzner
★★☆☆☆ Hammerhead by Richard Laymon
★★★☆☆ Imbroglio by Conrad Williams
★★☆☆☆ Transorbital Love Probe by Th. Metzger
★★★☆☆ The Impressionists in Winter by Susan Fry
★☆☆☆☆ Whose Ghosts These Are by Charles L. Grant
★☆☆☆☆ Perdido: A Fragment from a Work in Progress by Peter Straub
★★☆☆☆ In Real Life by William F. Nolan
★★★☆☆ Pound Rots in Fragrant Harbour by Lisa Morton
★★★★☆ Apologia by Robert Devereaux
★★☆☆☆ The Bird Catcher by S.P. Somtow