I was drawn to this book mostly because it featured two f my favorite authors, Paul Tremblay and Josh Malerman, and promised dark fiction, including horror, inspired by the 8s and 90s era alternative music. However, almost none of the stories fell under what I know the subgenre of dark fiction to be, and there was only one story that really included any horror elements. Many of them are bleak or depressing, but the only real pervading theme is crime. After being unimpressed with the first three or four tales, I found myself repeatedly uninterested and skipping to the next entry without finishing, especially the real long ones. The only ones that really stood out to me were by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (the only true horror story), Paul Tremblay, Meg Gardiner, Paul Tremblay, and to a lesser degree, Brian Francis Slattery. The rest I could easily live without. A disappointing read me I'll call 2 stars, just because of those few stories.