Some very good stories, some rather depressing ones - both of the symbiont ones, oddly. The last one, unfortunately, is one of those. I liked the one with the owl - horrific, but it ends hopefully. The troll one is also very good; same thing, it ends hopefully. And the dog one is the best, for me - without messing with the original story, he made it make sense. Very good. ( )

One good story, one meh story, the other waver between okay and pretty good. Add half a star if you actually like short stories as a class. ( )