The book describes its contents as including whimsical mechanical contraptions, and that is true, to a degree, but the stories, as far as I read, were...moreThe book describes its contents as including whimsical mechanical contraptions, and that is true, to a degree, but the stories, as far as I read, were dark. One very well written story borrowed from H.G. Well's Time Machine and was so full of horrific events it ended my reading of the collection.(less)