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'The Alien Thoughts That Continued To Course Through Ted Gallatin's Brain Subsequent to His Clinical Death' was, as the title would suggest, an extension or post-script of the first poem-like story of the collection. I preferred its predecessor.

'After Math' is a story of the End Times. It can be tricky for an apocalypse story to be good, but by remaining firmly personal I think this one's managed it.

'Witch Hunt' is foreshadowing because, unlike most DG content which is set in the past or almost-present, this story is set in the near future. From what I could piece together, word of Delta Green gets out somehow and serious damage control is being undertaken to try and ensure that the Group lives on beyond this.

'Drowning in Sand' is another story I've read before. Possibly from one of the DG RPG books? Anyway, it's brilliant. It touches on some of the most pivotal events in the Conspiracy and shows things from a point of view that could otherwise be all top easy to overlook.

'Philosophy' was very short - almost flash fiction. As such it didn't contain much or really go anywhere, so I'm pretty meh about it.

'Drowning in Sand' is another story I've read before. Possibly from one of the DG RPG books? Anyway, it's brilliant. It touches on some of the most pivotal events in the Conspiracy and shows things from a point of view that could otherwise be all top easy to overlook.

'Contingencies' was great! It ties itself into the existing mythos logically, explores an existing and popular thought exercise deftly, and is personable enough to stay engaging through it all. Just brilliant.

Lepus! It's been a long time but I think I remember him being kind of a big deal in a couple of DG novels. Anyway, 'Coming Home' was an absolutely fantastic depiction of the specific flavour of insanity experienced by someone who'd been confronted with the Horror and later found themselves back in normal life. I loved it.

'The Secrets No One Knows' was very brief, but it held an air about it that was satisfying. The ending undermines its dignity, however, in being too overt and much too contrite. It felt like the sort of ending a novice might produce - it lacks finesse.

I'm not sure just what to make of 'Punching'. It's ripe with what I take to be double meaning, considering it's context. If it weren't appearing alongside other DG stories, and if it shirked its single overt reference to the Horrors, one could easily mistake this as concerning nothing but one man's troubled time at college and it's fallout. Surprisingly subtle. I appreciate that.