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It won a prize, the author is an intelligent and interesting woman and a friend of of a friend, so I picked up a copy of Filter House. It turns out I'd already read and enjoyed about a third of the stories in the collection. I read a lot of short stories, but am terrible with names, so this isn't as surprising as it sounds. As with most short story collections, it's a touch uneven, but none of the stories are duds and there are quite a few stunners in there, stories and images that haunt the mind. The tone and style vary widely, which is likely why I never figured out that all these stories, but I wouldn't consider that a bad thing. I'm all for suiting voice to story. Honestly, the average quality of these stories is high and I'm glad i got to reread the ones I'd seen before and read the ones that were new to me.