You hear stories that the main character saves a day or overcome challenges. What if it is different? A main character being a drug addict? A son living in a perfect rich family? A world where number of likes matches the pill dosage? Or that you have to smile everyday?
Take into the cynical and dark short stories in this anthology being group together to see the bleakness in humanity. You might feel revolted by actions or glad you are not in the stories' worlds. Well who to say you are already living in one?