The Pleasure in Pain is a collection of short stories dealing with queerness, romance and love, leaning into more intense and darker portrayals and explorations. As with most anthologies, there is a range of stories that are engaging and work well while others don't quite meet the mark whether they were being edgy simply for shock value or not being able to get their story out in this shorter form. Definitely not the strongest anthology but still worth the read for those that stood out: I WANDER THE EARTH LONGING TO TASTE YOUR BEATING HEART, Mantis & Invitation.