I will definitely check out those collections, LS. Thanks!
I'm done with the Hornby book now and it was ohsogood. I'm beginning
Arafat's Elephant on the recommendation of the teacher of the writing class I'm currently in. His own stories (my prof.'s) are dark and brilliant. I recommend
Cairo by Midnight.
In school my current writing focus is on shorts and I really like it. Since becoming so obsessed with writing I find that I dream in story. Dark, weird stories in which I am never a character. It's kinda cool actually.