Unfortunately, every story missed the mark for me. I'm usually a big fan of Jason's wild ideas and understated execution, but these short stories were just too slight and incomplete. But "Nothing" is such a stand out that it's almost worth it just for that.

"If You Steal": 2/5 As a series of micro shots about a man regretting his turn towards burglary and how it ruins his life - 5/5. But with the scrambled chronology and the lack of meaningful dialogue, it lost me.
"Karma Chameleon": 2/5 Another one that I really wanted to like, but just lost me. The dad's weird discussion of masturbation, his insanity when his daughter gets engaged... it needed more time to make sense.
"Waiting for Bardot": 1/5 A bland parody of Waiting for Godot, without any of the humor or big ideas.
"Lorena Velazquez": 3/5 A pastiche of luchador movies that drags on a little but has a sweet ending.
"New Face": 3/5 Uuugh, I wanted to like this one so bad. The 2nd person narration is interesting, the idea that this man who may or may not have been innocent gets consumed by a need for revenge... it's all wonderful. But I have no idea what was wrong with his face! I thought, at first, the surgeon didn't do anything, but then the man is walking around unrecognized, so something must be different. But what?? Why is he so obsessed?
"Moondance": 1/5 Apparently re-imaginings of Van Morrison covers, but I don't know Van Morrison, so didn't connect.
"Night of the Vampire Hunter": 3/5 An interesting little vampire hunting story, and that's it.
"Polly Wants a Cracker": 2/5 Frida Kahlo as an assassin - what could be better? But it's not really about Frida Kahlo, and the parrot twist is too strange to me.
"The Thrill is Gone": 2/5 Another one that's based on something I'm unfamiliar with (Chet Baker), and otherwise falls flat.
"Ask Not": 1/5 A hodge podge of conspiracy theories.
"Nothing": 5/5 A heartbreaking, wonderfully sad and relatable look into dementia/alzheimers and the pure confusion it brings about.

A really interesting interview with Jason someone else posted: https://www.cbr.com/jason-discusses-if-you-steal-and-remixing-pop-culture/ ( )