I've read two of Datlow's collections and some of the odds and ends when she was still running that online zine. I've yet to find a story that was more of passing interest. Too weird and too dark for the main part (well-written, of course). Just not my thing. Realms of Fantasy has a lot of that type of stuff too (but they do have a nice adventure story in there now and then.)
My favorite short magazine is still BlackGate. I can count on liking most of the stories there.
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