After the People Lights Have Gone Off vs Can Such Things Be?: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: American Horror tales, Short Stories

After the People Lights Have Gone Off

After the People Lights Have Gone Off Stephen Graham Jones · 2014 ★★★★☆ 3.7 260 pages · ≈ 4 h 49 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

Can Such Things Be? Ambrose Bierce · 1909 ★★★★☆ 3.9 200 pages · ≈ 3 h 42 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 3.7 vs 3.9 — either is a safe pick by score.
After the People Lights Have Gone Off is the easier read (Moderate), Can Such Things Be? more demanding (Challenging).