What you'll find inside McSweeney's issue no. sixty-nine:
The New Toe by Zach Williams (A two-year-old grows an extra toe.)
Asymptote by Siqi Liu (A widow and her daughter wait for the world to end.)
18 or 34 Miles from Perennial Square by Max Delsohn (A feral frank appears in the forest.)
A Fable by John Lee Clark (Blind men and an elephant, reimagined.)
Stuffed Cabbage Man by Julie Hecht (A writer remembers her neighbours.)
This is Not Miami by Fernanda Melchor/Translated by Sophie Hughes (Dockworkers in Veracruz assist stowaways.)
Scraps by Leila Renee (A heartbroken girl licks her wounds in a KFC.)
True, False, Floating by Mel Kassel (Rib reading is the new palmistry.)
An Audacious Man by Evan James (Daring to be bold.)
The Reanimator by Mikkel Rosengaard (DMs from the dead.)
The New Maite by Yohanca Delgado (A woman comes across a clone of herself.)
The Starlight by Lydi Conklin (A pterodactyl crashes into a Pegasus and surmounting selfishness.)
The Nominal Scale, a comic by Connor Willumsen (Why was she banished to a trash patch?)
Letters to the Editor from Bianca Giaever, Ikechukwu Ufomadu, April Ayers Lawson, Anelise Chen & Ricardo Frasso Jaramillo
I give it an 11/10. A gorgeous painted cover by Benjamin Marra (the fan favorite Grammy-nominated illustrator) featuring a 1965 Pontiac LeMans GTO, a wonderful wordmark by Phaedra Charles, fantastic interior illustrations by Jackie Ferrentino, 12 thrilling short stories AND a cool 8-page full-color comic! A great read. An amazing bargain. This supermarket pulp-inspired paperback is a must get!
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