{"product_id":"mcsweeneys-issue-71-mcsweeneys-quarterly-concern-the-monstrous-and-the-terrible-9781952119644","title":"McSweeney's Issue 71 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): The Monstrous and the Terrible","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eFeaturing Stephen Graham Jones's \u003cem\u003eLover's Lane\u003c\/em\u003e, reprinted in the \u003cem\u003eThe Best Horror of the Year\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOur first-ever issue-length foray into horror, and featuring one of our biggest lineups in some time, our seventy-first issue is one for the ages. Guest edited by \u003cstrong\u003eBrian Evenson\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMcSweeney's 71: \u003c\/em\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Monstrous and the Terribl\u003c\/i\u003ee is a hair-raising collection of fiction that will challenge the notion of what horror has been, and suggest what twenty-first-century horror is and can be. And it's all packaged in a mind-bending, nesting-doll-like series of interlocking slipcases that must be seen to be believed. \u003cbr\u003eThere's \u003cstrong\u003eStephen Graham Jones\u003c\/strong\u003e's eerie take on the alien abduction story, \u003cstrong\u003eMariana Enríquez\u003c\/strong\u003e's haunting tale of childhood hijinks gone awry, and Jeffrey Ford on a writer who loses control of his characters. \u003cstrong\u003eNick Antosca\u003c\/strong\u003e (cocreator of the award-winning TV series \u003ci\u003eThe Act\u003c\/i\u003e) spins out a novelette about the hidden horrors of wine country. There's \u003cstrong\u003eKristine Ong\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMuslim\u003c\/strong\u003e exploring environmental horror in the Philippines; a sharp-edged folk tale by \u003cstrong\u003eGabino Iglesias\u003c\/strong\u003e, and Diné writer \u003cstrong\u003eNatanya Ann Pulley\u003c\/strong\u003e reimagining sci-fi horror from an indigenous perspective. Hungarian writer \u003cstrong\u003eAttila Veres\u003c\/strong\u003e proffers a dark take on the not-so-hidden sociopathy of multi-level marketing. And \u003cstrong\u003eErika T. Wurth\u003c\/strong\u003e explores the dark gaps leading to other worlds. If that weren't enough: an excerpt from a new novel by \u003cstrong\u003eBrandon Hobson\u003c\/strong\u003e; a chilling allegorical horror story by \u003cstrong\u003eSenaa Ahmad\u003c\/strong\u003e; a Lovecraftian bildungsroman by\u003cstrong\u003e Lincoln Michel\u003c\/strong\u003e; unsettling dream cities from \u003cstrong\u003eNick Mamatas\u003c\/strong\u003e; \u003cstrong\u003eM. T. Anderson\u003c\/strong\u003e's exceptionally weird take on babysitting; and, improbably, much more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eMcSweeney's Quarterly Concern\u003c\/em\u003e began in 1998 as a literary journal that published only works rejected by other magazines. That rule was soon abandoned, and since then McSweeney's has attracted some of the finest writers in the world, from \u003cb\u003eGeorge Saunders\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eLydia Davis\u003c\/b\u003e, to \u003cb\u003eChimamanda Ngozi Adichie\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eDavid Foster Wallace\u003c\/b\u003e. Recent issues have featured work by \u003cb\u003eTommy Orange\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eHanif Abdurraqib\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eLisa Taddeo\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eMimi Lok\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eLesley Nneka Arimah\u003c\/b\u003e. At the same time, the journal continues to be a major home for new and unpublished writers; we're committed to publishing exciting fiction regardless of pedigree.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"McSweeney's","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52000296567058,"sku":"9781952119644","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2e8b1af9-c165-43ee-a307-7f9a1fd526d0.jpg?v=1770193523","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mcsweeneys-issue-71-mcsweeneys-quarterly-concern-the-monstrous-and-the-terrible-9781952119644","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}