This June, triple National Magazine Award-winning McSweeney's Quarterly returns with its 71st issue, focussing on Horror.
Inside you’ll find stories to delight and terrify, stories which challenge the notion of what horror has been and suggest what 21st century horror is and can be. Contents include four-time Bram Stoker Award and two-time Shirley Jackson Award winner Stephen Graham Jones's eerie take on the alien abduction story; six-time World Fantasy Award winner Jeffrey Ford's exploration of a writer who loses control of his characters; Shirley Jackson Award winner and co-creator of the award winning TV series The Act; Nick Antosca's novelette about the hidden horrors of wine country; British Fantasy Award Winner Kristine Ong Muslim's exploration of environmental horror in the Philippines; Wonderland Book Award winner Gabino Iglesias's folk tale with a sharp edge; NEA winning Diné writer Natanya Ann Pulley's rethinking of SF horror for an indigenous perspective; Hungarian writer Attila Veres's dark take on the not-so-hidden sociopathy of multi-level marketing; New York Times Editor's Pick Erika T. Wurth's exploration of the dark gaps leading to other worlds; an excerpt of a new novel by National Book Award finalist Brandon Hobson, and more.
Compiled by guest editor Brian Evenson, McSweeney's Issue 71, as always, features the very best in new literary fiction, in a unique and beautifully designed format, that will occupy a cherished spot on your bookshelves for years to come.
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About the Author :
McSweeney's Quarterly Concern 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 George Saunders and Lydia Davis, to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and David Foster Wallace. Recent issues have featured work by Tommy Orange, Hanif Abdurraqib, Lisa Taddeo, Mimi Lok, and Lesley Nneka Arimah. At the same time, the journal continues to be a major home for new and unpublished writers; we're committed to publishing exciting fiction regardless of pedigree.
Review :
"A bone chilling anthology [.] Guest editor Brian Evenson stirs together a boiling cauldron of stories."
- The Washington Post
"This anthology is not to be missed. [.] [P]roves that good writing can go hand-in-hand with frights aplenty."
- Rue Morgue
"If you like well-written tales which lean dark, I wholeheartedly recommend you spend some time with these pages."
- Light Speed Magazine
"A key barometer of the literary climate."
-The New York Times
"An enduring literary presence."
-Chicago Tribune
"Ever shape-shifting and ambitious, McSweeney's has redefined what a literary institution can be. Their commitment to publishing strong, strange voices and stories from the periphery has always been an inspiration and I'm always excited to see what they'll do next."
-Catherine Lacey, McSweeney's contributor and author of Pew
