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A review by justbureaus
McSweeney's Quarterly Concern Issue 71: The Monstrous and the Terrible by Brian Evenson
3.75
It’s been years since I picked up one of the McSweeney’s Quarterly collections, but the design and production of this one was too good to pass up: three grotesque slipcases with a leather-bound, foil-blocked hardcover lurking at the core.
Brian Evenson’s selection of stories here is strong, diverse, and encompasses a wide variety of what horror can or could be. I loved Nick Antosca’s A24-baiting The Noble Rot, Jeffrey Ford’s meta A Hundred Nights of Nothing, Sydney Emerson’s hilarious The Haunting of the Wilsons by Me and That Bitch Todd, and Stephen Graham Jones’ Lover’s Lane. Out of 16 stories I found something curious in almost all, only truly bouncing off of two. Looking forward to dipping back into this one in future spooky seasons.
Brian Evenson’s selection of stories here is strong, diverse, and encompasses a wide variety of what horror can or could be. I loved Nick Antosca’s A24-baiting The Noble Rot, Jeffrey Ford’s meta A Hundred Nights of Nothing, Sydney Emerson’s hilarious The Haunting of the Wilsons by Me and That Bitch Todd, and Stephen Graham Jones’ Lover’s Lane. Out of 16 stories I found something curious in almost all, only truly bouncing off of two. Looking forward to dipping back into this one in future spooky seasons.