In eight illustrated books, elegantly held together in a single beribboned case, McSweeney's Issue 28 explores the state of the fable. For the next two days, it's $5 off. - - - - |
PART I: Draw a conclusion from the following pairs of facts. 1a) Michael Osborne lives behind his grandmother's house, in Kentucky.
2a) Grace Poole is allergic to the fragrance of soap.
3a) For his 86th birthday, Snow Fisher would like snakeskin cowboy boots
and a signet ring.
4a) Dan Schiller sometimes imagines his ulcer is a tiny brown elf with
razor-sharp claws.
- - - - PART II: 1. camel : rat :: rattlesnake : 2. technology : rat :: soul : - - - - PART III: True or False
- - - - PART IV: Reading Comprehension I was perambluating the sandy city, hawking used books and paper shapes. The sandy city: a strip of cubicles, inhabitants, a river of sand. I ate my breakfasts with relish. Whatever they gave I ate, with the relish, brought from the firey city, and for the strict purpose of breakfast. That is stupid. Following breakfast: the sale. You madame, you look as though you might—hogwash. I keep a rock collection of pirate-shaped stones on my person. My price on the stones is reasonable, perforce. A car key, bit of broken crockery, an unbosoming in strictest confidence. My pamphlets are mostly about kings and queens, fleshy eyeballs, and my fabulous fabulous brain adventures. They are also about poison gumweed, and short snakes which are all black, and lift their black heads from the sand river to show their fangs, and hiss, like cartoons. The city people: fleshy invertebrates—healthy cheeks and easy ventricles. And also babies. A nickel for every baby.
OTHER McSWEENEY'S STORIES:
Forsaken, the Crew Awaited News from the People Below By J.M. Martinez Reviews of Friends' Stories and Anecdotes, Part III By Christina Nunez Imaginary Dialogues By Francis Heaney Periodic Table of the Elementary School By Alysia Gray Painter John Hodgman, Professional Literary Agent, Has Not Forsaken His Young Cousin, the Aspiring Writer Known Only as "Josh," but Read Below for Important News of His Professional Status, and Learn With Him the Painful Lesson of The Lycanthrope's Niece. By John Hodgman |
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