• Internet Tendency
  • The Store
  • Books Division
  • Quarterly Concern
  • The Believer
  • Donate
McSweeney’s
Internet Tendency
Daily humor almost every day since 1998.
Daily humor almost every day since 1998.
ILLUSTORIA MAGAZINE

Young reader in your life? Subscribe to Illustoria magazine today. Recognized by The New York Times as a best gift for kids!

November 7, 2013
Any Given Wednesday Afternoon

On the Hunting and Killing of an Extremely Rare and Indefatigable Shark off the West and Only Coast of Ecuador

by Ian Orti

 

  • Sharks
  • Hunting
  • Ecuador
Please help support our writers and keep our site ad-free by becoming a patron today!
Become a patron
➤

Non-Essential Mnemonics: Daily Prostate Checks Keep People (Mostly Guys) Energized and Youthful
➤

A Prayer for Lost Phones
Suggested Reads
  • April 26, 2002
    It Was Just a Shark, An Interview with Rodney Fox, on Being Attacked, Surviving, and Returning to the Water, Part One.
    by Steve Featherstone
  • August 17, 2022
    There Are Far More Things to Worry About at Our Beach Than Shark Attacks
    by David Guzman
  • October 28, 2008
    Excerpts From The Aerial Hunter’s Cookbook
    by Sid Popson
  • March 15, 2011
    How to Ensnare a Musk Ox In the Hopes of Surviving On It Through the Winter
    by Rebecca Bernard
Trending 🔥
  1. November 22, 2023
    Post-Dinner Interview with a Twelve-Year-Old Who Sat at the Grown-Ups’ Table for the First Time on Thanksgiving
    by Nathaniel Brown
  2. November 14, 2023
    In the Office Auto-Reply Emails for a Hybrid Work Schedule
    by Leslie Ylinen
  3. February 23, 2012
    Lines from The Princess Bride That Double as Comments on Freshman Composition Papers
    by Jennifer Simonson
  4. November 17, 2023
    Quiz: Are You the Worst Person at Thanksgiving?
    by Wendi Aarons and Johanna Gohmann
Recently
  • December 2, 2023
    “Just Say the Word, and I’ll Bring My Whole Heart to Anything”: Remembering Gabe Hudson
    by McSweeney’s
  • December 1, 2023
    A Message from the Chancellor on the Recent Student Protest
    by Andrew Patrick Clark
  • December 1, 2023
    We Can’t Wait to Be Part of Your Neighborhood, but First We Need to Dig This Massive Hole
    by Viktoria Shulevich
  • November 30, 2023
    A Garnet Hill Lady Does MDMA
    by Caroline Arden
The holiday classic back in print at last, now with a color-changing mug. Hark. Lemony Snicket’s The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Screaming.
“Ahmed Naji confronts what happens when one’s fundamentally unserious, oversexed youth dovetails with an authoritarian, utterly self-serious regime.” —Zadie Smith
A New York Times Bestseller.

“This beautiful book is destined to be a classic.”
—Buffalo News
“Pay As You Go is an exuberant, maximalist delight.”
—Kelly Link
“This is the kind of magazine you keep on your bookshelves with your favorite books.”
— Cece Bell, author of El Deafo
“A key barometer of the literary climate.” —The New York Times
McSweeney’s is an independent nonprofit publishing company based in San Francisco.
As well as operating a daily humor website, we also publish Timothy McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, Illustoria and an ever-growing selection of books under various imprints. You can buy all of these things from our online store. You can support us today by making a donation.

We are committed to our environment. Each year, we purchase carbon offsets commensurate with our estimate of the impact of the printing, shipping, and travel necessary to publish our books and magazines. We are continually working to minimize our impact on the planet by examining every business decision through a lens of sustainability. To support this effort, or to learn more, please write to executive director Amanda Uhle.
  • Internet Tendency
  • The Store
  • Books Division
  • Quarterly Concern
  • The Believer
  • Donate
  • About Us
  • Events
  • Email Newsletter
  • Advertise
  • Store Policy
  • Contact Us
  • Internships
  • Submission Guidelines
Copyright © 1998–2023, McSweeney’s Literary Arts Fund.
All Rights Reserved.
Search Magnifying Glass
  • Internet Tendency
  • The Store
  • Books Division
  • Quarterly Concern
  • The Believer
  • Donate
 

Celebrate Eskor David Johnson’s Pay As You Go

Pay As You Go has been named a finalist for the Center for Fiction 2023 First Novel Prize. We’ll find out the winner on Tuesday, but to celebrate Eskor David Johnson’s brilliant book, copies are 20% off all weekend!
“Johnson’s unbridled debut runs in circles of accelerating grandiosity and lunacy.”
—Publishers Weekly

×