McSweeney's from Veery Books

New York: McSweeney's, 2001. 20 pp. A separately bound book from McSweeney's 7. The story Red Ant House only, published prior to the eponymous collection. 'The first time I saw this girl she was standing at the bottom of the coal pile. I thought she was a little wrinkled dwarf woman with her cheeks sucked in and pointed chin. She… Read more about this item

New York: McSweeney's, 2001. 74 pp. A separately bound book from McSweeney's 7. 'So at first, I thought I'd call Maxine as soon as I got home and tell her about this guy who took me bowling on our blind date, even though there was really no comparison. I mean, Joel wasn't a CPA, and I wasn't stuck out in… Read more about this item

New York: McSweeney's, 2001. 33 pp. A separately bound book from McSweeney's 7. 'My wife the doctor, is not well. In the end she could be dead. It started suddenly, on a country weekend, a movie with friends, a pizza, and then pain.' Author of Jack; . Illustrated Wraps. Fine. Illus. by Melinda Beck. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"… Read more about this item

New York: McSweeney's, 2001. 32 pp. A separately bound book from McSweeney's 7. 'Everyone thought he was a vice cop when he started coming around, just cruising the block slowly in that big old silver Pontiac. He'd be leaning out his window, his eyes looping around us like he was circling horses on a betting sheet.' 'J. T. Leroy is… Read more about this item

New York: McSweeney's, 2001. iv, 29 pp. A separately bound book from McSweeney's 7. Illustrated on cover by photograph of Seager. With an introduction by John Warner and tributes to Allan Seager by Joan Fry and Steven Connelly. Seager's second published story, originally published in Best American Short Stories, 1935. 'John got a roll of canvas, a reel of packthread,… Read more about this item

New York: McSweeney's, 2001. 15 pp. A separately bound book from McSweeney's 7. 'The embryo was orange and see-through. It had eyes like a shrimp, two black beads stuck to the outside of its head. Its hands were like patties, the rest of it like a legume, that's what Big thought, it looks like a legume, though he's never in… Read more about this item