McSweeney's: 53

Letters / Scaachi Koul, July Westhale, Irving Ruan, Rita Bullwinkel, Chuck Heffernan, Daniel Gumbiner

Dad. Me / C. Pam Zhang

Vinegar on the lips of girls / Julia Dixon Evans

Skinned / Lesley Nneka Arimah

Unsound / Maria Reva

What's there / Namwali Serpell

Keep her down / Chelsea Bieker

Angel in the architecture / Zoe Young

That temporary / Jamie Figueroa

an excerpt from The boatbuilder / Daniel Gumbiner

Seven stories printed on balloons:

End / Percival Everett

For Larry / Amelia Gray

Tolstoy is Tolstoy / Lauren Groff

Hamzah AD / Kima Jones

Relaxation technique / Carmen Maria Machado

Half-life / Rebecca Makkai

Ambivalent / Sarah Wisby.