Works originally published in Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern

A Very Tight Place is a novella by Stephen King, originally published in the May 2008 issue of McSweeney's, and collected in King's 2008 collection Just After Sunset.

"Willie the Weirdo" is a short story by Stephen King, first published in English in the June 2022 issue of Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern (having been previously published in French under the title "Willie le Zinzin" in Bifrost in October 2021). It was collected in King's 2024 book, You Like It Darker.

Kafka Americana is a 1999 collection of short stories by Jonathan Lethem and Carter Scholz based on the life (and alternate histories) and works of Franz Kafka. Originally published in a limited edition by Subterranean Press, it was released as a trade paperback by W. W. Norton & Company in 2001.

How We Are Hungry is a collection of short stories by Dave Eggers, originally published by McSweeney's in 2004. The hardcover first edition includes the following pieces: