The Man Who Shot Out My Eye Is Dead

More like 4 and a half. I read West of the Known a couple of months ago (on Fence, I think). I couldn't stop thinking about it. My library did not buy this collection, so I interlibrary loaned it. Benz's range is mindboggling. She jumps genres and in and out of magical realism like a sorceress. It is right that George Saunders blurbs this one. I would highly recommend this collection to his fans. My favorites were West of the Known, James III, Snake Doctors, The Mourners, Recognition, and Sheepefold (which has a longer title, but I'm too lazy to type it out).