Within the thirteen stories of Whitney Collins 's Big Bad dwells a hunger that's dark, deep, and hilarious.
Part domestic horror, part flyover gothic, Big Bad serves up real-world predicaments in unremarkable places (motels, dormitories, tiki bars), all with Collins's heart-wrenching flavor of magical realism.
A young woman must give birth to future iterations of herself; a widower kills a horse en route to his grandson's circumcisi.