Sean Mabry

Thuggish Itch Sean Mabry

One afternoon, the pelicans came in. Masses of them. More than I had ever seen in one place at the same time. They swarmed the jetty where a group of tourists had decided to toss them a scrap or two. I remember thinking this could get really ugly, really quickly if those long, deep beaks were filled with teeth... Thuggish Itch's seventh collection, Birds Have Teeth, features twenty short stories that depict what might ensure if our feathered friends suddenly developed teeth. As you would likely expect if that situation were to be true, there are very few happy endings.