The Walrus has named Simple Creatures one of the top ten books of the autumn. They write: "It’s hard not to be charmed by the short stories in Simple Creatures, especially with cheeky titles like 'Your ASMR Boyfriend Addresses the Climate Crisis.' Though some pieces are traditional in nature, others deploy left-field structures, like a YouTube narration or puppy training advice. For all the experimentation, humour, and nods to online life, at their core, McGill’s stories are grounded in human feeling—our yearnings, our anxieties, our obsessions, and our relationships with each other. Thanks to this deft balancing act, a story written as a high school report about Bigfoot ends up being weirdly, wonderfully moving."

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