October 2026

Welcome to The Stranger’s October 2026 Issue

After giving years of my life to this paper and reaching the point of my career where people have to listen to me, I’m returning to the marsh I crawled out of, Chicago. Have I lost my mind?  I’m writing to you from the road. In the last 30 hours, I have bruised my entire…

Avatar photo by Vivian McCall

Happy Halloween!

Night of the Living Dentist

Illustrations by Yasiman Ahsani. By the time we’d left the party, the tool belt on my hips was no longer weighed down by White Claws. I’d chosen to put my costume’s accessory to good use: getting as drunk as…

Avatar photo by Nathalie Graham

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