From the collection Seven Empty Houses, Schweblin is at her weird best in this story about a man’s parents who seem to be suffering from dementia, and the drama it causes with his ex-wife and kids:

Where are your parents’ clothes?” asks Marga. She crosses her arms and waits for my answer. She knows I don’t know. On the other side of the picture window, my parents are running naked in the backyard.

“It’s almost six, Javier,” Marga tells me. “What’s going to happen when Charly comes back from the store with the kids and they see their grandparents chasing each other around?”

I promise you have no idea where this story is going.