{"product_id":"2940011320927","title":"Painted","description":"\u003cp\u003eJack Mallory has been working the beat for a while now, but his mundane duties of shaking down prostitutes and contending with teenage thugs are no comparison to the horrors he is about to face.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen he is called to break up a party at an abandoned house, Jack walks into a nightmare. Two of the kids are missing, one is dead, and the other is too terrified to move. Jack follows a trail of blood to a painting, but something isn't right with the picture--it's alive. He feels heat from oil-brushed candles and hears the murmured conversations of people in the painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomething wants him. Jack is snatched from the world, leaving behind his job, a pregnant wife, and his sanity. Staring out of the painting, Jack confronts the surreal imaginings of a madman captured in gilded frames. The only way out is through another canvas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* * * * *\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Painted\" is a novella of 119 pages in print form.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWarning: This work contains content suitable only for adults.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Matt Di Spirito","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47160951800048,"sku":"2940011320927","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940011320927_p0.jpg?v=1763548946","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940011320927","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}