{"product_id":"2940011525315","title":"The Fishers","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis short story is the prologue to my novel \"The Dark Trek Home\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA father and son out fishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuality time from the first cast, the morning is perfect...for awhile. Chaos ripples across the pond and the two find themselves fleeing for their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNothing makes sense.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is after them? What do they want? Most disturbing of all: why do they want them?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBonus content: chapter one of my coming of age horror novel \"Fall Leaves and the Black Dragon\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExcerpt:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“You’ll get him next time, son!” his father assured him. “Probably need to put another worm on now.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDave kept reeling his line then stopped when the bobber was nearly to the shore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Hey look dad, a turtle!” Dave was pointing out toward the center of the pond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreg squinted through the bright sunlight reflecting off the water out to where his son was pointing. A small, dark curve was floating on the water. “Yep I think you’re right!”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Can we catch it, dad?”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Now that wouldn’t be very fa-” Greg’s eyes widened in confusion and caused Dave to reevaluate what he thought was a turtle. It rose further out of the water.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Erik Gustafson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145177579760,"sku":"2940011525315","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940011525315_p0.jpg?v=1763944795","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940011525315","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}