{"product_id":"2940011544255","title":"First Hand of the Night: A Collection of Five Early Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection of five short stories, two previously published in print and three new tales, samples a taste from several flavors of speculative fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A Price in Every Box\" looks at what happens when Pandora finally finds what she released centuries ago, and locks him away in a suitcase. Can the world handle life without evil?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Detuned Radio\" is a dark tale that follows a day in the life of a man who has found himself among the living dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The End of the Beginning\" takes us along with the first time traveler to the very end of the universe. Getting stuck there isn't the only surprise he encounters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"At Least There's No Traffic\" barrels through the humorously surreal as we see what happens when a battle-lord Wil Wheaton must go to arms against a monstrous John Scalzi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Sword Remembers\" explores a common trope of sword-and-sorcery fantasy, seeing what happens when a modern man finds himself in a fantasy land -- but looks at it from a different perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eView the author's website for samples of these stories beyond the first one.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liam R.W. Doyle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47073237467376,"sku":"2940011544255","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940011544255_p0.jpg?v=1763549843","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940011544255","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}