{"product_id":"2940013508576","title":"Poga","description":"A fantasy short story about a girl who finds her soul in her sock drawer, a waif in her cabin, and love in the homicide squad. This is somewhere in that odd boundaryland between magical realism, urban fantasy, and I don't know I just made it up. People often complain that I don't explain how magic works in my stories; I'll just say that magic doesn't work, magic is.There might be something or other in here for anyone who has ever loved a book inordinately as a kid, or not loved one that all your friends loved, or had a pretty good parent who nevertheless had feet of clay.Or if you think everything north of the Wyoming line should have been turned over to the elves a long time ago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRead the story to meet plain old goddam Amy, and I hope you'll like her as much as I did, when she occurred to me.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published in Jim Baen's Universe in 2006; remember, it's Jim Baen's Universe, and the rest of us just live here.","brand":"Metrocles House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121068196080,"sku":"2940013508576","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013508576","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}