{"product_id":"2940016265346","title":"Living \u0026 Dying in Shorts","description":"Living and Dying in Shorts is a collection of 24 tales that provide a look into the unique, inescapable, and irreducible features of being human. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom amateurs patrolling the border in the bleak Arizona desert (Borderline Minutemen,) to a dank cell in a Mexican prison (The Raindrops of Quintana Roo,) to a wealthy man living off the grid who wakes to an unthinkable horror (Two Blinks,) or historical events that define mob mentality (The Mob.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOther highlights include a struggling musician who makes a desperate search for his daughter who’s been kidnapped in Africa (Cash Epiphany,) or a man who makes a unimaginable decision after he crash-lands with his family in the Denali Wilderness (A Fathers Manna,) or a writer who struggles with drug addiction (The Writers Edge), or a struggling father who must deal with his own anger and depression while his son makes a fortune selling pot (Eades Hogue.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome stories are humorous, as in Shout Out at the O.K. Corral, where historians argue over the authenticity of minor factual details, or Tijuana Codeine, where a CPA makes his first clandestine drug purchase, or Surviving the Christmas Bacchanalia, that finds a once prosperous couple learning to appreciate the simpler things in life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLiving and Dying in Shorts reminds us that life is worth living because someday, we all end up flat-lined, at room temperature.","brand":"BookLocker.com, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47179320590576,"sku":"2940016265346","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940016265346_p0.jpg?v=1763631640","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016265346","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}