{"product_id":"2940016535654","title":"The Girlfriend Game","description":"Nick Antosca's The Girlfriend Game is a tumble through the looking glass into a vortex of violence and desire. The 12 stories in the newest collection by the Shirley Jackson Award-winning author are brutal, urgent and unforgettable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \"Predator Bait,\" a decoy in a sex sting news show questions her job and the man who shares her bed. An undependable son watches his mother become a creature he hardly recognizes in \"Amphibian.\" A young man plots the death of his girlfriend's killer in \"Winter Was Hard.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAntosca crafts surreal doomsday scenarios and other-worldly transformations alongside painfully articulate depictions of sexuality and animal impulse. The stories in The Girlfriend Game are mesmerizing, leaving a haunting afterglow long after you close the book.","brand":"Word Riot Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47081525772528,"sku":"2940016535654","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940016535654_p0.jpg?v=1763637661","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016535654","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}