{"product_id":"2940033060634","title":"Where the Cloud Meets the Mountain and the Mountain Disappears","description":"\u003cp\u003eA free collection of contemporary and sf\/fantasy short stories from author James Comins. In \"The Soft Operative,\" a corporate saboteur kidnaps a genetically modified employee. In \"Four Seasons of a Man,\" a Vietnam war vet's life is seen in four vignettes. In \"Matt and Maggie,\" a punk couple live through a suicide attempt. Twenty stories and poems and poem-story-things.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. The Soft Operative\u003cbr\u003eA corporate saboteur kidnaps a genetically modified employee.\u003cbr\u003e2. The Silent Pasture\u003cbr\u003eBeauty and the beast sit in the garden of Eden.\u003cbr\u003e3. Maxwell's Demon\u003cbr\u003eFlash fiction for a New Scientist writing contest.\u003cbr\u003e4. Red Sox Yankees\u003cbr\u003eA city erupts in a riot.\u003cbr\u003e5. The Old Open Door\u003cbr\u003eA poem based on \"St. James Infirmary.\"\u003cbr\u003e6. The Woman on the Other Side\u003cbr\u003eA story about Alzheimer's.\u003cbr\u003e7. Four Seasons of a Man: Spring\u003cbr\u003e8. Four Seasons of a Man: Summer\u003cbr\u003e9. Four Seasons of a Man: Autumn\u003cbr\u003e10. Four Seasons of a Man: Winter\u003cbr\u003eVignettes of a Vietnam War veteran's life.\u003cbr\u003e11. A Guide to the Apocalypse, by Henrietta Stevensen, Age 46\u003cbr\u003eA satiric look at Internet conspiracy theorists and zombie-obsessed loons.\u003cbr\u003e12. Who's Afraid of the Big Beowulf?\u003cbr\u003eA prose poem mashup of Little Red Riding Hood and Beowulf.\u003cbr\u003e13. Moonwalk\u003cbr\u003eThree kids lost in the guts of the Space Elevator.\u003cbr\u003e14. The Sky Fell\u003cbr\u003e. . . and what happened after.\u003cbr\u003e15. Places\u003cbr\u003eGesture drawings in words. Not quite a poem, not quite stories. Prosody.\u003cbr\u003e16. The Coffin Worms\u003cbr\u003eA poem of the horrible things that happen after you die.\u003cbr\u003e17. The Death of Piers Plowman, or, The Barley-Child\u003cbr\u003eA metaphor from The Angelus of Millet.\u003cbr\u003e18.The Singsonger\u003cbr\u003eNo idea. I think it's funny, anyway.\u003cbr\u003e19. The Rise of Arch-Lord Evil\u003cbr\u003eThe origin story of the big evil badguy from every video game and fantasy story.\u003cbr\u003e20. Matt and Maggie\u003cbr\u003eTwo punk kids deal with a suicide attempt.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"James Comins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072944488688,"sku":"2940033060634","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940033060634_p0.jpg?v=1763657151","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940033060634","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}