{"product_id":"2940046405910","title":"The Shining Horrific: A Collection of Short Stories - Volume III","description":"\u003cp\u003eBehold, the third installment in 'The Shining Horrific' series of short story collections!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor A.A. Garrison once more transports us to the shadows with his \"darkly radiant\" brand of the macabre. Adhering to the standard set by the original two books, Garrison takes a passionate, cerebral spin on life's grisly side -- horror that asks questions, and often gets answers. If Stephen King collaborated with Stephen Hawking, the results would fit the 'Shining Horrific' rubric.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHighlights from this collection's 16 stories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026gt; Combine self-delusion with a raging hunger, and even a trifling joke can lead to murder (\"Wash Me\")\u003cbr\u003e\u0026gt; A pickpocket robs a wizard and gets more than he bargained for (\"Everyone Says I'm A Great Guy\")\u003cbr\u003e\u0026gt; At a secluded village in the south of India, Ram Chaknah is at last initiated into the yearly hillside ritual (\"The Hillside\")\u003cbr\u003e\u0026gt; When a benevolent, time-traveling alien visits, Jazz Pendleton's life is changed forever (\"Déjà Vu\")\u003cbr\u003e\u0026gt; Meet Mr. Easter, a soulless killer-saint with a strange but necessary calling (\"Variations of Soullessness\")\u003cbr\u003e\u0026gt; Brandon is a werewolf of sorts, but this isn't a werewolf story (\"The Lunar Cycle\")\u003cbr\u003e\u0026gt; A brother's service to his disabled sister comes to a violent end (\"Freedom\")\u003cbr\u003e\u0026gt; Because he's a hypnotist, the narrarator recognizes the circus's fiendish hypnotism; but the others aren't hypnotists (\"Not A Circus\")\u003cbr\u003e\u0026gt; When an all-powerful being from Beyond needs its ego stroked, bad things happen to us lowly humans (\"The Instrument Is Tuned\")\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExplore these dark possibilities, plus seven more, in A.A. Garrison's latest compilation, 'The Shining Horrific: Volume III.'\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aaron Garrison","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072393560304,"sku":"2940046405910","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940046405910_p0.jpg?v=1764000284","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940046405910","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}