{"product_id":"2940046610192","title":"Because","description":"\u003cp\u003e“What fabrications they are, mothers. Scarecrows, wax dolls for us to stick pins into, crude diagrams.”\u003cbr\u003e― Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow do you solve a problem like your mother?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA ferocious flash fiction story, now a finalist for the Derringer Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccompanied by an exclusive essay by the author on the exhausted genesis of the story at Kris Rusch and Dean Smith's Oregon mystery workshop, the writing life, and the Derringer short list.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Because.\" Originally published in Fiction River: Crime; hailed as \"high quality\" by Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRead it and weep.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Olo Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072504283376,"sku":"2940046610192","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940046610192_p0.jpg?v=1764003003","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940046610192","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}