{"product_id":"2940148995920","title":"Welcome to Ford","description":"In this collection of 14 speculative short stories, author A.A. Garrison takes us to Ford, North Carolina, a sleepy little mountain town named after a Civil War deserter. Though out of the way, the town seems to attract an immoderate share of the fantastic and the macabre.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmongst Ford’s citizens are:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e•Blake (“The Fifty”), who purchases revenge with a fifty-dollar bill\u003cbr\u003e•Candy Patrice (“Cloyed”), a young woman who adopts a most unorthodox diet-plan\u003cbr\u003e•Mara Dees (“Additive Free”), the unlikely star in a grisly scheme to appease visitors from outer space\u003cbr\u003e•Johannes Bitter (“Half Dead”), an undertaker with an exceptional case of lady trouble\u003cbr\u003e•Kay Barry (“The Minutes”), a woman on her way to a fateful real-estate closing\u003cbr\u003e•The Doctor (“See Sick”), a roving voyeur who sees more than he bargains for\u003cbr\u003e•Roy Mitchell (“The Imaginal”), a professional shipper who spends an enlightening night with himself\u003cbr\u003e•Frank Belmont (“Dead End”), who goes hunting for nostalgia and finds trouble\u003cbr\u003e•Patrick Timothy (“Hoodoo”), a Charlotte reporter investigating the mysterious Bailer cult headquartered in Ford\u003cbr\u003e•Brian (“Brian, Destroyer of Worlds”), who becomes the first man to commit murder by coffee\u003cbr\u003e•Zedok Crane (“The Package”), amnesic serial killer extraordinaire\u003cbr\u003e•Don Frangipani (“The Gardener”), Ford’s only retired cookbook author, and the victim of a subterranean horror’s malefic horticulture\u003cbr\u003e•And The Narrator (“The Center”), a man who saw the face of God and forgot his own name\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut don’t let them scare you off. The town isn’t all bad. We’ll grab a bite at the Burger Boy and then see the Cado Kid show tonight. It’s really a fine little burg, a place you could settle down. Welcome to Ford.","brand":"A.A. Garrison","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47067936588016,"sku":"2940148995920","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148995920_p0.jpg?v=1763710696","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148995920","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}