{"product_id":"9780981004785","title":"After You've Gone and Other Outre Tales","description":"The weird. The strange. The outré. AFTER YOU'VE GONE AND OTHER OUTRÉ TALES presents 10 stories of men and monsters, goths and ghouls, violence and vengeance ... and a touching tale of a boy and his dentist. These are all part of the world of John Peyton Cooke, best known for his dark thrillers TORSOS and THE CHIMNEY SWEEPER. Selections include: \"After You've Gone,\" the original tale of the bad Samaritan, which was reprinted in BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES 2003; \"A Doll's Tale,\" which reveals everything we ever wanted to know about demon dolls but were afraid to ask; \"The Penitent,\" which shows what happens when an inventive sadist joins with an insatiable masochist; \"The Strawberry Man,\" about two gay skatepunks in love and in thrall to the power of an addictive fruit; and \"Serostatus,\" in which Tom, a middle-aged gay New Yorker and AIDS widow, finds himself spooked by the ghosts of tricks past; plus five other tales of the weird ... the strange ... the outré.","brand":"ditions Cuir Noir","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47035571142896,"sku":"9780981004785","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780981004785_p0.jpg?v=1763890131","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780981004785","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}