{"product_id":"9780990823803","title":"Mostly Dead Melvin","description":"Life dies and then you suck.... Kind of. \u003cp\u003eMelvin Morton loves vampires - the beauty, the power, the pop culture awesome of it all, and knows that his boring, lonely life as a night security guard in a mall would be so much better if only vampires were real. \u003cbr\u003eThat changes when a strange, pale girl grants Melvin's wish with one accidental drop of her blood. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTurns out that Hollywood lied. Melvin doesn't sparkle, he isn't handsome, and the sight of blood? Gross! \u003cbr\u003eFangless, blue, and utterly naïve, Melvin must find a way to survive while being stalked by a shadow demon and vengeful ghosts. His un-life un-death takes a sinister turn when he stumbles into an underworld civil war where a clan of goblins want to finish killing him, and not in a good way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the dubious assistance of a reluctant spirit guide, a voodoo priestess, and a sweet, but psychotic, best friend intent on helping him become the most awesome vampire ever, Mostly Dead Melvin has to navigate the narrow path to redemption between sorta-life and un-death, without a map, a net, or a clue.\u003cbr\u003eSet in the eccentric center of the Northwest, Portland, Oregon, Mostly Dead Melvin is a pop culture satire of the modern vampire mythos.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Smoking Simian Scribbles","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49964377440496,"sku":"9780990823803","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780990823803","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}