{"product_id":"9780997107418","title":"Seven Shorts","description":"The tales collected in Julie Rogers's Seven Shorts can be compared to a wintry landscape: what lurks beneath is cloaked by deceptive beauty. They hold literary garments elegant and genteel, belying curves and forms patiently waiting-at any moment-to shock, or even enlighten. Cover your eyes, spin you a few times, and shove you into a room with . . . never mind.\u003cp\u003eSeven Shorts cannot be labeled Horror, Dark Fantasy, Magical Realism or anything so reductive. Nonetheless, connoisseurs of those traditions will find much here to like-even love. Spanning decades-1969 to 2045-the narratives weave through classic territories, striking in their range and fertility of imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComprising the collection are stories psychological and horrific, darkly humorous and stoic, filtered through a fine lens of social-and personal-observation so reasonable you'll follow it anywhere . . . to the very end.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith Seven Shorts, Julie Rogers creates her own genre, one surging with emotion, wit, and stark-raving sanity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Julie Rogers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49893930139888,"sku":"9780997107418","price":9.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780997107418","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}