{"product_id":"9781491765241","title":"HODGE PODGE: A Collection of Short Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eHODGE PODGE is an extension of my imagination. It is a collection of stories I made up to entertain my grandkids and to test my ability as a writer. Most of the plots are fairly simple, but I have tried to make them sensible and to follow an understandable pattern, although for the most part on re-reading, I have over-used a bloody finish for most of my characters. I hope I have made my descriptive passages descriptive and distortions of realities believable.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWhen I first started writing prose, my intent was to see if I had the skills to do so. I went back into the notes and stories I had stored away (I’m quite the pack rat) and found some that might be worked into a passable book. I put my poetry aside, (I had iUniverse publish \u003ci\u003eLight Verse \u0026amp; Limericks\u003c\/i\u003e) and decided that I had enough prose material to appease my ego. Thus, \u003ci\u003eHODGE PODGE\u003c\/i\u003e materialized to satisfy me so that I could leave something else to posterity in book form.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47162764230896,"sku":"9781491765241","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781491765241_p0.jpg?v=1763659653","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781491765241","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}