{"product_id":"9781597808958","title":"Entropy in Bloom: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAvailable in hardcover for the first time, a collection of cult sensation Jeremy Robert Johnson’s best and most bizarre short fiction, including a brand-new, never-before-published novella.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more than a decade, Jeremy Robert Johnson has been bubbling under the surface of both literary and genre fiction. His short stories present a brilliantly dark and audaciously weird realm where cosmic nightmares collide with all-too-human characters and apocalypses of all shapes and sizes loom ominously. In “Persistence Hunting,” a lonely distance runner is seduced into a brutal life of crime with an ever-narrowing path for escape. In “When Susurrus Stirs,” an unlucky pacifist must stop a horrifying parasite from turning his body into a sentient hive. Running through all of Johnson’s work is a hallucinatory vision and deeply-felt empathy, earning the author a reputation as one of today’s most daring and thrilling writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing the best of his independently-published short fiction, as well as an exclusive, never-before-published novella “The Sleep of Judges”—where a father’s fight against the denizens of a drug den becomes a mind-bending suburban nightmare— \u003ci\u003eEntropy in Bloom\u003c\/i\u003e is a perfect compendium for avid fans and an ideal entry point for adventurous readers seeking the humor, heartbreak, and terror of JRJ’s strange new worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eTable of Contents:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eAn Introduction by Brian Evenson\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe League of Zeroes\u003cbr\u003ePersistence Hunting\u003cbr\u003eThe Oarsman\u003cbr\u003eThe Gravity of Benham Falls\u003cbr\u003eDissociative Skills\u003cbr\u003eSnowfall\u003cbr\u003eWhen Susurrus Stirs\u003cbr\u003eLuminary\u003cbr\u003eTrigger Variation\u003cbr\u003eCathedral Mother\u003cbr\u003eSwimming in the House of the Sea\u003cbr\u003eSaturn's Game\u003cbr\u003eThe Sharp Dressed Man at the End of the Line\u003cbr\u003eA Flood of Harriers\u003cbr\u003eStates of Glass\u003cbr\u003eThe Sleep of Judges\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Night Shade Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47035616559344,"sku":"9781597808958","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781597808958_p0.jpg?v=1763815173","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781597808958","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}