{"product_id":"9781771483360","title":"Almost Dark","description":"\u003cp\u003eClaire, a private and outwardly content librarian, carries a secret: she is wracked with guilt over her twin brother Sam's accidental death fifteen years earlier. Claire's quiet life is threatened when Justin, an aggressive business developer, announces the renovation of Farmington's oldest textile factory, which is the scene of Sam's death along with many other mysterious accidents throughout its long history. Claire not only feels a personal connection to the factory, but she also begins to receive \"visitations\" from her brother, which cause her to question her sanity. As Justin moves forward with his plans to renew the factory, Claire, and the town as a whole, discover that in Farmington, there is no clear line between the past and the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLetitia Trent \u003c\/b\u003egrew up in Vermont and Oklahoma, and studied at Ohio State University. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eEcho Lake\u003c\/i\u003e, is available from Dark House Press\/Curbside Splendor. Trent's work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eDenver Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eBlack Warrior Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFence\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ediode\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSou'Wester\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFolio\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eJournal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMipoesias\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOotoliths\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlazevox\u003c\/i\u003e, and many others. Her first full-length poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eOne Perfect Bird\u003c\/i\u003e, is available from Sundress Publications. Her chapbooks include \u003ci\u003eYou aren't in this movie\u003c\/i\u003e (dancing girl press), \u003ci\u003eSplice \u003c\/i\u003e(Blue Hour Press) and \u003ci\u003eThe Medical Diaries \u003c\/i\u003e(Scantily Clad Press). She was the 2010 winner of the Alumni Flash Writing Award from the Ohio State University's the Journal and has been awarded fellowships from The Vermont Studio Center and the MacDowell Colony. Her chapbook, \u003ci\u003eThe Women In Charge\u003c\/i\u003e, will be out from dancing girl press in 2015. Trent lives in Colorado with her husband, son, and three cats.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chizine Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47051281301744,"sku":"9781771483360","price":12.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781771483360_p0.jpg?v=1763708054","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781771483360","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}