{"product_id":"9781936070091","title":"Demons in the Spring","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDemons in the Spring\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of twenty short stories by Joe Meno, author of the smash hits \u003ci\u003eThe Boy Detective Fails\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHairstyles of the Damned,\u003c\/i\u003e   with illustrations by twenty artists from the fine art, graphic art, and comic book worlds—Todd Baxter, Kelsey Brookes, Ivan Brunetti, Charles Burns, Nick Butcher, Steph Davidson, Evan Hecox, Kim Hiorthoy, Paul Hornschemeier, Cody Hudson, Caroline Hwang, kozyndan, Geoff McFetridge, Anders Nilsen, Laura Owens, Archer Prewitt, Jon Resh, Jay Ryan, Souther Salazar, Rachell Sumpter, and Chris Uphues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOddly modern moments which occur in the most familiar of public places, from offices to airports to schools to zoos to emergency rooms: a young girl who refuses to go anywhere unless she’s dressed as a ghost; a bank robbery in Stockholm gone terribly wrong; a teacher who’s become enamored with the students in his school’s Model United Nations club; a couple affected by a strange malady—a miniature city which has begun to develop in the young woman’s chest, these inventive stories are hilarious, heartbreaking, and unusual.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoe Meno is the best-selling author of the novels \u003ci\u003eHairstyles of the Damned, The Boy Detective Fails, How the Hula Girl Sings,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTender As Hellfire.\u003c\/i\u003e He was the winner of the 2003 Nelson Algren Award for short fiction and is a professor of creative writing at Columbia College Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*A portion of the author's proceeds from the book will go directly to benefit 826 CHICAGO, a nonprofit tutoring center, part of the national organization of tutoring centers with branches in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York City, and Seattle.* \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Akashic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47040367689968,"sku":"9781936070091","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781936070091_p0.jpg?v=1763657315","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781936070091","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}