{"product_id":"9781938103346","title":"Giraffes and Other Stories","description":"In Gillis’s first short story collection after a trio of novels, most of his characters are train wrecks in progress; each story is truly original in nature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRAISE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Gillis’s stories are illuminatingly strange, filled with power, electric, and will stay with you long after you think you’ve gone to sleep.” —Stephen Elliott, author of \u003ci\u003eHappy Baby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Steven Gillis adores language, grasps what makes and breaks a family, and loves to squeeze things until they shatter.” —Richard Peabody, editor of \u003ci\u003eGargoyle Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In this uncommon collection of short stories, one of Steven Gillis’s characters says: ‘Just not into normal, is that it?’ Yeah, that’s it exactly. Gillis’s strength and virtue as a writer is that he’s just not into normal.” —Ellen Parker, editor of \u003ci\u003eFRiGG\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dzanc Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47169825243376,"sku":"9781938103346","price":9.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781938103346_p0.jpg?v=1763663338","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781938103346","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}