{"product_id":"9781942387039","title":"The Conium Review: Vol. 4","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume of \u003cem\u003eThe Conium Review\u003c\/em\u003e features nine new stories from Emily Koon, Tamara K. Walker, Rita Bullwinkel, Marina Petrova, Kayla Pongrac, Ingrid Jendrzejewski, Zach Powers, and Theodora Ziolkowski. The pieces include a mix of flash fiction and short stories, each with a penchant for innovative characterization, bizarre settings, and other weirdness. You’ll discover a dictator in a jar, a modernized fairy tale, a person living as a Tinseltown extra, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis issue includes \"The People Who Live in the Sears,\" by Emily Koon, winner of of \u003cem\u003eThe Conium Review\u003c\/em\u003e's 2015 Innovative Short Fiction Contest. The contest was judged by Amelia Gray, author of \u003cem\u003eGutshot\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTHREATS\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMuseum of the Weird\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eAM\/PM\u003c\/em\u003e. Amelia called Emily's story \"a little George Saunders, a little Don Barthelme, but best of all a lot of its own thing, the neon Jazzercize glory of the 80s going up like the asbestos-fueled fire it features.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Conium Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47051062280432,"sku":"9781942387039","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781942387039_p0.jpg?v=1763758227","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781942387039","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}