{"product_id":"concerning-those-who-have-fallen-asleep-ghost-stories-9781662601354","title":"Concerning Those Who Have Fallen Asleep: Ghost Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eConcerning Those Who Have Fallen Asleep\u003c\/i\u003e is weird in all the best ways possible . . . These tales are plucked from bizarre worlds, from the blood of shadow creatures, from the tears of angels. Let them haunt you.\" --Gabino Iglesias, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Devil Takes You Home\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of short stories moving through time and place, exploring the spaces where we haunt each other and ourselves through our choices, our institutions, and our dreams.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAdam Soto, author of the debut novel \u003ci\u003eThis Weightless World\u003c\/i\u003e, which Robin Sloan called \"The social novel for the 21st century,\" returns with \u003ci\u003eConcerning Those Who Have Fallen Asleep\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the title story, a one-armed Harlem Hellfighter goes in search of his specially altered military uniform while Influenza ravages Philadelphia. In \"Sleepy Things,\" a man is bound to the bedside of his comatose girlfriend who haunts his mother's dreams. In \"Wren \u0026amp; Riley,\" a couple travels to Wyoming to visit a childhood friend who killed her abusive husband. And in \"The Vegetable Church,\" a pair of Syrian sisters, refugees of the civil war, find themselves at a crossroads in the home of their European hosts while their dead father whispers to them words of comfort and guidance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe stories in \u003ci\u003eConcerning Those Who Have Fallen Asleep\u003c\/i\u003e, strange and unsettling, explore the quiet spaces where the living and the dead alike haunt one another through their choices, dreams, and institutions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-14308552\"\u003eAdam Soto\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Astra House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/04\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.29h x 5.47w x 0.76d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781662601354\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1662601352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC012000\"\u003eGhost\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC029000\"\u003eShort Stories (single author)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC024000\"\u003eOccult \u0026amp; Supernatural\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdam Soto is the web editor of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Short Fiction. \u003c\/i\u003eHe holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and is a former Michener-Copernicus Foundation Fellow. His debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThis Weightless World, \u003c\/i\u003ewas published by Astra House in 2021. He lives with his wife in Austin, Texas, where he is a teacher and a musician.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Astra House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44528008593645,"sku":"9781662601354","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_d11e83c3-e894-4138-8600-2954d9ed7d97.jpg?v=1701382370","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/concerning-those-who-have-fallen-asleep-ghost-stories-9781662601354","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}