{"product_id":"fifty-beasts-to-break-your-heart-and-other-stories-9780593314180","title":"Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart: And Other Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eONE OF THE WASHINGTON INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF BOOKS' BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR \u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003eFrom the author of the breakout novel \u003ci\u003eThistlefoot: \u003c\/i\u003e a collection of dark fairytales and fractured folklore exploring how our passions can save us--or go monstrously wrong. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Real magic, real delight, doled out generously in the shape of wistful, ferocious, this-world-but-better stories.\"--Kelly Link, author of \u003ci\u003eWhite Cat, Black Dog\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe stories in \u003ci\u003eFifty Beasts to Break Your Heart\u003c\/i\u003e are about the abomination that resides within us all. That churning, clawing, ravenous yearning: the hunger to be held, and seen, and known. And the terror, too: to be loved too well, or not enough, or for long enough. To be laid bare before your sweetheart, to their horror. To be recognized as the monstrous thing you are. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwo teenage girls working at a sinister roadside attraction called the Eternal Staircase explore its secrets--and their own doomed summer love. A zombie rooster plays detective in a missing persons case. A woman moves into a new house with her acclaimed artist boyfriend--and finds her body slowly shifting into something specially constructed to accommodate his needs and whims. A pack of middle schoolers turn to the occult to rid themselves of a hated new classmate. And a pair of outcasts, a vampire and a goat woman, find solace in each other, even as the world's lack of understanding might bring about its own end. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn these lush, strange, beautifully written stories, GennaRose Nethercott explores human longing in all its diamond-dark facets to create a collection that will redefine what you see as a beast, and make you beg to have your heart broken.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11455033\"\u003eGennarose Nethercott\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/06\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593314180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0593314182\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-FIC009010\"\u003eFantasy | Contemporary\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-FIC010000\"\u003eFairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends \u0026amp; Mythology\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGENNAROSE NETHERCOTT is the author of a novel, \u003ci\u003eThistlefoot\u003c\/i\u003e, and a book-length poem, \u003ci\u003eThe Lumberjack's Dove\u003c\/i\u003e, which was selected by Louise Glück as a winner of the National Poetry Series. She tours nationally and internationally performing strange tales (sometimes with puppets in tow) and helps create the podcast \u003ci\u003eLore\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in the woodlands of Vermont, beside an old cemetery.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48453606801645,"sku":"9780593314180","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_64262625-0b02-4404-8673-d5af92401d84.jpg?v=1753488892","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/fifty-beasts-to-break-your-heart-and-other-stories-9780593314180","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}