{"product_id":"the-whole-mess-and-other-stories-9781958880128","title":"The Whole Mess and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to be human in a universe of shifting, sometimes terrifying realities? Eighteen stories from Jack Skillingstead's second decade of publishing feature intense and surprising explorations of who we are, who we wish to be, and who we can't be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \"The Whole Mess\" a genius math professor solves a multiverse equation only to find himself pursued by ancient Masters across the many iterations of his could-have-been lives. \"Straconia\" gives us a Kafkaesque world where all the lost things go, including people who must first find themselves before they can find a way back home. \"Tribute\" looks at a post-NASA space race that goes nowhere-until an unlikely pair of marooned astronauts find each other and the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e​Also included in this collection is \"The Writing Life,\" a self-reflection on memory, ambition, and imagination in the formation of one writer's journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10469887\"\u003eJack Skillingstead\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fairwood Press LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781958880128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1958880124\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-FIC028000\"\u003eScience Fiction | General\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\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fairwood Press LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44715389026541,"sku":"9781958880128","price":22.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_fc97ff26-bbf3-4d0a-baf4-9c07942b65b8.jpg?v=1704124286","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-whole-mess-and-other-stories-9781958880128","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}