{"product_id":"dead-girl-driving-and-other-devastations-9781685101237","title":"Dead Girl, Driving and Other Devastations","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Ravishing flights of fantasy.\"-Priya Sharma, Shirley Jackson Award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eAll the Fabulous Beasts\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eOrmeshadow\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Carina Bissett's collection is a thing of wonder and beauty. It is a true representation of Carina herself: whimsical, visceral, lovely, and fierce. You can hear women's voices screaming while roses fall from their lips. \u003cem\u003eDead Girl, Driving and Other Devastations\u003c\/em\u003e is a triumph.\"-Mercedes M. Yardley, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eLittle Dead Red\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this powerful debut, Carina Bissett explores the liminal spaces between the magical and the mundane, horror and humor, fairy tales and fabulism. A young woman discovers apotheosis at the intersection of her cross-cultural heritage. A simulacrum rebels against her coding to create a new universe of her own making. A poison assassin tears the world apart in the relentless pursuit of her true love-the one person alive who can destroy her. \u003cem\u003eDead Girl, Driving and Other Devastations\u003c\/em\u003e erases expectations, forging new trails on the map of contemporary fiction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncludes an introduction by Julie C. Day, author of \u003cem\u003eUncommon Miracles\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Rampant\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Carina Bissett is one of my favorite speculative authors writing today-magic and myth, horror and revenge, wonder and hope. Her stories are original, lyrical, and haunting-Shirley Jackson mixed with Ursula LeGuin and a dash of Neil Gaiman. An amazing collection of stories.\" -Richard Thomas, author of \u003cem\u003eSpontaneous Human Combustion\u003c\/em\u003e, a Bram Stoker Award finalist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Trepidatio Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/08\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781685101237\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d","brand":"Carina Bissett","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43733076377781,"sku":"9781685101237","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_de801411-5dba-4289-b877-e276a604ff1e.jpg?v=1710258184","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/dead-girl-driving-and-other-devastations-9781685101237","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}