{"product_id":"design-flaw-stories-9781946724557","title":"Design Flaw: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eHugh Sheehy's riveting new collection draws heavily from the genres of horror, mystery, science fiction, and myth.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These are tales of seekers, often damaged, who find themselves caught up in skewed realities, facing lurking threats, violent deaths, strange entities, and alienating technologies. Confronted with unsettling, escalating, circumstances, the disparate cast of characters are driven toward self-revelation and perverse moments of poignancy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A troubled high schooler traps a peer in an underground storage space. A traumatized felon returns home to rob the man who molested him as a child. A videogame help-line operator suspects a regular caller, obsessed with a disturbing role-playing game, of real-life misdeeds. In the title story, an unhappy couple adopts a \"designer animal,\" a genetic hybrid created to be the perfect pet. But the \"grot\" makes trouble in the neighborhood, becoming emblematic of a deeper problem. \"Something is wrong with the world,\" the narrator's husband explains. \"A design flaw. It's so thoroughly corrupted, I'm not sure how to fix it.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Inventive and unpredictable, these thirteen stories are wholly immersive, showing Sheehy at his captivating best.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Acre Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/19\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781946724557\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/26\/2022\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hugh Sheehy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42406030770357,"sku":"9781946724557","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_204414a2-663c-45bc-9b3a-c6cb8b9fbb77.jpg?v=1664285331","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/design-flaw-stories-9781946724557","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}