{"product_id":"i-saw-your-ship-and-other-stories-9783000834042","title":"I Saw Your Ship and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA lost ship glimpsed across the stars. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA saint born of suffocating fear. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA warrior surviving the massacre of her people, walking the snow with her heart exposed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA girl in a floating city, dejectedly searching for symbols to match her grief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this collection, Michael Le Baron, accompanied by Amanda M. Jansson's art, spins twelve stories of dark wonder and mythic horror across strange planets and forgotten ages. Otherworldly saints. Collapsing gods. Love that fractures the universe. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpanning dying plateaus, monstrous woods, the fractures of romantic obsession, and dreamlike corridors of time, where the strange is intimate, and the sacred is terrifying, these interconnected tales explore what happens when the sacred turns monstrous, and the monstrous becomes divine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween theodicy and absurdism, Le Baron embraces mythic ambiguity: evil as the echo of divinity in a broken mirror, horror as the weight of meaning pressing down on fragile minds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection is intended for adult and young adult readers who appreciate thought-provoking narratives, richly imagined worlds, literary prose, dark and atmospheric settings, and character-driven plots. It will appeal to those who enjoy speculative fiction that explores complex human dilemmas, cosmic horror, philosophy, and the blending of the mundane with the fantastical. Readers who enjoy authors like Ursula K. LeGuin, Jeff VanderMeer, and HP Lovecraft would find this collection engaging.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Deinonychus Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783000834042\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.55d","brand":"Michael Le Baron","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51990999204021,"sku":"9783000834042","price":11.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_e7958247-7bfd-4941-b9b0-ed9e43a17ba3.jpg?v=1762838671","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/i-saw-your-ship-and-other-stories-9783000834042","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}