{"product_id":"jean-potts-the-complete-short-stories-9798886011937","title":"Jean Potts: The Complete Short Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eJean Potts began her writing career in the early 1940s with a mainstream novel filled with family secrets, and a series of small-town short stories she wrote for magazines like \u003cem\u003eWoman's Home Companion, Woman's Day, McCall's\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLiberty. \u003c\/em\u003eThese were stories about family relationships-disputes, misunderstandings, challenges-that paved the way for the crime novels she began to write in the mid-1950s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1954, Potts won the Best First Novel Edgar Award for \u003cem\u003eGo, Lovely Rose\u003c\/em\u003e. In 1957 she produced her first crime story for \u003cem\u003eEllery Queen's Mystery Magazine \u003c\/em\u003ecalled \"The Withered Heart.\" She followed this with six more superb short stories before the end of her writing career in 1990.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStark House has collected the entire published output of Jean Potts' short fiction, including her mainstream beginnings and her latter-day crime fiction treasures. Twenty insightful gems from the mistress of psychological mystery... Jean Potts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stark House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/04\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798886011937\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.62d","brand":"Jean Potts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52537504137397,"sku":"9798886011937","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_8db7c3c6-926a-4cba-99e0-a91896fad5ed.jpg?v=1779169848","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/jean-potts-the-complete-short-stories-9798886011937","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}