{"product_id":"a-twilight-reel-stories-9781942016663","title":"A Twilight Reel: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eEach of the twelve stories in A twilight Reel chronicles a transformation-loss, self-discovery, renewal-among the inhabitants of the fictional town of Runion, NC. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA preacher held at knifepoint in a stranger's cabin, another who absconds with his church's funds and the wife of a parishioner; an elderly woman who slowly goes mad as she freezes to death; a renowned fiddler who returns home to die of AIDS; a gravedigger more comfortable with the dead than the living ... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSinful or righteous, imbued with hope or beyond redemption, each of these memorable characters struggles to endure, survive, or triumph over unplanned encounters with the people, forgotten or remembered, admired or scorned, who beset their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese narrative threads are masterfully woven into the tapestry that is \u003cem\u003eA Twilight Reel\u003c\/em\u003e-a book full of surprises, dark fears, and unexpected humor, that echoes and distills the travails of any people, in any place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCody, Michael Amos:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Michael Amos Cody grew up in the village of Walnut, jewel of Madison County, North Carolina, not far from the ruins of Runion, a place he has reimagined for stories appearing in Yemassee, Tampa Review, Still, and other publications, as well as in his first novel Gabriel's Songbook (Pisgah Press 2017). He lives with his wife Leesa in Jonesborough, Tennessee, and teaches in the Department of Literature and Language at East Tennessee State University.","brand":"Pisgah Press LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50448864280850,"sku":"9781942016663","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b9ef688e-50cb-4695-9d5a-dd9d1e4c93fb.jpg?v=1729740730","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-twilight-reel-stories-9781942016663","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}