{"product_id":"bad-houses-9781551529615","title":"Bad Houses","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA boisterous collection of surreal, darkly humorous short stories that will delight fans of George Saunders and Alice Munro \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom John Elizabeth Stintzi, the mind that created the daringly bizarre novel \u003cem\u003eMy Volcano, \u003c\/em\u003e comes an electrifying collection of strange and dark tales.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the surreal, often precarious realities of \u003cem\u003eBad Houses\u003c\/em\u003e, a doctor discovers a double-edged cure for the Ebola virus, a college student loses a different body part each time they return home for the summer, Midas's hairdresser strives to keep his secrets, and a young girl develops a fascination with the trolls who harvest her father's pumpkin patch. At once humorous and horrifying, these stories will inevitably take residence in your mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePresent throughout \u003cem\u003eBad Houses\u003c\/em\u003e is a deep and abiding sense of humanity sprinkled with a dash of alienation, guilt, and instability. Filtered through a fabulist lens, these stories contemplate the struggles of modern existence. Each character lives their own haunted life, trying to navigate the path from bad houses to good homes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing Stintzi's own expressive ink illustrations, \u003cem\u003eBad Houses \u003c\/em\u003eis a book that feels like it was penned by a trans Alice Munro mixed with a bubblier Franz Kafka. Enter if you dare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Elizabeth Stintzi\u003c\/b\u003e (they\/them) is an award-winning writer, cartoonist, and editor. They are the author of the novels \u003cem\u003eMy Volcano\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eVanishing Monuments\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as the poetry collection \u003cem\u003eJunebat\u003c\/em\u003e. Their work has appeared in \u003cem\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eMalahat Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eKenyon Review, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eBest Canadian Poetry. \u003c\/em\u003eThey currently live and work in Kansas City, MO.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Arsenal Pulp Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50894553448722,"sku":"9781551529615","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4d1bc3cb-499a-4aed-b465-0fe72392f43e.jpg?v=1738253302","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bad-houses-9781551529615","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}