{"product_id":"bad-things-happen-9781771960540","title":"Bad Things Happen","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe characters in \u003ci\u003eBad Things Happen\u003c\/i\u003e--professors, janitors, webcam models, small-time criminals--are between things. Between jobs and marriages, states of sobriety, joy and anguish; between who they are and who they want to be. Kris Bertin's unforgettable debut introduces us to people at the tenuous moment before everything in their lives changes, for better or worse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKris Bertin\u003c\/b\u003e's stories have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eWalrus\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eMalahat Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePRISM International\u003c\/i\u003e, and other magazines. He lives and writes in Halifax, Nova Scotia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKris Bertin's stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Walrus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Malahat Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePRISM International\u003c\/i\u003e, and other magazines. He is a two-time winner of the Jack Hodgins' Founders' Award for Fiction and has had his work anthologized in \u003ci\u003eThe Journey Prize Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOberon's Coming Attractions\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEXILE's CVC Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Biblioasis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50362917617938,"sku":"9781771960540","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_116d80f7-38f8-4018-8c75-c59e96ff188e.jpg?v=1728398848","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bad-things-happen-9781771960540","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}