{"product_id":"big-bad-9781946448729","title":"Big Bad","description":"Within the thirteen stories of Whitney Collins's \u003ci\u003eBig Bad\u003c\/i\u003e dwells a hunger that's dark, deep, and hilarious. Part domestic horror, part flyover gothic, \u003ci\u003eBig Bad\u003c\/i\u003e serves up real-world predicaments in unremarkable places (motels, dormitories, tiki bars), all with Collins's heart-wrenching flavor of magical realism. A young woman must give birth to future iterations of herself; a widower kills a horse en route to his grandson's circumcision; a conflicted summer camper is haunted by a glass eye and motorcycle crash. Collins's cast of characters must repeatedly choose to fight or flee the \"big bad\" that dwells within us all. Winner of the Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction, and boasting a 2020 Pushcart-winning story, \u003ci\u003eBig Bad\u003c\/i\u003e simultaneously entertains and disconcerts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhitney Collins's fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eNinth Letter, The Southeast Review, Grist, The Pinch, Moon City Review, Quarter After Eight, The Laurel Review, Lumina\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRaleigh Review\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. She is the recipient of a 2020 Pushcart Prize, a semifinalist for \u003ci\u003eAmerican Short Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e's 2019 The Short(er) Fiction Prize, and her flash horror is forthcoming in Catapult's \u003ci\u003eTiny Nightmares\u003c\/i\u003e anthology. \u003ci\u003eBig Bad\u003c\/i\u003e was the 2019 winner of Sarabande Books's Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction. Collins lives in Kentucky with her husband and two sons.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sarabande Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50493848551698,"sku":"9781946448729","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c238030e-3999-41ec-8ccb-78b8a4c97cda.jpg?v=1730658298","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/big-bad-9781946448729","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}