{"product_id":"bloodshot-stories-9781944977108","title":"Bloodshot Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFIRST PLACE -- 2017 SUNSHOT BOOK AWARD FOR PROSE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLONGLISTED -- 2019 PEN\/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"You want it darker?\u003c\/strong\u003e Jeff P. Jones carries on in the trajectory that runs from Kafka through Philip K. Dick to Cormac McCarthy (with a sprinkling of John Barth thrown in). Whether inviting the reader to comb through the dank stacks of a Stalin archive, or sweat inside the soldered-closed cab of a post-apocalyptic dump truck, or become an atom splitting from the inside, or a single brain dispersing into the universe--\u003cstrong\u003ethese brilliantly researched and deeply imagined stories are never the expected. A stunning collection\u003c\/strong\u003e.\" -- Janet Burroway, author of \u003cem\u003eWriting Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft (ninth edition)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"...the prose is beautiful, and there are no missteps in this powerful and impressive collection.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e -- Ron Hansen, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"...fantastic narratives that defy chronology and plant us firmly in a state of wonder.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e -- Kim Barnes, author of \u003cem\u003eIn the Kingdom of Men\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Jeff P. Jones writes with passion and wonderful intelligence...\u003cem\u003eBloodshot\u003c\/em\u003e is a brilliant collection.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e -- Margot Livesey, author of \u003cem\u003eMercury and \u003cem\u003eThe Flight of Gemma Hardy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e212 Pages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e13 Short Stories\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCover Art by Martin Wittfooth\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJones, Jeff P.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Jeff P. Jones was born in Denver, and is a graduate of the University of Colorado at Denver, the University of Washington, and the University of Idaho. He lives on the Palouse in northern Idaho. He's a MacDowell Fellow, a Bread Loaf Fellow in Fiction (2018), and his writing has won a Pushcart Prize, as well as the Hackney, Meridian Editors', A. David Schwartz, Wabash, and Lamar York prizes. His debut novel, Love Give Us One Death, won the George Garrett Fiction Prize in 2016, and his handbook, Writing for the Reader: Practice in Prose Craft, is now available on Kindle and as a paperback. Bloodshot Stories is his first published story collection.","brand":"Sunshot Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50874108281106,"sku":"9781944977108","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5a370249-36ed-4e0f-8c5e-e7182492f42f.jpg?v=1737983214","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bloodshot-stories-9781944977108","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}