{"product_id":"brown-bottle-9781933964898","title":"Brown Bottle","description":"An action novel set in drug torn Appalachia of today. Families struggle to survive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCompton, Sheldon Lee:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Sheldon Lee Compton was born, raised, and continues to survive\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ein Pike County, Kentucky, the commonwealth�s easternmost tip. He lives\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ethere with his wife, Heather, and two children, Tyler Lee and Natalie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrace. He has worked as a coal miner, journalist, public relations specialist, \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eshort order cook, college professor, speech writer, and carpenter. His\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ewriting career started at the age of fourteen as an opinion columnist for\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ethe local newspaper.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA graduate of Spalding University�s MFA program in Louisville, he\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eis the author of the short story collections The Same Terrible Storm and Where\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlligators Sleep. He has been nominated for the Chaffin Award for Excellence\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ein Appalachian Writing and was a finalist for both the Gertrude Stein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFiction Award and the Still Fiction Award in 2012. His work was most\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003erecently included as a finalist in Queen�s Ferry Press�s anthology The Best\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSmall Fictions 2015. In addition to his own work, he founded and edits the\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eonline journal Revolution John and is a former associate editor of the\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eacclaimed literary journal Night Train.","brand":"Bottom Dog Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50433389592850,"sku":"9781933964898","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c6709d99-298c-4404-b085-0c2566dd19bc.jpg?v=1729706234","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/brown-bottle-9781933964898","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}