{"product_id":"comedy-9781951226244","title":"Comedy","description":"\u003cp\u003eA man marries a house, a father disappears in the middle of his own family, lead hearts beat inside flesh-\u0026amp;-blood ribs, the world will not stop burning. Poet and dream deliverer Mathias Svalina's first collection of stories is filled with fables and nightmares that mix surreal vulnerability \u0026amp; bewildered violence. Ranging from silly to scary to alarmingly possible, \u003cem\u003eComedy\u003c\/em\u003e unsettles with all the force of unspoken emotions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSvalina, Mathias:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Mathias Svalina is the author of nine books. Comedy is his first short story collection. Svalina was a founding editor of the small press Octopus Books, \u0026amp; since 2014 he's run a Dream Delivery Service, traveling around the country to write \u0026amp; deliver dreams to subscribers. With the Dream Delivery Service, he's worked with the Denver Museum of Contemporary Art, the Poetry Foundation, \u0026amp; the MOCA Tucson. His current home base is Richmond, Virginia.","brand":"Trident Business Partners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749393301778,"sku":"9781951226244","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7846c305-ba3c-4c27-ab6a-ef0394850f14.jpg?v=1764082656","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/comedy-9781951226244","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}