{"product_id":"dont-make-me-do-something-well-both-regret-stories-9781680032482","title":"Don't Make Me Do Something We'll Both Regret: Stories","description":"The stories in \u003ci\u003eDon't Make Me Do Something We'll Both Regret\u003c\/i\u003e are linked by their exploration of queer evil. The mystery of desire and sting of rejection drive a child to violence. Boys enter the forest, naive to what lurks within. A pack of pop stars-turned-lovers strike a terrible bargain to preserve their youth. Its characters are gnostics and mystics, ogres and queens whose defiance of the normative both liberates and confines. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eInnovative Prose\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003efrom\u003c\/i\u003e \"Tim Jones-Yelvington is a Pretty Little Liar\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy lovelies, I haven't forgotten your secrets. Everything each of you told me in confidence. You said, Promise you'll keep this to yourself. You said, Promise you'll never tell a soul. You said, If anyone finds out, my life is over! I said, I'll take it to the grave. Once, I came upon our frienemy in the marketplace. I said, I know what you've been up to! Don't pretend your hemline's clean! And she begged me, Keep your voice down! Don't make me do something we'll both regret. This is the new new me. Black feathered collar, black feathered cuffs, gold-threaded jacket, my shoulder plumage spills. I am a peacock. My chin is cocked. I am a libertine. I am a dandy. I am an emu, ready to stretch my neck. To sharpen my beak.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTIM JONES-YELVINGTON is the author of the fiction volumes \u003ci\u003eThis is a Dance Movie!\u003c\/i\u003e (Tiny Hardcore Press), \u003ci\u003eStrike a Prose: Memoirs of a Lit Diva Extraordinaire\u003c\/i\u003e (co-im-press), and \u003ci\u003eEvan's House and the Other Boys Who Live There\u003c\/i\u003e (Rose Metal Press), and the poetry volumes \u003ci\u003eBecome on Yr Face\u003c\/i\u003e (DIAGRAM\/New Michigan Press) and \u003ci\u003eColton Behavioral Therapy\u003c\/i\u003e (Gazing Grain Press).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Texas Review Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50387289440530,"sku":"9781680032482","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ca024faa-3887-4912-8a09-86b4d33aaaae.jpg?v=1728876840","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dont-make-me-do-something-well-both-regret-stories-9781680032482","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}