{"product_id":"fire-in-the-hole-9781938126765","title":"Fire in the Hole","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a lightning-plagued mining town, a new bride turns to the alluring women of the brothel to heal her husband's chapped skin while strikes electrify the very air around them. A woman is sent to rescue her maiden aunts from imminent collapse into a the man-made volcano of a burning coal mine that threatens to swallow their house. A man's idea of real estate investment is a pre-emptive purchase of a gravesite, but he finds his plot is already occupied. Kristie Betts Letter's surreal and shimmering stories root readers in the subterrain of powerfully-developed characters who struggle to remain above ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKristie Betts Letter teaches \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e to high school students and plays trivia with her family in Colorado. Her poetry collection \u003ci\u003eUnder-Worldly\u003c\/i\u003e (Editorial L'Aleph 2017) examines what lies beneath with what \u003ci\u003eCowboy Jamboree\u003c\/i\u003e describes as \"fantastic images of the subterranean grit.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Massachusetts Review, The North Dakota Quarterly, Washington Square, Passages North, Pangolin Papers, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Southern Humanities Review\u003c\/i\u003e have featured her writing and \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Fictions\u003c\/i\u003e and Terrain Environmental Writing Awards have lauded it. In non-fiction, she's published a teaching handbook for the Colorado Department of Education, critical articles about subjects such as \u003ci\u003eGame of Thrones\u003c\/i\u003e trivia contests, and even has a story about cancer in \u003ci\u003eChicken Soup for the Teacher's Soul\u003c\/i\u003e. She's earned four NEH fellowships, several teaching awards, and was a 2017 featured writer at the Montana Book Festival.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Engine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50365662003474,"sku":"9781938126765","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c36893fb-d500-4b4a-a26a-60bf25e1bf81.jpg?v=1728461707","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/fire-in-the-hole-9781938126765","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}