{"product_id":"homebodies-stories-9781773371016","title":"Homebodies: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Homebodies will leave readers entertained and enlightened--and maybe a little terrified.\" -- Literary Review of Canada \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"LeBlanc surprises and disturbs, to the reader's intense anguish - in this collection's case, a good thing.\" -- Winnipeg Free Press \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Original, inherently fascinating, and with a narrative storytelling style that is ideal for Gothic fiction and the short story format... a highly recommended pick.\" -- Midwest Book Review \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Homebodies is an uncanny and ghostly debut with stories that provoke dread, abjection, and horror. The tales are intertwined and linked like a chain of dried daisies or butterfly legs: someone you used to know is on trial for murder. You work at a funeral home. Your dead grandmother calls you on the phone. You pin and preserve butterflies on a corkboard as a strange girl knocks on your door. You put a bike lock on the fridge. You sleepwalk. You attend a party. You get sick. You get an IV infusion. You don't get better. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The stories in Homebodies show that you don't need a house to be haunted - the body can do that all on its own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAMY LEBLANC \u003c\/b\u003eis a PhD student in English and creative writing at the University of Calgary. She is the author of the poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eI know something you don't know\u003c\/i\u003e and the novella, \u003ci\u003eUnlocking\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in \u003ci\u003eRoom\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArc\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCV2\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCanadian Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review of Canada\u003c\/i\u003e among others. \u003ci\u003eHomebodies\u003c\/i\u003e is Amy's first short story collection.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Great Plains Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50393017450770,"sku":"9781773371016","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3e432197-0692-4ef9-9743-1605a8f716e7.jpg?v=1728982773","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/homebodies-stories-9781773371016","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}