{"product_id":"sleep-alone-9798897320103","title":"Sleep Alone","description":"\u003cb\u003eFinalist for both the Shirley Jackson Award and the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Long Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes a new bonus short story, \"With Animals\"!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Instantly intoxicating. \u003ci\u003eSleep Alone\u003c\/i\u003e thrives in a lustful, hungry ballad... A classic trinity of sex, blood, and rock and roll.\" --Hailey Piper, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eQueen of Teeth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor the past six years, Ronnie has worked selling merch for a perpetually touring band. Late nights, sweaty clubs, dingy motel rooms, endless roads--as rough as it's been, there is no other way of life for this band of hungry succubi leaving bodies in their wake. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Until she meets the enigmatic Helene. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Helene is just as restless, just as lonely, and just as full of secrets. With Helene in tow, Ronnie and the band make their way across the Pacific Northwest, trying to outrun not only their mistakes, but the mysterious disease stalking the band, a disease that devours succubi from the inside out. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The hunger is as endless as the road, but maybe Ronnie doesn't always want to sleep alone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJ.A.W. McCarthy is a two-time Bram Stoker Award and two-time Shirley Jackson Award finalist and author of \u003ci\u003eSometimes We're Cruel and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSleep Alone\u003c\/i\u003e. Her short fiction has appeared in numerous publications, including \u003ci\u003eVastarien\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePseudoPod\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSplit Scream Vol. 3\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Dark\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Best Horror of the Year Vol 13\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a second generation immigrant of Thai and Slovak descent and lives with her spouse and assistant cats in the Pacific Northwest. You can call her Jen on most platforms @JAWMcCarthy, and find out more at jawmccarthy.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Shortwave","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52128926433554,"sku":"9798897320103","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_96ffaae5-eda3-4031-9b6c-e4d6a1811310.jpg?v=1773824719","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sleep-alone-9798897320103","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}