{"product_id":"stranger-things-happen-stories-9781931520003","title":"Stranger Things Happen: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew edition with 16 interior illustrations by Wesley Allsbrook.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis first collection by award-winning author Kelly Link takes fairy tales and cautionary tales, dictators and extraterrestrials, amnesiacs and honeymooners, revenants and readers alike, on a voyage into new, strange, and wonderful territory. The girl detective must go to the underworld to solve the case of the tap-dancing bank robbers. A librarian falls in love with a girl whose father collects artificial noses. A dead man posts letters home to his estranged wife. Two women named Louise begin a series of consecutive love affairs with a string of cellists. A newly married couple become participants in an apocalyptic beauty pageant. Sexy blond aliens invade New York City. A young girl learns how to make herself disappear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese eleven extraordinary stories are quirky, spooky, and smart. They all have happy endings. Every story contains a secret prize. Each story was written especially for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStories from \u003cem\u003eStranger Things Happen\u003c\/em\u003e have won the Nebula, Tiptree, and World Fantasy Award. \u003cem\u003eStranger Things Happen\u003c\/em\u003e was a \u003cem\u003eSalon\u003c\/em\u003e Book of the Year, one of the \u003cem\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/em\u003e's 25 Favorite Books, and was a Firecracker Award finalist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKelly Link is the author of \u003ci\u003eWhite Cat, Black Dog, Get in Trouble\u003c\/i\u003e (a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize), \u003ci\u003eMagic for Beginners, Stranger Things Happen, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePretty Monsters.\u003c\/i\u003e Her short stories have been published in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePrize Stories: The O. Henry Awards. \u003c\/i\u003eShe is a MacArthur \"Genius Grant\" fellow and has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. She is the co-founder of Small Beer Press and co-edits the occasional zine \u003ci\u003eLady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the co-owner of Book Moon, an independent bookstore in Easthampton, Massachusetts.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Small Beer Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50627590816018,"sku":"9781931520003","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9962d067-11c5-4018-a41d-8ccb4937490b.jpg?v=1732677368","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/stranger-things-happen-stories-9781931520003","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}