{"product_id":"super-castle-fun-park-9781834050263","title":"Super Castle Fun Park","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA wild, beguiling novel about isolation, technology, and raising the dead by the co-editor of\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eQueer Little Nightmares\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe dead want to speak to you. But are you ready to hear their words? \u003cem\u003eSuper Castle Fun Park\u003c\/em\u003e explores a group of people tending wistfully to their precarious lives. Dario is an aimless pessimist staying at a themed hotel who is tasked with the care of his aunt at the end of her life. Jeremy is Dario's anxious boyfriend who is trapped in his home, plagued by disturbing visions. Chelsea is an ornery medium who spends her free time on her phone trolling a group of misfits in an online game. Each of them is at the precipice of change, and the people they are interconnected to, including the dead, will be there when it happens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving seamlessly between quiet melancholy, wry humor, and the supernatural, \u003cem\u003eSuper Castle Fun Park\u003c\/em\u003e is a novel that defies expectations: a tragicomic, very human story about isolation, ghosts, technology, and our deep, abiding need for connection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDaniel Zomparelli \u003c\/strong\u003e(he\/him) is the author of the poetry books \u003cem\u003eJump Scare\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDavie Street Translations\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eRom Com\u003c\/em\u003e, co-written with Dina Del Bucchia (all published by Talonbooks). His story collection \u003cem\u003eEverything Is Awful and You're a Terrible Person\u003c\/em\u003e (Arsenal Pulp Press) was a finalist for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and won the ReLit Short Fiction Award. He co-edited \u003cem\u003eQueer Little Nightmares\u003c\/em\u003e (Arsenal Pulp Press) with David Ly. Born and raised in Vancouver, he now lives in Glendale, CA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Arsenal Pulp Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52176268394770,"sku":"9781834050263","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_eaa23f05-9f55-44be-b357-3e481e4c2218.jpg?v=1775560909","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/super-castle-fun-park-9781834050263","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}