{"product_id":"the-cozy-cosmic-9781630231118","title":"The Cozy Cosmic","description":"\u003cp\u003eSome argue existence is an exercise in futility. They claim there are no winners in life. Ultimately, we are insignificant in the face of vast cosmic intelligences that were old when the Universe began.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe best minds gibber at the incomprehensibility of it all. Other minds lose themselves in strange geometries because they can't comprehend any alternative.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhatever. The rest of us have to get up in the morning, feed the cat, and go to work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Cozy Cosmic contains 33 stories of the horrors hidden within the micro-aggressions, the horrors trapped beneath the floorboards, and the horrors waiting patiently on the windowsill. This is the horror that forgets to turn off the light at night. This is the horror of waiting for the tea to boil, knowing full well who you just buried-for the second time-in the yard less than a hour ago. This is the horror of knowing where the dark wool comes from, but you wear the sweater anyway because it was a gift-an expression of love-and, well, being alone is worse than the horror of the unknowable, isn't it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe full table of contents for The Cozy Cosmic is as follows: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Shirley \"Death, in Two\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTais Teng \"On Hearing the First Shoggoth in Spring\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTyler Battaglia \"What the Sea Provides\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEllis Bray \"My Grandmother's Sacristy\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eE. E. Marshall \"Right and Bright\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDevan Barlow \"Dinner, Overlooking the Sea\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScotty Milder \"A Little God in Their Hands\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaxwell I. Gold \"The Great Cosmic Itch\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRemy Nakamura \"Wet Dreams in R'lyeh\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew S. Fuller \"A Perfectly Fine Hobby\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKiera Lesley \"Obsolescent\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKurt Newton \"A Mournful Melancholia of Things Forever Lost\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJ. B. Kish \"Lo-Fi Chocolate Cake\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRajiv Moté \"Carrisa and Kevin Gaze into the Abyss\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaniel David Froid \"In Another Distant Land, in a Luminescent Land\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKate Ristau \"Shine\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eErik Grove \"Fuzzy Fuzzy Kitty Kitties\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam J. Connell \"Poe's Guys Respond to Their Significant Others\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Jessup \"The Museum of Endless Summer\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNgo Binh Anh Khoa \"Through Life and Death, Forevermore\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonathan Wood \"Javapocalypse\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eL. E. Daniels \"Final Cycle\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKen Hueler \"The Unknowable Ones\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTania Chen \"A Study of Metamorphosis Calamity\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEric Shanower \"The Purple Emperor\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKevin Wetmore \"A Child's Christmas in Innsmouth\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMegan Lee Beals \"Splinterbone\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCorinne Hughes \"The Sheep Rancher's Husband\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShanna Germain \"A Napkin Upon Your Glass\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSimone Cooper \"Gnocchi\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJessie Kwak \"Blood and Glitter\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCody T Luff \"Den Mother\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eR. Ostermeier \"The Dark Young\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Underland Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50661729239314,"sku":"9781630231118","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bf55c8aa-9ec6-4ab4-98f1-9b0f3d1c939d.jpg?v=1733505608","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-cozy-cosmic-9781630231118","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}