{"product_id":"this-is-how-you-die-stories-of-the-inscrutable-infallible-inescapable-machine-of-death-9781455529391","title":"This Is How You Die: Stories of the Inscrutable, Infallible, Inescapable Machine of Death","description":"If a machine could predict how you would die, would you want to know? This is the tantalizing premise of \u003ci\u003eThis Is How You Die\u003c\/i\u003e, the brilliant follow-up anthology to the self-published bestseller, \u003ci\u003eMachine of Death\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e THIS IS HOW YOU DIE\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStories of the Inscrutable, Infallible, Inescapable Machine of Death\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The machines started popping up around the world. The offer was tempting: with a simple blood test, anyone could know how they would die. But the machines didn't give dates or specific circumstances-just a single word or phrase. DROWNED, CANCER, OLD AGE, CHOKED ON A HANDFUL OF POPCORN. And though the predictions were always accurate, they were also often frustratingly vague. OLD AGE, it turned out, could mean either dying of natural causes, or being shot by an elderly, bedridden man in a botched home invasion. The machines held onto that old-world sense of irony in death: you can know how it's going to happen, but you'll still be surprised when it does. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This addictive anthology--sinister, witty, existential, and fascinating--collects the best of the thousands of story submissions the editors received in the wake of the success of the first volume, and exceeds the first in every way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatthew Bennardo\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and editor from Cleveland. His short fiction has been appearing in print and online for over a decade, with pieces in \u003ci\u003eAsimov's, Strange Horizons, Daily Science Fiction, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eShimmer, \u003c\/i\u003e among others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Malki\u003c\/b\u003e is the Los Angeles-based author of \u003ci\u003eWondermark\u003c\/i\u003e, a comic strip available online and in collections from Dark Horse Books, one of which was nominated in 2009 for the Eisner Award (the highest honor in comics) for Best Humor Publication. He also holds the distinction of having written the longest article ever published by \u003ci\u003ePoets \u0026amp; Writers Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRyan North\u003c\/b\u003e is the Toronto-based author of the online Dinosaur Comics, one of the internet's most popular comic strips. He's also currently the writer of the \u003ci\u003eAdventure Time\u003c\/i\u003e comic book from BOOM! Studios, based on the television show.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50524492366098,"sku":"9781455529391","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_02672108-c0ec-47cd-aae6-bf4ed1a8d1b0.jpg?v=1731180982","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/this-is-how-you-die-stories-of-the-inscrutable-infallible-inescapable-machine-of-death-9781455529391","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}