{"product_id":"toadstones-9781088017302","title":"Toadstones","description":"\u003cp\u003eBloody haruspicy as an archeological technique. The violent premier of a film star's lost noir masterpiece. A housekeeper's final job for her late employer. An exhumation to retrieve a poetry manuscript. Ghosts haunting atomic test sites of the American west. The dangers facing podcasters, mud loggers, and rural veterinarians. Landlords and gods and rocks and monsters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToadstones is a collection of short stories firmly in the tradition of the weird tale. They evoke the sensation of catching an unnerving movement out of the corner of your eye, of hearing a sudden and unidentifiable skittering in the walls, of dreaming about a strange city where you meet someone you would have sworn died long ago. Explore the uncanny shadows occluding what we thought was a mundane world in these sixteen (that's twice eight, or four fours; are you tracking the numerology?) stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDestined to be an underworld classic, these stories by everyone's favorite anarchocommunist calling upon the aid of Hell will have you believing in the unbelievable-and thinking twice before you let another repair guy in your house.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Malarkey Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50388311441682,"sku":"9781088017302","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4b6ca1ad-9f1d-4daa-8c10-2b0912062cf4.jpg?v=1728896699","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/toadstones-9781088017302","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}