{"product_id":"coolest-american-stories-2023-9781737573920","title":"Coolest American Stories 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmerica's most talented storytellers share their most interesting, engaging, unputdownable work in a collection made for story lovers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraised early on by numerous award-winning and bestselling authors, COOLEST AMERICAN STORIES 2023 is the second volume of the annual short story anthology whose guiding philosophy is that a collection of widely appealing short stories can make for common ground that could unite rather than divide Americans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToward this end, COOLEST AMERICAN STORIES 2023 features a previously uncollected heartbreaking story by Morgan Talty, author of the widely acclaimed \u003ci\u003eNight of the Living Rez\u003c\/i\u003e; a witty story about growing up fast by widely published crime writer Nikki Dolson; and a candid tale about motherhood in the wake of tragedy by T. E. Wilderson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd since \u003ci\u003einteresting\u003c\/i\u003e storytelling―rather than a bunch of publishing credits―matters most to story-hungry readers, COOLEST AMERICAN STORIES 2023 also includes a page-turner about celebrity stalking written by brand new author Georgia Smith; a previously unpublished and sensual story about love versus the American Dream by up-and-coming author Patricia García Luján; and R. C. Goodwin's striking tale about a dying parent's wish―among others in this treasure trove of unputdownable, sharply written, sometimes comic, sometimes frightening, always suspenseful stories loaded with twists and turns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wish, Mark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/10\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coolest Stories Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781737573920\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.19h x 5.43w x 0.94d","brand":"Mark Wish","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39959901962315,"sku":"9781737573920","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_a5316bf5-b6ad-4fd4-ac15-1413f7591187.jpg?v=1675861892","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/coolest-american-stories-2023-9781737573920","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}