{"product_id":"minutia-matter-a-collection-of-short-stories-9798729832194","title":"Minutia Matter: A Collection of Short Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): David Andrew Tan\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Short Stories (single author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe short story is a list of leasts - least marketable, least profitable, least respected, and perhaps even least read. However, a truly compelling short story may be the most challenging form of writing. To introduce the setting, the characters, a conflict, and bring it all to a meaningful (or at least interesting and consistent) end within thirty pages or less is an exercise in both restraint and mastery. I claim neither of these - but I gave it my best shot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is something in this collection for everyone. Everyday life gone wrong, law man struggles, the noble farce of military life, futures I hope we can avoid, and less grounded fantasies, good and bad. It is perhaps darker than I intended - a product of angsty college years, romances spurned, youthful optimism sanded down. But know that there is hope, though it may be hard to find. I was asked what the uniting theme of these works could be. I had never set out upon any of these stories with this particular thought in mind, much less did I plan to weave them all together in any way - but upon being asked I knew it, instinctively. The small things, the minutia, are important.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMINUTIA MATTER.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThank you for reading.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45570177990807,"sku":"9798729832194","price":918.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798729832194.webp?v=1767936959","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/minutia-matter-a-collection-of-short-stories-9798729832194","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}