{"product_id":"rare-stories-9781914199387","title":"Rare Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Liam Bell\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bridge House\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bridge House\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Literary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by words marked as \"rare\" in the Oxford English Dictionary, this A-Z showcases the imaginative, characterful, and inventive possibilities of short fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom a woman trapped in her cul-de-sac to a pilot with a pig gristle nose, the collection travels through small-town Northern Ireland and feuding museums in Malta, encounters a girl who has befriended a taxidermied deer, a man who sells fake chameleons, and an expectant father who loses himself in jazz music. Often weird and wonderful, the thousand-word stories in this collection take on the rare words which sparked them from a slant and, in doing so, produce a series of entertaining and darkly-humorous snapshots of contemporary life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bridge House","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45299839205527,"sku":"9781914199387","price":878.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781914199387.webp?v=1768582211","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/rare-stories-9781914199387","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}