{"product_id":"the-high-cost-of-dying-and-other-stories-9781606999080","title":"The High Cost of Dying and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Reed Crandall\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Fantagraphics Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Fantagraphics Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Horror\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReed Crandall's mastery of fine line detail and expertly nuanced pen-and-ink texture is a perfect fit for EC Comics. This collection of 21 Crandall favorites, delineated in his classically illustrative style, includes \"The Silent Towns,\" a Ray Bradbury story about the last man and woman on Mars; \"Carrion Death,\" a stark horror story about a man struggling through the desert with a corpse handcuffed to his wrist as the vultures circle closer; \"Sweetie-Pie,\" the grisly story of a ghoul who sets up a roadside hazard to procure, um, fresh meat; \"The Kidnapper,\" about a man who decides to kidnap a baby to replace the baby that had been stolen from him and his wife; \"Space Suitors,\" a science fiction love triangle that leads to jealously, betrayal, and murder, and \"The High Cost of Dying,\" the title story, in which a man must make an awful choice between burying his wife and feeding his children ...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fantagraphics Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45153419657367,"sku":"9781606999080","price":2228.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781606999080.webp?v=1767147961","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-high-cost-of-dying-and-other-stories-9781606999080","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}