{"product_id":"the-river-a-collection-of-short-stories-9781634922838","title":"The River: A Collection of Short Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Stephen Jon Schares\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Booklocker.com\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Booklocker.com\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Short Stories (single author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is a story, if not a telling of the truth in one form or another? Fiction, maybe. Half-truths, possibly. Life is fact and fiction. Where do you draw the line? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTruth, fact, fiction - it all comes from that same place. That part of us, willing or unwilling, that finds a way out - that compels us to express in words our thoughts, feelings, experiences - for all the world to judge...or maybe just a few. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether the words, the stories, struggle to the surface, gasping for air, or take flight from our pens with barely an effort, we all start out the same - a blank piece of paper, an empty computer screen. And the gall to write it down - to type it - to press save. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection of stories starts in one place, and ends up in another. In between are splices of what our lives are - humor, pathos, irony, sarcasm, insight, the brevity of life - all sides of the same coin. The things that bind us, just as often divide us. It's up to the writer to connect the dots. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46491788771479,"sku":"9781634922838","price":1613.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781634922838.jpg?v=1766350484","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-river-a-collection-of-short-stories-9781634922838","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}