{"product_id":"do-overs-and-detours-steve-vernon-9781393804314","title":"Do-Overs And Detours: Eighteen Eerie Tales","description":"\u003cp\u003eDetours are amazing creatures. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA detour can shortcut your existence or it can lead you down a forever long road that will linger far into the distant reaches of eternity. It is these unexpected tangents that people stumble across nearly every day that will haunt you in a frighteningly familiar fashion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWander into a laundromat and find a kind of a time machine. Indulge yourself in a particularly nasty game of baseball. Hitch a ride on a freight train with the piggyback man or entomb yourself in a trailer walled with books or take a ride on a bus that is going nowhere fast or just lean over an empty ocean and wait for the very first mermaid you see. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDetour around an overturned trailer of chickens and find a chance to do it all over again. Take a taxi ride with a very hungry passenger or just walk in the park and watch a juggler balancing severed heads. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReality will take you only so far and after that there is nothing to rely on but faith and fear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI offer you eighteen eerie tales of fantasy, horror, science fiction and all around strangeness that will take you to the edge of the map and then nudge you just a little bit further. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"If Harlan Ellison, Richard Matheson and Robert Bloch had a three-way sex romp in a hot tub, and then a team of scientists came in and filtered out the water and mixed the leftover DNA into a test tube, the resulting genetic experiment would most likely grow up into Steve Vernon.\" - Bookgasm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steve Vernon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1393804314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781393804314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Steve Vernon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d","brand":"Steve Vernon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47425227358463,"sku":"9781393804314","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_76391eb3-e7e4-40c1-a4b4-6ed2ad618329.jpg?v=1761537871","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/do-overs-and-detours-steve-vernon-9781393804314","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}