{"product_id":"gifts-for-the-one-who-ann-vandermeer-9798737132569","title":"Gifts for the One Who Comes After","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the World Fantasy Award and the Shirley Jackson Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Helen Marshall uses the fantastic to pry her way inside her readers' ribcages and break us wide open.\" --Neil Gaiman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGhost thumbs. Microscopic dogs. One very sad can of tomato soup . . .Helen Marshall's second collection offers a series of twisted surrealities that explore the legacies we pass on to our children. A son seeks to reconnect with his father through a telescope that sees into the past. A young girl discovers what lies on the other side of her mother's bellybutton. Death's wife prepares for a very special funeral. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eGifts for the One Who Comes After\u003c\/i\u003e, Marshall delivers seventeen tales of love and loss that cement her as a powerful voice in dark fantasy and the New Weird. Dazzling, disturbing, and deeply moving\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e.\"...in turns chilling, heart-wrenching and uplifting. Marshall has a way with words that makes even the most peculiar seem possible, and the stories here are each so layered with character and meaning, they are like perfect, condensed novels.\" --Kaaron Warren\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gifts For The One Who Comes After should single out Marshall as one of the most accomplished writers of the fantastic being published today.\" --This Is Horror\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ann VanderMeer, Helen Marshall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8737132563\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798737132569\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/13\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 386\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.00w x 0.86d","brand":"Ann VanderMeer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44302464352511,"sku":"9798737132569","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ec81604f-edf7-439c-b298-b4784c0e8d9f.jpg?v=1695161752","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gifts-for-the-one-who-ann-vandermeer-9798737132569","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}