{"product_id":"illustrating-life-and-other-stories-sean-platt-9781629554655","title":"Illustrating Life and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReality bends. People break. The truth bleeds through the margins.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat do a suicidal tech bro, a mute ballerina, a trauma-soaked illustrator, and an alien-infected Scoutmaster have in common?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey're all just trying to survive stories that won't behave.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this genre-mashing collection of speculative tales, nothing is what it seems, and everything matters more than you think. One moment, you're laughing. The next, you're gutted. Then you're questioning whether any of this is real. It probably isn't.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA blind woman confronts the ghost of the man who ruined her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A grieving father finds a memory in the woods that rewrites everything he thought he knew.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A blogger's angry parenting rant collapses reality around his son's Pinewood Derby race.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A washed-up writer discovers that the AI finishing his novel might be fixing his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A group of burned-out creatives builds an art collective in a junkyard and finds redemption in the ruin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome stories flirt with apocalypse. Others hold your heart in their teeth and smile politely. All of them live in the uncanny space where memory, grief, technology, and identity collide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDarkly comic. Occasionally romantic. Always uncomfortably human.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIllustrating Life and Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e is \u003cem\u003eLove, Death \u0026amp; Robots\u003c\/em\u003e by way of \u003cem\u003eBlack Mirror, \u003c\/em\u003e with the character depth of \u003cem\u003eStation Eleven\u003c\/em\u003e and the lyrical weirdness of \u003cem\u003eCloud Atlas\u003c\/em\u003e. These stories are emotional landmines with teeth, heart, and circuit boards.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf you've ever laughed at the wrong moment, cried at the right one, or wondered if you're the only glitch in the system, this collection is for you. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sean Platt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1629554650\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781629554655\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sterling and Stone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 498\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 1.24d","brand":"Sean Platt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48852720255231,"sku":"9781629554655","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/illustrating-life-and-other-stories-sean-platt-9781629554655","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}