{"product_id":"jellyfish-mark-mccaig-9798985347708","title":"Jellyfish: Fictions","description":"\u003cp\u003eDeep dives into the human character underlie Mark McCaig's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efast-read glimpses of what at first blush would seem momentary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eabsurdities. There's Pinkii, who became deeply obsessed with her little\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etoes and the fifth phalanges of all creatures. The stamp collector deeply\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etroubled by the busyness of the USPS modern-day art, preferring the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estately look that adorned envelopes decades in the past. The facial\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erecognition practitioner who dispensed immediate names, among\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethem Jellyfish, to a cousin, and Weasel, a lawyer on her elevator.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMcCaig, a pioneering educator, presents appealing stories you can\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eknock out any time, perhaps when you're waiting for somebody, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eor something. On hold with your doctor? His rapid-read takes, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esteeped in technology, at times relate uncomfortable truths.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Upgrade, a 200-word rapier treatment of the cell-phone\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eera, he contrasts the gleeful girl with her new prize at a cell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ephone store with the Asian girl disassembling trade-ins at a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epoisonous e-waste dump under the leering eyes of her oppressor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the best tradition of flash fiction, Jellyfish illuminates pains, excesses\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand charming realities in the human condition-all in a flash.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark McCaig\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8985347705\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798985347708\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Bay Books LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/23\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.50h x 6.50w x 0.07d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mark McCaig","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44076149047551,"sku":"9798985347708","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_273e1926-4231-467d-b194-8d5937ecca4c.jpg?v=1685463455","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/jellyfish-mark-mccaig-9798985347708","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}