{"product_id":"short-story-press-presents-beyond-brandon-humphreys-9781648910197","title":"Short Story Press Presents Beyond the Green Curtain: A Single Mother Follows the Yellow Brick Road to an Impossible Choice","description":"\u003cp\u003eMary is a gas-station attendant with an epileptic son who can barely make ends meet, when she makes them meet at all. She has dreams of a forbidden love but can't focus on those dreams when she can't even buy her son's medicine. She has a real knack for staying calm under pressure, and steadfastly does what she needs to in order to keep food on their table and a roof over their heads. One day she has an encounter with a woman who claims she can change Mary's life in an instant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter a strange dream that seems like a sign, Mary meets her mystery woman, who offers her a strange deal. From there, Mary is taken on a whirlwind ride that threatens to crack her reality in two. She's taken \"behind the curtain\" into a world she never dreamed could imagine - a world where nightmarish chaos is only kept at bay by a small few - and now they want her to be one of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt seems like the opportunity of a lifetime, but will Mary be willing to sacrifice her own values and those she's trying to teach to her son in order to get them a better life?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Writer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrandon Humphreys was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest and most of his short stories take place in his home state of Washington. He has a Master of Arts degree in English and creative writing, and he works as a freelance writer, adjunct writing professor, and a college writing consultant when he's not writing his own fiction and blog pieces. He is a veteran of the Washington Air National Guard, plays guitar, loves dogs, and loves to fly kites on the beach. He is currently finishing his first novel about a bunch of dragons and their worshipers on another world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShort Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brandon Humphreys\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 164891019X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781648910197\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hot Methods, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.31d","brand":"Brandon Humphreys","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47965841391871,"sku":"9781648910197","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fc384b3b-4c9c-48d6-b11b-09e1f24005e2.jpg?v=1767285203","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/short-story-press-presents-beyond-brandon-humphreys-9781648910197","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}