{"product_id":"stories-that-knocked-on-my-j-rainsnow-9798991799034","title":"Stories That Knocked on My Door","description":"\u003cp\u003e In this collection of short stories, the author dives into the deeply personal world of the imagination in search of a better future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDAPHNE. A poet passionately loves a Russian immigrant ballerina in New York. But a trauma from her past has turned her away from love, keeping him and the whole world at a distance. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTWO IMPERFECT PAINTINGS. Two artists, each with a handicap that prevents them from reaching their full potential, meet in a gallery where their paintings are placed side by side.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE PLAGIARIST. A professor writes a beautiful book of poetry, which he claims to have remembered from a past life. Or is he just a fraud? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEARTH REFOUND. Survivors of the destruction of the Earth's ecology have rebuilt their world, but now have a terrible premonition that those who destroyed their world are about to return. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE FRENCH TIME MACHINE. A guilt-ridden French general and inventor who waged war against Algerian rebels in the 1950s and 60s, seeks to travel in a time machine to see if he can bring back good news from the future. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDANCING SALSA. The American husband of a Latin American wife secretly watches her dancing salsa, and feels the heartbreak of all he has failed to do for her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eROMAN BRITAIN COMES TO EARTH. A confident, old-fashioned professor praises the cultural benefits of ancient Rome's invasion of England - until beings from outer space invade our planet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHANDCUFFS. A Colombian immigrant to the US faces hardship and finds herself pushed by the dynamics of history and her passion to love onto a path of self-destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE WATER PITCHER. A discounted man, who is determined to prove himself, loses sight of the consequences of his crusade to be 'somebody.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE POWER OF ANGER. Technicians find a way to convert human anger into electricity and must then take steps to ensure that the power source never runs dry. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE ANGEL'S ARIA. The passionate platonic love between an eccentric, failed composer and an underachieving, yet remarkable opera diva reaches a state of high drama when the composer demands the diva sing a song that is impossible to sing, or else he will blow his brains out. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTAKING OFF THE CAST. A struggling writer is badly injured in a fall, but discovers the liberating effect of temporarily having nothing expected of him as long as he is in a cast. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE FIRST MAN IN THE VALLEY OF EGGS. A man wakes up in a valley of eggs. He is the only one who has hatched and spends his life waiting for someone else to come out of an egg.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE VIOLINIST. A violinist arrives in a small town where the people dislike music. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFETTERMAN. A young Native American man is harassed by racists, and is on the verge of ruining his life by shooting them, as his friends desperately search for a way to deter him. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGRACIELA. A young man's brief meeting with an idealistic Mexican woman changes his life forever. Did she save him or destroy him?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE CASE OF THE MISSING CHEERIO. A piece of breakfast cereal seems to vanish into thin air, precipitating a philosophical battle between a New Age son and a fiercely rationalistic father. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSNOW WOMAN. Musings about a woman who only talks to the man who loves her when it snows. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE BET. Is the morality we practice on Earth really morality, or just the fear of being punished for following our desires? A man about to be reborn decides to settle the question once and for all. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMYSTERIOUS LITTLE MACHINE. An undercover cop follows a suspicious man, trying to figure out the purpose of the odd device he keeps pointing at people on the street. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE CLAMOR OF SPIRITS. A couple discovers, to their horror, that their new house seems to be a hotbed for ghosts. Who are they, and why are they here?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. Rainsnow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798991799034\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Ends Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/06\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63d","brand":"J. Rainsnow","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47072343818495,"sku":"9798991799034","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9b0f194c-9f96-4e5d-92ca-bbda6ad24c8b.jpg?v=1753416525","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stories-that-knocked-on-my-j-rainsnow-9798991799034","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}