{"product_id":"concerning-those-who-have-fallen-asleep-ghost-stories-paperback","title":"Concerning Those Who Have Fallen Asleep: Ghost Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAdam Soto\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eConcerning Those Who Have Fallen Asleep\u003c\/i\u003e is weird in all the best ways possible . . . These tales are plucked from bizarre worlds, from the blood of shadow creatures, from the tears of angels. Let them haunt you.\" --Gabino Iglesias, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Devil Takes You Home\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of short stories moving through time and place, exploring the spaces where we haunt each other and ourselves through our choices, our institutions, and our dreams.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAdam Soto, author of the debut novel \u003ci\u003eThis Weightless World\u003c\/i\u003e, which Robin Sloan called \"The social novel for the 21st century,\" returns with \u003ci\u003eConcerning Those Who Have Fallen Asleep\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the title story, a one-armed Harlem Hellfighter goes in search of his specially altered military uniform while Influenza ravages Philadelphia. In \"Sleepy Things,\" a man is bound to the bedside of his comatose girlfriend who haunts his mother's dreams. In \"Wren \u0026amp; Riley,\" a couple travels to Wyoming to visit a childhood friend who killed her abusive husband. And in \"The Vegetable Church,\" a pair of Syrian sisters, refugees of the civil war, find themselves at a crossroads in the home of their European hosts while their dead father whispers to them words of comfort and guidance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe stories in \u003ci\u003eConcerning Those Who Have Fallen Asleep\u003c\/i\u003e, strange and unsettling, explore the quiet spaces where the living and the dead alike haunt one another through their choices, dreams, and institutions.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdam Soto is the web editor of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Short Fiction. \u003c\/i\u003eHe holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and is a former Michener-Copernicus Foundation Fellow. His debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThis Weightless World, \u003c\/i\u003ewas published by Astra House in 2021. He lives with his wife in Austin, Texas, where he is a teacher and a musician.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 8.29 x 5.47 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 04, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42727398572095,"sku":"9781662601354","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/3eb356665a2b4c39d4394670d6b72acb.webp?v=1765114676","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/concerning-those-who-have-fallen-asleep-ghost-stories-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}