{"product_id":"the-measure-of-sorrow-stories-paperback","title":"The Measure of Sorrow: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJ. Ashley-Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShirley Jackson Award-winning author J. Ashley-Smith's first collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Measure of Sorrow, \u003c\/i\u003e draws together ten new and previously acclaimed stories of dark speculative fiction. In these pages a black reef holds the secret to an interminable coastal limbo; a father struggles to relate to his estranged children in a post-bushfire wilderness; an artist records her last days in conversation with her unborn child; a brother and sister are abandoned to the manifestations of their uncle's insanity; a suburban neighbourhood succumbs to an indescribable malaise; teenage ravers fall in with an eldritch crowd; a sensitive New Age guy commits a terminal act of passive-aggression; a plane crash opens the door to the Garden of Eden; the new boy in the village falls victim to a fatal ruse; and a husband's unexpressed grief is embodied in the shadows of a crumbling country barn. Intelligent and emotionally complex, the stories in \u003ci\u003eThe Measure of Sorrow \u003c\/i\u003eelude easy classification, lifting the veil on the wonder and horror of a world just out of true.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ. Ashley-Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is a British-Australian author of dark speculative fiction and co-host of the\u003ci\u003e Let The Cat In \u003c\/i\u003epodcast. His short stories have twice won national competitions and been shortlisted seven times for Aurealis Awards, winning both Best Horror and Best Fantasy. His first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Attic Tragedy, \u003c\/i\u003e won the Shirley Jackson Award. His novella, \u003ci\u003eAriadne, I Love You\u003c\/i\u003e, is available now from Meerkat Press. J. gathers moth dust in the suburbs of North Canberra, tormented by the desolation of telegraph wires\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 202\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 9.02 x 6.15 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 06, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42732590497855,"sku":"9781946154774","price":21.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/e1021962be927729cac0f23b81fe1b0c.webp?v=1765133029","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-measure-of-sorrow-stories-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}