{"product_id":"9781946154774","title":"The Measure of Sorrow","description":"Author: J. Ashley-Smith\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781946154774\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Meerkat Press, LLC\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 06 Jun 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 260\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShirley Jackson Award-winning author J. Ashley-Smith's first collection, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Measure of Sorrow,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e draws together ten new and previously acclaimed stories of dark speculative fiction. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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\u0026amp;#x27;s unexpressed grief is embodied in the shadows of a crumbling country barn. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntelligent and emotionally complex, the stories in \u003ci\u003eThe Measure of Sorrow\u003c\/i\u003e elude easy classification, lifting the veil on the wonder and horror of a world just out of true.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46688058671262,"sku":"ADS-9781946154774","price":32.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781946154774.jpg?v=1775631501","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781946154774","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}