{"product_id":"the-failure-cascade-paperback","title":"The Failure Cascade - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJon Konrath\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA trans-dimensional gateway beween a Kenny Rogers Roasters location in Seattle to a Fred Meyer in Alaska. Richard Nixon bowling with the Roswell aliens. A corn-worshipping cult on the outskirts of a \u003ci\u003eMy Little Pony\u003c\/i\u003e theme park. These are some of the tales in \u003ci\u003eThe Failure Cascade\u003c\/i\u003e, Jon Konrath's latest collection of flash, micro-fiction, stories, and other weirdness. \u003ci\u003eThe Failure Cascade\u003c\/i\u003e is thirty-four pieces of abnormal and unorthodox prose about the litanies and tribulations of the post-apocalyptic reality. The bite-sized chunks of sick, laugh-out-loud dark humor continue the madness within is collections \u003ci\u003eRanch: The Musical\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHelp Me Find My Car Keys And We Can Drive Out!\u003c\/i\u003e, but also contain longer stories reminiscent of his work in \u003ci\u003eThunderbird\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSleep Has No Master\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author of the cult classic \u003ci\u003eRumored to Exist\u003c\/i\u003e weaves a chaotic collection of nonlinear references to death metal, pop culture, Nineties nostalgia, and the absurd into an ambient enumeration of the complexities and contraditions of current existence. It includes all previously unpublished stories, such as \u003ci\u003eHot Karl's Goodbye and the Taliban Bugzilla Database\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePost-dialectic Discourse in the Works of GG Allin and Alanis Morissette\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEvel Knievel Would Never Call Me at Five in the Morning to Talk About Christian Black Metal\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSewage Beach\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a fever dream of a collection of the amusing and unusual, almost designed to offend, enlighten, and entertain. Like the rest of Konrath's work, it is a wild ride through the surreal and unconventional.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 14, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47277680656633,"sku":"9781942086178","price":13.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/8paWDjIOYw9781942086178.webp?v=1768998655","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-failure-cascade-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}