{"product_id":"asphwm","title":"Asphalt Dreaming, by Will Musgrove","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProse, chapbook, 36 pages, from\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBottlecap Features\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAsphalt Dreaming\u003c\/em\u003e is a chapbook full of dreamers, of characters hoping to rise above their trapped lives. The collection studies faith, existentialism, and hopelessness in a non-devout, direct way. With a sepia-tone feel pervading throughout the chapbook, its exploration of small-town uneasiness and the restlessness of the civilians within is both nostalgic and full of anxiety.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThroughout the fourteen flash fiction stories, a former pastor delivers pizza, a family burns down the Gävle Goat, a scream artist loses their ability to fear, a pair of factory workers drink toe cocktails, a man loses his reality, a group of friends go on a gross scavenger hunt, and much more. Despite the variety of unique premises, the characters in each story are linked by their desire to become more than they are.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWill Musgrove is a writer and journalist from Northwest Iowa. He received an MFA from Minnesota State University, Mankato. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in \u003cem\u003eTIMBER\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCleaver Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOyez Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Lumiere Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTampa Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe McNeese Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eVestal Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and elsewhere. When he isn’t writing, he’s often wishing life was like a 1990’s Saturday morning cartoon.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Will Musgrove","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":43692515131707,"sku":"ASPHWM","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":43692515164475,"sku":"ASPHWMe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0062\/4420\/4614\/products\/asphaltfront.png?v=1697489379","url":"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/products\/asphwm","provider":"Bottlecap Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}