{"product_id":"emerbl","title":"Emergence, by Blair Lee","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProse, chapbook, 48 pages, from \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003eBottlecap Features\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen Kara discovers an egg in her girlfriend Elise's apartment, their lives are thrown into chaos. The egg is more than a biological anomaly, it is also a living relic of Elise’s life as a lab experiment—and perhaps her past love, as well. As the couple wrestles with the impossible question of what might emerge, they must first confront the fears and inadequacies within themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThrough Kara’s tender but anxious perspective, \u003cem\u003eEmergence\u003c\/em\u003e celebrates the insecurities and resilience of love when tested by extraordinary circumstances. A blend of speculative fiction and raw story, it asks us what it means to nurture something that might reshape our entire lives and how we might come to rethink the boundaries of being human.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlair’s fiction and nonfiction have appeared in \u003cem\u003eAmerican Short Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Masters Review Anthology\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMoon City Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eBath Flash Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e, among other places. Her story collection, essays, and other work have also received finalist positions for numerous awards, including the PANK Book Contest, the Robert and Adele Schiff Award, the VanderMey Nonfiction Prize, and the Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blair Lee","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":49804898402619,"sku":"EMERBL","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":49804898435387,"sku":"EMERBLe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0062\/4420\/4614\/files\/emergencefront.png?v=1734381414","url":"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/products\/emerbl","provider":"Bottlecap Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}