{"product_id":"ghosmj","title":"Ghost in the Rain: Stories, by Matthew Jakubowski","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eProse, chapbook, 36 pages, from \u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBottlecap Features\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eIn these 12 microfictions and flash stories, Matthew Jakubowski traces a terrain of otherworldly-ness populated by lost ghosts, haunted lovers, immortal siblings, amorous trees, and undead pandemic parents, each reflecting a facet of our changing world’s natural beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eRich with gothic humor, surreal flourishes, and poetic fracturing, these stories address mortality and vulnerability with a steady belief in the mess of human intimacy, the risks and value in the eternally creative act of loving wildly and unconditionally.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eWith \u003cem\u003eGhost in the Rain\u003c\/em\u003e, we see the elusive moments in life refusing to vanish, enduring the elements of our world and our hearts, gaining greater meaning to move us closer to the core of who we each are and who we are meant to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eMatthew Jakubowski is a multi-genre writer based in Philadelphia. His stories have been anthologized in \u003cem\u003eBest Microfiction\u003c\/em\u003e, longlisted for the \u003cem\u003eWigleaf\u003c\/em\u003e Top 50, and appear in many literary journals worldwide, including \u003cem\u003eIdentity Theory\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003egorse\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eScaffold\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e3:AM Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGone Lawn\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNecessary Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDoric Literary\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eMilk Candy Review\u003c\/em\u003e. For more information, visit mattjakubowski.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Matthew Jakubowski","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":51257653985595,"sku":"GHOSMJ","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":51257654018363,"sku":"GHOSMJe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0062\/4420\/4614\/files\/ghost2_cover.png?v=1778980663","url":"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/products\/ghosmj","provider":"Bottlecap Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}