{"product_id":"thindp","title":"Things That Happen in the Rain, by Diane Payne","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProse, chapbook, 24 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 style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" 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\"\u003eThe prose collection begins with the author questioning the guilty verdict of a mother sentenced to a life in prison for a fire that killed her daughter, and how the mother may be innocent. Throughout the collection, the author ponders the loss of family, pets, strangers, rain, her interactions with lovers, guns, feeble apologies, meeting a preacher in a hospital, and attending an Apple conference.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThese flash prose pieces are not only wry observations about life, but they reveal the lingering questions about making sense of what we experience. Many readers will connect to these brief but engaging ponderings.  Life is rarely as we expect.  The unexpected awaken and shape us on a daily basis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSome of Diane’s most recent publications include: \u003cem\u003eCutleaf Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMukoli\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMiracle Monacle\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHairstreak Butterfly\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eInvisible City\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBest of Microfiction 2022\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAnother Chicago Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWhale Road Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFourth River\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTiny Spoon\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBending Genres\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eYour Impossible Voice\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBook of Matches\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWatershed Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSuperstition Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWindmill Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eQuarterly West\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTable Feast Literary Magazine Lunch Ticket\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMiramichi Flash\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSpry Split Lip Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Offing\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eElk\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eMcNeese Review\u003c\/em\u003e.  She is also the author of \u003cem\u003eBurning Tulips\u003c\/em\u003e, Red Hen Press. More can be found here: dianepayne.wordpress.com\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Diane Payne","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":49127738245435,"sku":"THINDP","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":49127738278203,"sku":"THINDPe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0062\/4420\/4614\/files\/rainfront.png?v=1720030636","url":"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/products\/thindp","provider":"Bottlecap Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}