{"product_id":"sorrow-like-sour-candy-stories-by-chandler-morrison-paperback","title":"Sorrow Like Sour Candy: Stories by Chandler Morrison - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChandler Morrison\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThere is no salvation within these pages. Only the lingering taste-- sweet, sour, and searing-- of sadness gone septic. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSorrow Like Sour Candy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eChandler Morrison, author of \u003ci\u003eDead Inside \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAmerican Narcissus, \u003c\/i\u003e delivers a collection of stories where ecstasy and ruin are inseparable. Humanity becomes an infestation spreading across the cosmos. Lovers contaminate each other in search of transcendence. Desire twists into obsession; obsession dissolves into ash. Beneath Los Angeles lights and motel gloom, bodies and souls unravel in prose both brutal and hypnotic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt once literary and vicious, lyrical and profane, these stories strip glamour down to its bones and expose the rot beneath. Morrison writes with the precision of a scalpel and the ferocity of a blade dragged across glass, capturing characters who are beautiful, broken, and unforgettable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeauty curdles. Desire corrodes. Love tastes like something you shouldn't swallow but do anyway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverything ends. The aftertaste endures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eChandler Morrison is the author of eight previous books, including Dead Inside and American Narcissus. His short fiction has appeared in numerous anthologies and literary journals. He lives in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 186\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 7.91 x 5.01 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 06, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50983659372683,"sku":"9781639512416","price":29.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/LLDVG0ymWp9781639512416.webp?v=1793300097","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/sorrow-like-sour-candy-stories-by-chandler-morrison-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}