{"product_id":"stay-a-novella-paperback","title":"Stay: A Novella - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCoyote Jr. Gray\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe spiders in the house already have names, habits, grudges, and backstories. The Coyote considers this normal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEthel sings in the kitchen. Reggie maintains standards in the bathroom. Dolores runs security from the bookshelves. Hank hoards treasure on the porch. Esme predicts trouble from the ceiling. Together, they keep the house inhabited.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen a tiny spider named Midge arrives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat follows is not horror. It is expansion. Population growth. Administration. Territory, training, rationing, trade, defection, and the slow transformation of one quiet home into a many-legged civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the numbers rise, order fractures. Systems emerge. Alliances form. Resources thin. And the house, once merely occupied, becomes something structured, alive, and increasingly difficult to control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStay is a sharp, controlled novella about systems under pressure, the behavior of small societies, and what happens when nothing in a closed environment remains small for long.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 86\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.18 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 23, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49377430274187,"sku":"9781972671047","price":19.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/o4ll5byR3I9781972671047.webp?v=1789620648","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/stay-a-novella-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}