{"product_id":"volt-stories-9781555975777b","title":"Volt: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA blistering collection of stories from an exhilarating new voice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOne man kills another after neither will move his pickup truck from the road. A female sheriff in a flooded town attempts to cover up a murder. When a farmer harvesting a field accidentally runs over his son, his grief sets him off walking, mile after mile. A band of teens bent on destruction runs amok in a deserted town at night. As these men and women lash out at the inscrutable churn of the world around them, they find a grim measure of peace in their solitude.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Throughout \u003ci\u003eVolt\u003c\/i\u003e, Alan Heathcock's stark realism is leavened by a lyric energy that matches the brutality of the surface. And as you move through the wind-lashed landscape of these stories, faint signs of hope appear underfoot. In \u003ci\u003eVolt\u003c\/i\u003e, the work of a writer who's hell-bent on wrenching out whatever beauty this savage world has to offer, Heathcock's tales of lives set afire light up the sky like signal flares touched off in a moment of desperation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42826866786384,"sku":"9781555975777B","price":3.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781555975777-l.jpg?v=1785907835","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/volt-stories-9781555975777b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}