{"product_id":"candle-in-the-dark-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"Candle in the Dark and Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Allen Boone\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA collection of ten short stories set largely on Chicago's West Side, written over a span of twenty years (1975-1995), that focus on residents of a part of the city whose day-to-day lives have rarely if ever been immortalized in fiction. The anthology features the eponymous \"Candle in the Dark,\" winner of the 1975 Triton College New Writer's Workshop Award for best short story, published in the Fall 1980 issue of \u003cem\u003eAIM Magazine, \u003c\/em\u003e and the story \"Beatitude\" originally published as \"Brunswick Stew\" in the collection \u003cem\u003eWest Side Stories\u003c\/em\u003e, by City Stoop Press in 1993. Other published stories in the collection include: \"Day Work,\" previously published in the Spring 1985 issue o\u003cem\u003ef AIM Magazine \u003c\/em\u003eand the stories \"A Qualified Prospect,\" (1996); \"A Mortgage Burning Party,\" (1996); and \"The Derelict\" (1996), all published previously in \u003cem\u003eGuildworks: Writing by the West Side Writers Guild \u003c\/em\u003epublished \u003cem\u003eby \u003c\/em\u003eBlacksmith Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 140\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47450822672562,"sku":"9780977251520","price":16.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/f32cc926e1ffdf109aab3ac8bdb407d3.webp?v=1778790241","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/candle-in-the-dark-and-other-stories-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}