{"product_id":"coolest-american-stories-2023","title":"Coolest American Stories 2023","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePraised early on by numerous award-winning and bestselling authors, COOLEST AMERICAN STORIES 2023 is the second volume of the annual short story anthology whose guiding philosophy is that a collection of widely appealing short stories can make for common ground that could unite rather than divide Americans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eToward this end, COOLEST AMERICAN STORIES 2023 features a previously uncollected heartbreaking story by Morgan Talty, author of the widely acclaimed \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNight of the Living Rez\u003c\/em\u003e; a witty story about growing up fast by widely published crime writer Nikki Dolson; and a candid tale about motherhood in the wake of tragedy by T. E. 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Goodwin's striking tale about a dying parent's wish―among others in this treasure trove of unputdownable, sharply written, sometimes comic, sometimes frightening, always suspenseful stories loaded with twists and turns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe various authors of the \"full meal\" short stories in COOLEST AMERICAN STORIES 2023 include copiously praised Morgan Talty, widely published authors Nikki Dolson and Gerald Elias, as well as a diverse host of other writers whose aim in creating these stories was to keep readers interested with their best, most riveting storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“An unforgettable, diverse, and lively collection of tales that go \u003cstrong\u003eabove and beyond cool\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cstrong\u003eOnce I cracked this open, I was hooked.\u003c\/strong\u003e”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—Alex Segura, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eSecret Identity\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e “\u003cem\u003eCoolest American Stories 2023 \u003c\/em\u003ewill remind you why you fell in love with the short story in the first place: \u003cstrong\u003eunforgettable characters, memorable plots, and crackling prose. 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