{"product_id":"equipment-for-lovers-9781971973128","title":"Equipment for Lovers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2025 Dzanc Short Story Collection Prize, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eEquipment for Lovers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e explores strangers and strangeness in twelve intimate, uncanny stories perfect for fans of Don DeLillo and Torrey Peters\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA self-help group for people with fears of the apocalypse meets in an abandoned warehouse, where one member discovers she can banish the others’ phobias. A six-foot wrench called “The Persuader” moves from branch to branch in a family, lurking under a girl’s bed until the night it’s needed. A sadomasochistic couple wrestles with intimacy after one of them is diagnosed with life-threatening cancer. A teenager grapples with his homosexuality and his mother’s disappearance in junta-controlled Argentina. And a man and his boyfriend, driving through northern Maine, find a woman bent in the middle of the dark road—an encounter that pushes the night into strangeness as if down a rabbit hole.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith their trademark deftness, Crouse’s fifth collection returns to themes of alienation and identity, delivered with an ever-sharper edge. These are stories spilling over with compassion and outrage and bittersweet understanding, a must-read for admirers of Rachel Aviv and Anthony Veasna So.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David Nikki Crouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49109173960955,"sku":"9781971973128","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/equipment-for-lovers-9781971973128","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}