{"product_id":"braking-distance-9781844719129","title":"Braking Distance","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMotorway Service Stations are places where people pass through on their way to somewhere else: somewhere better, somewhere brighter. But every traveller has a tale to tell, a story of their own, and sometimes they're not what you'd expect. Braking Distance is a glimpse beneath the surface. It brings you love, death, lust, loss, betrayal, belonging, murder, aliens and a time-travelling adventuress being chased by a dastardly foe!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection is made up of loosely connected stories, all occurring in the same place at the same time, sprawling out across different genres, styles, perspectives and emotions. The camera swings from place to place, and over the course of eighteen short stories, builds up a picture which is surprising, exciting and strange.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCalum Kerr’s flash fictions are funny and moving and leap off the page with all the immediacy and urgency with which they were written.\u003c\/p\u003e -- David Gaffney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo Households, Both Alike\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTake a Break\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVirtuous Patience\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoutine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConstant Vigilance 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClosing the Circle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJustified Violence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Pain of Frustration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConstant Vigilance 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Gateway to Peril\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExtrinsic Justice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Story of More Woe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImmanence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUndercover Surveillance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHot and Cold\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou Caught My Eye\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Centre Cannot Hold (a Simple Tray)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntervention\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Salt Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771556954455,"sku":"9781844719129","price":8.33,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781844719129.jpg?v=1758728261","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/braking-distance-9781844719129","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}