{"product_id":"goth-girls-of-banff-short-stories","title":"Goth Girls of Banff: Gothic Short Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGoth Girls of Banff\u003c\/strong\u003e gathers dark, precisely written short stories set against the indifferent grandeur of the Canadian Rockies. John O'Neill's prose blends quiet dread with moments of surprising empathy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe collection follows marginal figures — goth tour guides, a parolee who drifts into a family's life, and an animal pathologist — whose encounters reveal the violence and fragility threaded through both nature and human lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStories move from tense mountain excursions to an unsettling necropsy that blurs technology and humanity; plot turns often carry tangible moral consequence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for a 2021 ReLit Award and a finalist at the 2021 Alberta Book Publishing Awards, the volume (NeWest Press, 2020) will appeal to readers of gothic and literary short fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThemes: nature and human violence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTone: gothic, spare, empathetic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSetting: Canadian Rockies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Just Great Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45710242021610,"sku":"JGB-CAD-4-Shelf-2-ST-2-1-1988732956-0","price":9.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/1735\/7290\/files\/516vqwX11QL.jpg?v=1762991081","url":"https:\/\/justgreatbooks.org\/products\/goth-girls-of-banff-short-stories","provider":"Just Great Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}