{"product_id":"hard-drug-chronicles-book-gary-phillips-9781843441922","title":"The Hard Drug Chronicles","description":"From Cocaine, that most troubling and fascinating of substances; through Speed, an oft demonized and misunderstood drug and on to Heroin, long seen as the most 'literary' of narcotics - the contributors to this all-new original anthology reveal that those who partake are forever changed, but the price of paradise is often steep.   The Cocaine Chronicles: that most troubling and fascinating of substances is the subject, the subtext, the whys and whereofs in this collection of original short stories that are funny and harrowing, sad and scary, but at all times riveting. In this bold anthology by a cross-section of today's most thought-provoking writers, we meet the casual sniffers, the heavy users, the dealers, the victims and the unsuspecting victims - hysterical romps, tragic characters and unfathomable lows - rendering cocaine a drug that is anything but glamorous.   The Speed Chronicles - Deprived of the ingrained romantic mysticism of the opiate or the cosmopolitan chic of cocaine, there is no sympathy for this devil. Speed - crystal meth, amphetamines, Dexedrine, Benzedrine, Adderall; crank, spizz, chickenscratch, oblivious marching powder, the go-fast - twice the productivity at half the cost, and equal opportunity for all. It feels so good and hurts so bad. The first contemporary collection of all new literary short fiction on the drug from an array of today's most compelling and respected authors. These are no stereotypical tales of tweakers - the element of crime and the bleary-eyed, shaky zombies at dawn are here right alongside heart-wrenching narratives of everyday people, good intentions gone terribly awry and dreams going up in flames.   The Heroin Chronicles - That most \"literary\" of narcotics - the enigmatic opium poppy and its various derivatives - and as these stories reveal, those who partake of the sacred flower are forever changed, but the price of paradise is often steep: overdose, hepatitis C, degradation and self-destruction. The editor, Jerry Stahl, himself a recovering addict with long-term sobriety, has assembled an impressive array of writers to create this 'encyclopedia of bad behaviour.' Indeed, these tales of chasing the dragon, with corollaries often violent and savage, will satisfy devotees of noir fiction and outsider art alike.   The Hard Drug Chronicles runs to over 700 pages and contains more than 40 all new stories from Lee Child, Jerry Stahl, Ken Bruen, Laura Lippman, Nina Revoyr, James Franco, Sherman Alexie, William T. Vollmann, Megan Abbott, James Greer, Tao Lin, Joseph Mattson, Eric Bogosian, Gary Phillips and Jervey Tervalon.   CONTENTS - COCAINE   Ten Keys - Lee Child   The Crack Cocaine Diet - Laura Lippman   White Irish - Ken Bruen   Beneficent Diversions from the Crackdkins Diet - Donnell Alexander   Poinciana - Susan Straight   The Screenwriter - James Brown   Twilight of the Stooges - Jerry Stahl   Chemistry - Robert Ward   Shame - Kerry E. West   Viki, Flash, and the Pied-Piper of Shoebies - Deborah Vankin   Golden Pacific - Nina Revoyr   Sentimental Value - Manuel Ramos   Just Surviving Another Day - Detrice Jones   A.K.A. Moises Rockafella - Emory Holmes II   Camaro Blue - Bill Moody   Serving Monster - Jervey Tervalon   Disco Zombies - Gary Phillips   CONTENTS - SPEED   How to Go to Dinner With a Brother On Drugs - Natalie Diaz   War Cry - Sherman Alexie   Bad - Jerry Stahl   Labiodental Fricative - Scott Phillips   Osito - Kenji Jasper   Amp is the First Word in Amphetamine - Joseph Mattson   Addiction - James Franco   Wheelbarrow Kings - Jess Walter   Tips 'n' Things by Elayne - Beth Lisick   Pissing in Perpetuity - Rose Bunch   51 Hours - Tao Lin   Everything I Want - Megan Abbott   The Speed of Things - James Greer   No Matter How Beautifully It Stings - William T. Vollmann   CONTENTS - HEROIN   Fragments of Joe - Tony O'Neill   Hot for the Shot - Sophia Langdon   Dos Mac + The Jones - Nathan Larson   Possible Side Effects - Jerry Stahl   Going Down - L.Z. Hansen   Baby I Need to See A Man About A Duck - Michael Albo   Godhead - Eric Bogosian   Gift Horse - Jervey Tervalon   Ghost Town Lydia Lunch   The Monster - John Albert   Black Caesar's Gold - Gary Phillips   Sunshine for Adrienne - Antonia Crane   Poppy Love - Ava Stander","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49507371417873,"sku":"GOR005328893","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49736166441233,"sku":"NGR9781843441922","price":24.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52665152110865,"sku":"NLS9781843441922","price":23.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1843441926.jpg?v=1751313073","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/hard-drug-chronicles-book-gary-phillips-9781843441922","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}