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02496aam a2200337 i 4500 001 02C8C56AD2B111ED872B743748ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230404012110 008 220412t20222022ohu 000 j eng d 020 $a 1946724556 020 $a 9781946724557 040 $d SILO 050 4 $a PS3619.H444 $b D47 2022 082 4 $a 813/.6 $2 23/eng/20221102 100 1 $a Sheehy, Hugh, $d 1979- $e author. 245 10 $a Design flaw : $b stories / $c Hugh Sheehy. 264 1 $a Cincinnati, OH : $b Acre Books, $c [2022] 300 $a 199 pages ; $c 22 cm. 505 00 $t Modern wonders. $t Design flaw -- $t Rest area -- $t Amontillado -- $t The help line -- $t Demonology, or gratitude -- $t The severed hands -- $t First responder -- $t The documentary -- $t Everything is going to be okay -- $t Story hour -- $t The secret self -- $t Modern wonders. 520 $a "These are tales of seekers, often damaged, who find themselves caught up in skewed realities, facing lurking threats, violent deaths, strange entities, and alienating technologies. Confronted with unsettling, escalating, circumstances, the disparate cast of characters are driven toward self-revelation and perverse moments of poignancy. A troubled high schooler traps a peer in an underground storage space. A traumatized felon returns home to rob the man who molested him as a child. A videogame help-line operator suspects a regular caller, obsessed with a disturbing role-playing game, of real-life misdeeds. In the title story, an unhappy couple adopts a "designer animal," a genetic hybrid created to be the perfect pet. But the "grot" makes trouble in the neighborhood, becoming emblematic of a deeper problem. 'Something is wrong with the world,' the narrator's husband explains. 'A design flaw. It's so thoroughly corrupted, I'm not sure how to fix it.' Inventive and unpredictable, these thirteen stories are wholly immersive, showing Sheehy at his captivating best."-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Short stories, American $y 21st century. 650 7 $a Short stories. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01117043. 655 7 $a Science fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01726489. 655 7 $a Short stories. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01726740. 655 7 $a Thrillers (Fiction) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01726755. 655 7 $a Short stories. $2 lcgft. 655 7 $a Thrillers (Fiction) $2 lcgft. 655 7 $a Science fiction. $2 lcgft. 941 $a 1 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20230404015946.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=02C8C56AD2B111ED872B743748ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search