{"title":"Brian Petkash","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"mistakes-by-the-lake-hardcover","title":"Mistakes by the Lake - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in Cleveland, Ohio, from its earliest beginnings as a forested frontier to the urban blight of modern times, Mistakes by the Lake is a collection of ten thematically linked stories spanning the many faces of the city's history: A motorman navigates his 1920's back-and-forth trolley until he snaps; A stockyards knocker encounters the Virgin Mary during the 1954 World Series; A wannabe wrestles his unruly mind along the flammable 1960's Cuyahoga River; In a reinvention of Henry IV, a young man must either stick with his bumbling criminal crew or uncover legit ways to support his mother and transgender Gramps.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe collection and its stories have garnered numerous accolades: Finalist: Nilsen Prize (Southeast Missouri State University); Winner: The Lake Prize in Fiction (Midwestern Gothic); Shortlisted: The Novella Award (Liverpool John Moores University); Shortlisted: Munster Literature Centre's Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story Competition; Honorable Mention: Family Matters Contest (Glimmer Train). Praise for the novella, Mistakes by the Lake: \"Full of action, movement, tension and shocks. T he world of the Cleveland stockyards and its denizens is brought to life with verve, skill and command\" (Vulpes Libris).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67786259857631,"sku":"9781948692946","price":38.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/73JKMeB9Lo9781948692946.webp?v=1790697225"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/brian-petkash.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}