{"title":"Charlie J. Stephens","description":"Charlie J. Stephens is a queer, non-binary, mixed-race writer from the Pacific Northwest. Born and raised in Salem, Oregon, and currently living in Port Orford on the southern Oregon coast, they are the owner of Sea Wolf Books \u0026amp; Community Writing Center. Charlie's short fiction has appeared in Electric Literature, Best Small Fictions 2020, New World Writing, and Original Plumbing (Feminist Press).","products":[{"product_id":"annihilation-for-beginners-paperback","title":"Annihilation for Beginners - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnnihilation for Beginners is a collection of 28 stories set across different terrains of Oregon, where creatures, ancient trees, and bodies of water offer solace and companionship to characters living in various aftermaths, all asking and answering the question of how to go on. Single parents invent their own habitats of home, others reckon with the reality of who their children are turning out to be, and young people outgrow innocence and create their own philosophies of survival. The first story collection from award-winning novelist Charlie J. Stephens, Annihilation for Beginners dauntlessly explores wildernesses within and without. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50102194536671,"sku":"9781967058068","price":19.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/NPxJSDTLvJ9781967058068.webp?v=1781079121"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/charlie-j-stephens.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}