{"product_id":"this-is-how-you-die","title":"This Is How You Die","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003eSecond Hand\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExcellent Condition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStories of the Inscrutable, Infallible, Inescapable Machine of Death\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf a machine could predict how you would die, would you want to know? This is the tantalizing premise of This Is How You Die, the brilliant follow-up anthology to the self-published bestseller, Machine of Death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe machines started popping up around the world. The offer was tempting: with a simple blood test, anyone could know how they would die. But the machines didn't give dates or specific circumstances-just a single word or phrase. DROWNED, CANCER, OLD AGE, CHOKED ON A HANDFUL OF POPCORN. And though the predictions were always accurate, they were also often frustratingly vague.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOLD AGE, it turned out, could mean either dying of natural causes, or being shot by an elderly, bedridden man in a botched home invasion. The machines held onto that old-world sense of irony in death: you can know how it's going to happen, but you'll still be surprised when it does.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis addictive anthology--sinister, witty, existential, and fascinating--collects the best of the thousands of story submissions the editors received in the wake of the success of the first volume, and exceeds the first in every way.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ryan North, Matthew Bennardo, David Malki","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43030314877097,"sku":"","price":19.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/products\/die.webp?v=1681785394","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/this-is-how-you-die","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}